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[[Garalt MacLiam]] (1937-2014) was a (Irish-born?) South African playwright, director, actor, author and theatre critic. | [[Garalt MacLiam]] (1937-2014) was a (Irish-born?) South African playwright, director, actor, author and theatre critic. | ||
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| + | He was president of the [[South African Union of Journalists]] ([[SAUJ]]) in the 1990's. | ||
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | He was well-known as the theatre critic for ''[[The Star]]'' Tonight for many years and besides his reviews, he wrote a most useful overview of the state of South African theatre in the | + | He was well-known as the theatre critic for ''[[The Pretoria News]]'' and ''[[The Star]]'' Tonight for many years and besides his reviews, he wrote a most useful overview of the state of South African theatre in the late 1970s. . |
Plays written by him include ''[[The Indian Rope Trick]]'' and ''[[Diary of a Madman]]'', which was adapted by MacLiam from Gogol’s short story of the same title and in which he performed in its first production. | Plays written by him include ''[[The Indian Rope Trick]]'' and ''[[Diary of a Madman]]'', which was adapted by MacLiam from Gogol’s short story of the same title and in which he performed in its first production. | ||
Revision as of 16:35, 9 January 2022
Garalt MacLiam (1937-2014) was a (Irish-born?) South African playwright, director, actor, author and theatre critic.
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Biography
He was president of the South African Union of Journalists (SAUJ) in the 1990's.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He was well-known as the theatre critic for The Pretoria News and The Star Tonight for many years and besides his reviews, he wrote a most useful overview of the state of South African theatre in the late 1970s. .
Plays written by him include The Indian Rope Trick and Diary of a Madman, which was adapted by MacLiam from Gogol’s short story of the same title and in which he performed in its first production.
Other plays that he wrote and directed include One Friday in Jerusalem, staged Upstairs at the Market in 1976 and Meredith's Money, staged at the Montecasino Theatre in 2005.
Sources
Tucker, 1997.
The Star, 21 October 2014.
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