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. He continued to work in Theatre, but turned his focus to Film & TV as the industry grew in Vancouver.

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

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), Theodora 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 (1981).

He designed sets for Taraboemdery (1976) for a SWAPAC production.

Sources

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