David Muller
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1. David Muller (fl 1930s)
An Afrikaans actor.
Biography
Born and raised in Thaba'Nchu in the Orange Free State. ***
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Member of Paul de Groot's 1931 company, touring with Besigheid is Besigheid for 83 performances. **
Sources
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2. David Muller (1950-)
A bilingual (Afrikaans/English) actor and educator.
Biography
Born and raised in Franschhoek, and did a variety of jobs before he went to University of Stellenbosch Drama Department at the age of 28.
Training
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
His first professional production was in 84 Charing Cross Road at the Baxter Theatre in 1981. He then became involved in children's theatre and started a one-man company called The Merry Scholar in the late 1980s, with which he takes dramatized stories and educational projects to schools in his alter ego as the Merry Scholar.
Among his roles over the years have been: *** and Diary of a Madman, (Directed by Michael Swinton for Artscape, 2001), Cry, The Beloved Country (2003). Imagining Einstein, Harbour, Heathcote Williams's Whale Nation (2013? - performed in the rib cage of a fifteen metre Bryde's Whale Skeleton in Bahrain), Oom Schalk from the Heart (2013-4) and Oom Schalk from the Heart 2 (2015).
Awards, etc
Sources
Oom Schalk set to charm Kalk Bay - 26/03/2014 - Artslink.co.za News
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