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| − | 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 | + | 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. He later became a member of [[CAPAB]]'s permanent company. |
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
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PLAYFAIR, Elliot (19**-) Actor, director
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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. He later became a member of CAPAB's permanent company.
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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