Richard Cook

Richard Cook. (19**) [1] Designer.

Biography

Richard was born in Cape town. By the mid 1990s was living and working in Vancouver, Canada.

Training

He studied Art at the University of Cape Town

Career

He worked for PACT since 1970.

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

With Ingrid Jansen did the designs for the touring production of the Market Theatre production of The Maids (197*). He designed the decor for Taraboemdery, 1976. ****

For PACT he designed sets for A Winter Vacation (1970), Lang Dagreis na die Nag (1970), Hotel Paradiso (1971), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds (1971), • Siener in die Suburbs (1971), • Die Seemeeu (1972), • Maria Stuart (1972), • Marching Song (1972), • Ampie Oppie Diekens (1972), • The Maids (1972), Hay Fever (1972), • Toiings (1973), • Tartuffe (1973), • Children of the Wolf (1973), • Babbelkous en Bruidegom (1973), • Die Weerstaanbare Opkoms van Arturo Ui (1973), • Elizabeth I (1974), • The Great Galeoto|Theodora]] (PACT 1974), • Dubbelspel met die Dood (1974), • Plaston: DNS-Kind (1974), The Happiness Cage (1974), • Troilus and Cressida (1974), • The Story of an African Farm (1975), • The Tempest (1975), • A Streetcar Named Desire (1975), • The Crucible (1975), • Die Vrek (1976), • Hond se Gedagte (PACT 1981). • • He designed Taraboemdery (1976) for a SWAPAC production.,

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