David Horner

(****-1985). Actor. Performed in The King and I (as “The King”), Pygmalion (as “Higgins”), King Lear (as “Gloucester”), Twelfth Night (as “Aguecheek”), The Prisoner (as “Cardinal”), Royal Hunt of the Sun (as “de Soto” with PACT). Was also the Durban representative for SAFTU. (SACD 1974) (SACD 1975/76) (SACD 1981/82)

HORNER, David (1934-1985) Actor (stage and radio), director, lecturer. Studied at the University of Natal’s Department of Drama in Durban. *** Became lecturer in Department, then the founding head of the Drama Department at the University of Durban-Westville in 19**. From here he was appointed as first head of the School of Speech and Drama, University of the Witwatersrand in 1975. A consummate performer, he performed for **, ** NTO, and PACT.He was also a renowned exponent of the one-man show, his repertoire including Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose, Frank O'Hagen's Satin and Tweed, Churchill and Wits of the Theatre. Children's Theatre presented an evening of readings by Horner in 1958. He starred in Peter Shaffer’s The Royal Hunt of the Sun, directed by Leonard Schach together with Marius Weyers, Michael McCabe, Keith Grenville, Patrick Mynhardt and Bill Flynn. It was staged during the opening season of the Pretoria State Theatre in 1981 *** (Tucker, 1997)

For many years he played the role of Christ in the Durban Passion Play until the role was taken over by Jonathan Berwick in 1978. (The Natal Witness, 28 February 1978.)

Record Title: Churchill: Man of Destiny NELM:[Collection: TURNER, Sophie]: 2001. 30. 2. 15.

Churchill, man of destiny : presented by David Horner [at an unknown theatre, 1974]. NELM: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 9. 21.

• Late Harvest • Ghosts • Directed A Midsummer Night's Dream (1984) • The Sound of Music (1964) • In the Bag (1968), • Satin and Tweed, [[The Royal Hunt of the Sun • The Snow Goose • The Hollow Crown • Twelfth Night, or What You Will

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