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Starred in ''[[Hostile Witness]]'' (in Johannesburg, 1967), ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' and ''[[The Beaux Stratagem]]''(both for [[CAPAB]] 1967)''[[Cape Charade or Kaatjie Kekkelbek]]'', ''[[The Chalk Garden]]'', ''[[Richard II]]'', ''[[The School for Scandal]]'', ''[[Three Cheers for President Charlie]]'', ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'', ''[[Suite in Three Keys]]'', ''[[Tinker's Curse]]''
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Starred in ''[[Hostile Witness]]'' (in Johannesburg, 1967), ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' and ''[[The Beaux Stratagem]]'' (both for [[CAPAB]] 1967), ''[[Cape Charade or Kaatjie Kekkelbek]]'', ''[[The Chalk Garden]]'', ''[[Richard II]]'', ''[[The School for Scandal]]'', ''[[Three Cheers for President Charlie]]'', ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'', ''[[Suite in Three Keys]]'', ''[[Tinker's Curse]]''
 
 
Directed  ''[[The Anniversary]]'', ''[[Candida]]'', ''[[Hot Tiara]]'',
 
 
 
  
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Directed  ''[[The Anniversary]]'', ''[[Candida]]'', ''[[Hot Tiara]]'',
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Revision as of 13:42, 8 September 2014

PLAYFAIR, Elliot (19**-) Actor, director


Biography

Training

Career

He made his debut in 1929. He has acted under the direction of Bernard Shaw. He was director of the Perth Theatre in Scotland for five years and spent 18 months as director of the Donavan Maule Theatre in nairobi.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Starred in Hostile Witness (in Johannesburg, 1967), Heartbreak House and The Beaux Stratagem (both for CAPAB 1967), Cape Charade or Kaatjie Kekkelbek, The Chalk Garden, Richard II, The School for Scandal, Three Cheers for President Charlie, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Suite in Three Keys, Tinker's Curse

Directed The Anniversary, Candida, Hot Tiara,

Awards, etc

Sources

Candida theatre programme, 1968.

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