Anthea Thompson
(19*-) Actress. Born in * and trained at the University of Cape Town Drama Department. First caught the eye as "Maria" in CAPAB's Not the Sound of Music??* (** and Lingenfelder, 199*) then went on to become a prominent lead actress in Cape Town. Roles include *, *, *, Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Fleur du Cap Award, Best Supporting Actress, 1995), Martha in Elizabeth (Fleur du Cap Award, Best Supporting Actress, 1996), Cabaret (Fleur du Cap Award, Best Contribution to a Musical or Revue, 1995), Into the Woods (1997) and The Shakespeare Revue (1997) - winning a Fleur du Cap Award for Best Contribution to a Musical for both productions, ***, ***, Much Ado About Nothing (Maynardville, 2005), ** THOMPSON, Anthea. , Antjie Krog vertaal Mama Medea van Tom Lanoye,. Neels van Jaarsveld, Antoinette Kellerman, Marthinus Basson, (Director) Woordfees (2003).
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