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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
He first came to South Africa in 1963 to appear in [[Brian Brooke]]'s ''[[It's Never Too Late]]'' and [[Mary Mary]].  He returned to South Africa in 1978 for the role of Randall P McMurphy in ''[[A Man for All Seasons]]''. Then followed  ''[[The Guise]]'' , banned after eight performances, ''[[The Disguise of the Ashes that arose out of the Karnaval at Scarborough to prove that Leonardo was Right–an investigation of guilt]]'' and ''[[Joggers]]'' (as Wally Shapiro) all for the [[Space Theatre|The Space]].  He also starred in ''[[There's a Girl in my Soup]]''. He played The Man in ''[[Groucho at Large]]'' in 1981.
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He first came to South Africa in 1963 to appear in [[Brian Brooke]]'s ''[[It's Never Too Late]]'' and [[Mary Mary]].  He returned to South Africa in 1978 for the role of Randall P McMurphy in ''[[A Man for all Seasons|A Man for All Seasons]]''. Then followed  ''[[The Guise]]'' , banned after eight performances, ''[[The Disguise of the Ashes that arose out of the Karnaval at Scarborough to prove that Leonardo was Right–an investigation of guilt]]'' and ''[[Joggers]]'' (as Wally Shapiro) all for the [[Space Theatre|The Space]].  He also starred in ''[[There’s a Girl in My Soup|There's a Girl in my Soup]]''. He played The Man in ''[[Groucho at Large]]'' in 1981.
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Revision as of 16:42, 24 July 2014

LYNDON, Derek. (19**-) English actor. *

Biography

Training

Career

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

He first came to South Africa in 1963 to appear in Brian Brooke's It's Never Too Late and Mary Mary. He returned to South Africa in 1978 for the role of Randall P McMurphy in A Man for All Seasons. Then followed The Guise , banned after eight performances, The Disguise of the Ashes that arose out of the Karnaval at Scarborough to prove that Leonardo was Right–an investigation of guilt and Joggers (as Wally Shapiro) all for the The Space. He also starred in There's a Girl in my Soup. He played The Man in Groucho at Large in 1981.

Awards, etc

Sources

Groucho at Large theatre programme, 1981.


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