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| + | Merle trained for a year at the London Theatre Workshop and then returned to South Africa to study further at the Maas-Phillips College of Speech and Drama in Cape Town. | ||
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| + | === Career === | ||
| + | Worked for [[Space Theatre|The Space]] in the 1970s. | ||
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| + | Based in Cape Town, since 1979 Merle has worked for [[The Space]], the [[Baxter]] Company, [[CAPAB]], [[PACT]] and [[Des Lindberg|Des]] and [[Dawn Lindberg]]. | ||
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| + | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| + | She has played in productions ranging from restoration comedy to street theatre; the classics to musicals, has made a TV movie, was in the TV series ''[[Valley of the Vines]]'' | ||
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| + | Performed in ''[[Present Laughter]]'' (with [[PACT]]); ''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]'' (for [[Des Lindberg|Des]] and [[Dawn Lindberg]]). | ||
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| + | Acted in the Space productions ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'', ''[[The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria]]'', ''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]'', ''[[The Riddle Machine]]'' , ''[[Edward II]]'' and ''[[You’ll Come (chuckle) to Love Your ????? (snigger) Test]]''. | ||
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| + | For [[CAPAB]] she acted in ''[[Roulette]]'', ''[[Tartuffe]]'', ''[[Along Came a Spider]]'', ''[[Women Behind Bars]]'' (as Mary Eleanor, 1984); for the Baxter in ''[[The Fantastical Diary of a Useless Man]]'', ''[[The Hollow]]'' and ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''. | ||
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| + | In 1985 she played in two [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. ''[[The Hollow]]'' and the part of Jill Mason in ''[[Equus]]'' which she says was her most exciting and rewarding theatrical experience up till then. | ||
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| + | Tartuffe theatre programme, 1978. | ||
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| + | [[SACD]] 1980/81. | ||
Programme notes of ''[[Two Into One]]'' in 1986. | Programme notes of ''[[Two Into One]]'' in 1986. | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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| + | Return to [[ESAT Personalities L]] | ||
Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] | ||
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Return to [[Main Page]] | Return to [[Main Page]] | ||
Revision as of 08:44, 22 June 2015
LIFSON, Merle (19**-) Actress
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Merle trained for a year at the London Theatre Workshop and then returned to South Africa to study further at the Maas-Phillips College of Speech and Drama in Cape Town.
Career
Worked for The Space in the 1970s.
Based in Cape Town, since 1979 Merle has worked for The Space, the Baxter Company, CAPAB, PACT and Des and Dawn Lindberg.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She has played in productions ranging from restoration comedy to street theatre; the classics to musicals, has made a TV movie, was in the TV series Valley of the Vines
Performed in Present Laughter (with PACT); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (for Des and Dawn Lindberg).
Acted in the Space productions Don't Drink the Water, The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria, Lysistrata S.A., The Riddle Machine , Edward II and You’ll Come (chuckle) to Love Your ????? (snigger) Test.
For CAPAB she acted in Roulette, Tartuffe, Along Came a Spider, Women Behind Bars (as Mary Eleanor, 1984); for the Baxter in The Fantastical Diary of a Useless Man, The Hollow and The Cherry Orchard.
In 1985 she played in two Pieter Toerien Productions. The Hollow and the part of Jill Mason in Equus which she says was her most exciting and rewarding theatrical experience up till then.
Sources
Awards, etc
Sources
Tartuffe theatre programme, 1978.
SACD 1980/81.
Programme notes of Two Into One in 1986.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to ESAT Personalities L
Return to South African Theatre Personalities
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
