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| + | Lesley appeared in a number of productions, including: ''[[The Crucible]]'' ([[PACT, 1975]]), ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'' ([[PACT]], 1976), ''[[Falstaff]]'' ([[PACT]], 1976), ''[[Fangs]]'' ([[PACT]], 1977), ''[[Hamlet]]'' (as “Gertrude”, [[PACT]], 1978), ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' ([[The Compnay]], 1978), ''[[East]]'' (1978), ''[[Cincinatti – Scenes from City Life]]'' ([[The Company]], 1979), ''[[Mothers and Fathers]]'' ([[Toerien-Firth]], 1980), Cathleen in ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' ([[Upstairs at the Market]], 1981), ''[[Brecht on Brecht]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1981), ''[[Wings]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1981), ''[[An Arabian Night]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1981), | ||
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Revision as of 12:48, 28 September 2026
Lesley Nott (19**-). Actress, director, poet, voice trainer.
Contents
Biography
She is married to Mannie Manim
Training
She was trained at the University of Cape Town Drama Department.
Career
She worked for PACT English company until the end of 1977(?).
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As actress
Lesley appeared in a number of productions, including: The Crucible (PACT, 1975), A Flea in her Ear (PACT, 1976), Falstaff (PACT, 1976), Fangs (PACT, 1977), Hamlet (as “Gertrude”, PACT, 1978), Long Day's Journey into Night (The Compnay, 1978), East (1978), Cincinatti – Scenes from City Life (The Company, 1979), Mothers and Fathers (Toerien-Firth, 1980), Cathleen in The Glass Menagerie (Upstairs at the Market, 1981), Brecht on Brecht (Market Theatre, 1981), Wings (Market Theatre, 1981), An Arabian Night (Baxter Theatre, 1981),
Dates unknown: Travesties (as “Gwendolen” at the Market Theatre), Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi (as "Stas" at the Market Theatre), The Rape of the Belt, Old King Cole, Lulu.
, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (the Laager in 1986). She starred in Tom Kempinski’s Duet for One at the Laager in 1994.
Stand-up Ecstatic, National Arts Festival, 199*.
As director
1989: She assisted Athol Fugard in the direction of My Children!, My Africa!
1995: The Choice
1998: Molly Sweeney
As voice coach/text interpretation
She worked as voice coach/text interpretation on: Aesop's Tales (Fugard Theatre, 2010)
Sources
Tucker, 1997. 336, 347, 368, 387, 401, 450, 536.
SACD 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80; 1981/82.
Long Day's Journey into Night theatre programme, 1978.
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
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