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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
− | For [[NAPAC]] he directed ''[[Master Harold...and the boys]]'', ''[[Frank'n'stein]]'', ''[[Under the Oaks]]'', ''[[Paradise is Closing Down]]'', ''[[Hey...Listen]]'', ''[[The Normal Heart]]'', ''[[The Private Ear]]'' and ''[[The Public Eye]]'', ''[[Kiss of the Spiderwoman]]'', ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[Circus Adventure]]'', ''[[The Fantastical History of a Useless Man]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Love Letters]]'', ''[[The Dream]]'' ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh]]'' and ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?]]''. He directed [[Willy Russell]]’s ''[[Shirley Valentine]]'' at the [[Victory Theatre]] in 1992. ''[[Agnes of God]]'', 1996. | + | For [[NAPAC]] he directed ''[[Master Harold...and the boys]]'', ''[[Frank'n'stein]]'', ''[[Under the Oaks]]'', ''[[Paradise is Closing Down]]'', ''[[Hey...Listen]]'', ''[[The Normal Heart]]'', ''[[The Private Ear]]'' and ''[[The Public Eye]]'', ''[[Kiss of the Spiderwoman]]'', ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[Circus Adventure]]'', ''[[The Fantastical History of a Useless Man]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Love Letters]]'', ''[[The Dream]]'' ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh]]'' and ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?]]''. He directed [[Willy Russell]]’s ''[[Shirley Valentine]]'' at the [[Victory Theatre]] in 1992. ''[[Agnes of God]]'', 1996. He directed the comedy skit show ''[[Black Mamba]]'' with [[Ben Voss]] and [[John Van De Ruit]]. In 2005 he re-directed ''[[Frank'n'stein]]''. |
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == |
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Murray McGibbon (born Murray Lewis James McGibbon) (19**- ) is a South African-born stage director and producer and academic.
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Biography
Training
Holds a B.A. English and Speech and Drama from the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, (1978), a Higher Diploma in Education, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg (1979) and an M.F.A. Acting and Directing from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA (1987).
Career
Joined NAPAC in 1987. For six years he served as Artistic Director of Drama for the Playhouse Company in Durban, where he directed 40 productions and produced 122 [1]. He joinesd the faculty at Indiana University [2] in the USA in 1996.
Publications
His publications include: Theatre in the 21st Century, a journey backwards into the future; The Playhouse Cookbook;
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
For NAPAC he directed Master Harold...and the boys, Frank'n'stein, Under the Oaks, Paradise is Closing Down, Hey...Listen, The Normal Heart, The Private Ear and The Public Eye, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Hamlet, Circus Adventure, The Fantastical History of a Useless Man, Romeo and Juliet, Love Letters, The Dream Winnie-the-Pooh and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?. He directed Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine at the Victory Theatre in 1992. Agnes of God, 1996. He directed the comedy skit show Black Mamba with Ben Voss and John Van De Ruit. In 2005 he re-directed Frank'n'stein.
Awards, etc
Murray McGibbon has won the Naledi Award six times. The US Government awarded him a Fulbright Scholarship [3] in 1983, which enabled him to undertake his graduate studies in the USA.
Sources
Indiana University [4]
Winnie-the-Pooh theatre programme notes, 1992
Tucker, 1997
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