David Haynes

David Haynes (194*-). Actor, director and drama lecturer.

Biography

Training

He studied at UCT.

Career

Left for England to teach in the Department of ** at the University of ** in England (19**-198*). Appointed Professor of Drama at the University of Cape Town Drama Department of which he became Chair of the Department from 1990. Retired in 2000*?

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

As a student he had roles in The Fantasticks (1968), Hamlet (1969), The Crucible, (1970), Brecht on Brecht (1970),

He worked for CAPAB from 1971 acting in He acted in Fando en Lis and Die Twee Laksmanne (1971), King Lear (CAPAB 1971), When Thou Art King (1971), Romeo and Juliet (1972, Hond se Gedagte (1971), Die Twee Laksmanne, Crossing the Line (1989), The Stronger (1972).

Othello Slegs Blankes (The Space, 1972),

He directed The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1986), Three Sisters (1987), Zones of Peace in March 1989, Uncle Vanya (1993).

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