Martin le Maitre
(19**-19**) Actor
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Biography
Born in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe
Training
Studied at Rhodes University.
Career
Joined PACT in 1983; turned freelance in 1987.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Appeared in over 20 productions for PACT, notably Full Hook Up. He played Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead for NAPAC; JJ in Smallholding with Snap Productions, 1989.
He starred in Paul Slabolepszy’s Mooi Street Moves at the Laager in 1992, followed by a European tour. He starred in Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie in 1994. *** Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller, Director: Bobby Heaney, 2001 Lighting design: Mannie Manim Music: Janine Neethling, Set design: Stan Knight. Baxter Theatre.
His TV work includes performances as Pickering in Barney Barnato, Eric Storm in Timber and Fox in Sentinel.
Awards, etc
Dalro nomination for Full Hook Up; National Vita Award for Smallholding.
Sources
Tucker, 1997
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