Difference between revisions of "Margaret Heale"
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== Career == | == Career == | ||
| − | She has been in repertory and on tour from Land's End | + | She has been in repertory and on tour from Land's End to John o' Groats. She is an expert puppeteer and first came to South Africa with [[John Wright]]'s Marionettes. In Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) she has done a good deal of acting, broadcasting and TV work. |
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | In Cape Town she has been active in educational puppetry since 1964. | + | In Cape Town she has been active in educational puppetry since 1964. Ran [[Teatro dei Piccolo]] with [[Tim Heale]] 1964-1967. |
She made her debut at [[Maynardville]] in ''[[King Lear]]'' in 1966. | She made her debut at [[Maynardville]] in ''[[King Lear]]'' in 1966. | ||
Starred in ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'', ''[[Present Laughter]]'', ''[[Richard II]]'', ''[[Sarcophagus]]'' (1988),, acted in ''[[Towards Zero]]'', ''[[Go Back for Murder]]'', ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'', ''[[Peril at End House]]'', ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' (as Aemelia), ''[[The School for Scandal]]''. | Starred in ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'', ''[[Present Laughter]]'', ''[[Richard II]]'', ''[[Sarcophagus]]'' (1988),, acted in ''[[Towards Zero]]'', ''[[Go Back for Murder]]'', ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'', ''[[Peril at End House]]'', ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' (as Aemelia), ''[[The School for Scandal]]''. | ||
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Wrote radio plays ''Silver Threads Among the Gold'', ''The Vigil'', ''The Night after the Horse'', ''My Name is Adam Kane, No. 13: Old Acquaintance'', ''My Name is Adam Kane, No. 11: Oil's in Love and War'', ''The Dumb Wife of Cheapside'' (photocopies of playscripts held by NELM). | Wrote radio plays ''Silver Threads Among the Gold'', ''The Vigil'', ''The Night after the Horse'', ''My Name is Adam Kane, No. 13: Old Acquaintance'', ''My Name is Adam Kane, No. 11: Oil's in Love and War'', ''The Dumb Wife of Cheapside'' (photocopies of playscripts held by NELM). | ||
Revision as of 21:01, 5 June 2015
HEALE, Margaret. (19*-) Actress, writer, teacher. *
Contents
Biography
Training
She trained at the Bristol Old Vic.
Career
She has been in repertory and on tour from Land's End to John o' Groats. She is an expert puppeteer and first came to South Africa with John Wright's Marionettes. In Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) she has done a good deal of acting, broadcasting and TV work.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
In Cape Town she has been active in educational puppetry since 1964. Ran Teatro dei Piccolo with Tim Heale 1964-1967.
She made her debut at Maynardville in King Lear in 1966.
Starred in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Present Laughter, Richard II, Sarcophagus (1988),, acted in Towards Zero, Go Back for Murder, A Tale of Two Cities, Peril at End House, The Comedy of Errors (as Aemelia), The School for Scandal.
Wrote radio plays Silver Threads Among the Gold, The Vigil, The Night after the Horse, My Name is Adam Kane, No. 13: Old Acquaintance, My Name is Adam Kane, No. 11: Oil's in Love and War, The Dumb Wife of Cheapside (photocopies of playscripts held by NELM).
Taught at Ishashalazi Drama College at Windybrow, Johannesburg.
Directed See How They Run
Awards, etc
Sources
King Lear theatre programme, 1966.
Tucker, 1997.
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