Difference between revisions of "Neil McCarthy"
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | One of the leading juvenile leads of the late 1970s and early 1980s, roles in **** ''[[The Labyrinth]]'' ([[The Space]], 197*), ****, ''[[Another Country]]'' (**, 198*), | + | ===As actor=== |
| + | One of the leading juvenile leads of the late 1970s and early 1980s, roles in **** ''[[The Labyrinth]]'' ([[The Space]], 197*), ****, | ||
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| + | He appeared at the [[Market Theatre]] in [[The Threepenny Opera]], [[Agamemnon]], [[National Madness]], ''[[Another Country]]'' (**, 198*), [[Black Dog-Inj'emnyama!]], [[Forbidden fruits]], [[Accidental Death of an Anarchist]], [[The Woman in Black]], [[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]], [[It's a Boy!]], [[Othello]], [[Strider]], [[The Labyrinth]], [[Burn This]], [[A Midsummer Night's Dream]], title role in [[Richard II]], [[Under the Oaks]], [[First Monday in October]], [[Pleasure and Repentance]], [[Tom and Viv]], [[Scavenger's Dream]], [[The government Inspector]], [[The Lisbon Traviata]], [[Guinea Fowl]], [[Camelot]], [[Total Eclipse]]. | ||
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| + | ''[[Born in the RSA]]'' ([[Simon]] & Co, 1985), ****. | ||
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| + | ===As playwright=== | ||
| + | Wrote [[Superheroes]] , [[Stormriders]], [[Rainshark]], [[Veldfire]], ''[[The Great Outdoors]]'' (2000). | ||
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| + | ===As director=== | ||
| + | He directed [[Claw]] (1981), [[One Fine Day]] (1982, Space), [[West]] (1984), [[Good]] (1990), [[Richard III]] (1992), [[Mojo]] (1996) and his own play [[Superheroes]] (198*). He also directed the novel which he adapted, [[The Good Soldier Svejk]] (1986). | ||
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| + | He designed the set for [[The Last Trek]] (1989). | ||
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| + | In 2001 he came to prominence as the supervising ** of the South African version of the TV-“reality” show Big Brother. | ||
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
| − | [[Fleur Du Cap | + | [[Fleur Du Cap]] for Most Promising Student (1981), [[Vita Award]] for Best Newcomer (1984), Robert Mohr Young Directors Award (1986), [[Vita Award]] for Best New Play (1987), [[DALRO]] Award for Playwright of the Year (1987), [[Vita Award]] for Best Director (Transvaal) (1990), FNB [[Vita Award]] for Best Director for ''[[Mojo]]'' (1997), FNB Vita Award for Best Script of a New South African Play for ''[[The Great Outdoors]]'' (2001). |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 22 March 2016
McCARTHY, Neil (19**-), playwright, actor, television personality, writer, producer and director.
Contents
Biography
Training
BA-degree in Drama at University of Cape Town (1979).
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As actor
One of the leading juvenile leads of the late 1970s and early 1980s, roles in **** The Labyrinth (The Space, 197*), ****,
He appeared at the Market Theatre in The Threepenny Opera, Agamemnon, National Madness, Another Country (**, 198*), Black Dog-Inj'emnyama!, Forbidden fruits, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The Woman in Black, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, It's a Boy!, Othello, Strider, The Labyrinth, Burn This, A Midsummer Night's Dream, title role in Richard II, Under the Oaks, First Monday in October, Pleasure and Repentance, Tom and Viv, Scavenger's Dream, The government Inspector, The Lisbon Traviata, Guinea Fowl, Camelot, Total Eclipse.
Born in the RSA (Simon & Co, 1985), ****.
As playwright
Wrote Superheroes , Stormriders, Rainshark, Veldfire, The Great Outdoors (2000).
As director
He directed Claw (1981), One Fine Day (1982, Space), West (1984), Good (1990), Richard III (1992), Mojo (1996) and his own play Superheroes (198*). He also directed the novel which he adapted, The Good Soldier Svejk (1986).
He designed the set for The Last Trek (1989).
In 2001 he came to prominence as the supervising ** of the South African version of the TV-“reality” show Big Brother.
Awards, etc
Fleur Du Cap for Most Promising Student (1981), Vita Award for Best Newcomer (1984), Robert Mohr Young Directors Award (1986), Vita Award for Best New Play (1987), DALRO Award for Playwright of the Year (1987), Vita Award for Best Director (Transvaal) (1990), FNB Vita Award for Best Director for Mojo (1997), FNB Vita Award for Best Script of a New South African Play for The Great Outdoors (2001).
Sources
http://www.mlasa.com/actors/neimcc.htm
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