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  • [[Percy Sieff]] (1928-2009) was an actor on radio, TV, stage and film in English and [[Afrikaans]] and a stage director. He was born on 22 June 1928, grew up in Melkbosstrand and made his home at Clifton. He was married to [[Sylvia Perl
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  • ...[Friends and Neighbours]]'', presented from the [[Springbok Radio]] studio in Durban and, from 1978, the daily morning series ''[[The Romantic World of B ...sick-leave from the ABC, she retired in 2008 and finally succumbed to MND in 2011. She left her husband and the couple’s two sons. Her younger siste
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  • See also '''[[Shakespeare-in-the-Park]]''' Generally this can refer to any performance space in the outdoors, including [[amphitheatre]]s, [[arena]]s, [[stadium|stadia]],
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  • ..., at the Pieter Wenning Gallery (1965) and the New Elysia Gallery (1970). In 1930 he married Alicia Ogilvie and the couple’s son, [[Peter Grossett]], ...Company of Three]] at the [[Library Theatre]]), 1957 – ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (Produced by [[Cecil Williams]] for the [[Open Air Theatre]] at [[Zoo L
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  • BA Hons. Post-graduate in Speech and Drama, [[University of Natal]], (Durban)1965; MA Drama and Theat ...; ''[[Lysistrata]]''; ''[[Agamemnon]]''; ''[[The Rivals]]''; ''[[Iphigenia in Tauris]]''; ''[[Volpone]]''; ''[[Servant of Two Masters]]''; ''[[Othello]]'
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  • He died unexpectedly and tragically in 1990 at a high point in his career. ...Navy, and was presented with the Orator of the Year Award at the Naval Gym in Saldanha Bay.
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  • ...ned the company, making her first professional appearances in minor roles in South Africa. ...Haviland]], including ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[Hamlet]]'' and ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''.
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  • ...r some heart searching, decided to leave the UK and settle in South Africa in July 1956. They did many shows, concerts and broadcasts and ventured into p ...ell Harty Show and made personal appearances throughout the United Kingdom in ''An Evening with Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth''.
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  • ...for the most promising student in his class. He won the bronze medal there in his final year during the RADA Annual Public Performance at the Aldwych The ...After the war, he returned to South Africa as leading man to [[Nan Munro]] in the [[Munro-Inglis Company]] and was also associated with [[Gwen ffrangcon-
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  • ...a Master's Degree from [[University of Cape Town]]. Since making her debut in the role of Norina from ''[[Don Pasquale]]'' she performed extensively on l Aviva Pelham has performed in opera, musicals, operetta, oratorio and cabaret.
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  • Born Robert Wilhelm Mohr in 1925, ...vatoire of Music, and was appointed a speech teacher at the Conservatoire in 1948, taking over from [[Hermione Roux]] to head the speech and drama cours
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  • Her romance with theatre and [[Mannville]], in particular, began in 1975 when, as a junior school pupil, she saw [[Helen Mann]] playing "Lady M She started her career selling programmes in the front of house for the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearian Festival]] at ''[
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  • ...he family, which included her older brother Louis, was living in Beckenham in Kent. ...to raise funds for the war effort and Christmas 1914 saw her in pantomime in Portsmouth.
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  • ...aureen Adair]]. The couple had met in England in 1951 when they were both in the cast of a British touring company of ''The Desert Song''. ...'Pagliacci'' and ''La Tosca'', while at Sadler’s Wells he had a major role in ''Simon Boccanegra'' (1948).
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  • ...els on 4 April 1952 in Scottburgh on the south coast of Natal, he grew up in Durban and had his schooling at Port Natal. Studied Fine Arts and Design at He joined the Performing Arts Council of Transvaal (PACT) in 1974. He initially worked as resident designer and then as freelancer on nu
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  • ...ican theatre in general, over the 30 year period that he worked and toured in the country. ...]], whom he had first brought to South Africa as a twelve year old actress in 1902.
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  • ...a singer. He went to Highlands North High School, and after a short while in Britain, returned to begin a BA degree at [[University of the Witwatersrand ...cluding [[William Kentridge]]) founded [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]] in 1976. They were later joined by former members of [[Theatre Workshop '71]]
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  • ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' is a play by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)[https://en.wikipedia.org/ ...y a second performance a few days later and by the time of its publication in 1600 (the first quarto) it had been performed "divers times".
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  • ...s. Playing a small part in ''The House of Whipcord'', now on video circuit in SA. He settled in South Africa in 1974. Ron lives with his wife Lyn and children in Johannesburg and enjoys horseriding, squash, cooking, gardening and science
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  • Fiona was born in Johannesburg, S ...ma in Drama, then completed an MA in Dramatic Art from [[Wits University]] in 2014 and is currently working on a PhD. on the implications for teaching ac
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