Angelique Rockas
Angelique Rockas is an stage and film actress, theatre practitioner and producer, and activist.
She has also performed under the stage name Angeliki.
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Biography
Born and raised in Boksburg, South Africa, to immigrant Greek parents, she had her early education at St Dominic's Catholic School for Girls in Boksburg, Transvaal, where the activist and later ANC cabinet minister, Barbara Hogan was one of her contemporaries. They both went on to study at the University of the Witwatersrand, where Angelique did a BA with English literature and Philosophy as majors, and also completing a BA honours degree. Like Hogan, she had a passion for politics and became involved with various political causes while a student.
She then went to the University of Cape Town to complete a Performers Diploma at the Drama Department, under the direction of Robert Mohr. Among her contemporaries there were Reza de Wet,
From early on she became involved as an anti-apartheid and feminist activist, and her .
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Later career in theatre, film and TV
Her London career began with performances for Theatro Technis.
In September 1980 Angelique founded the Internationalist Theatre[1] in London, aimed at pursuing an internationalist approach in its choice of plays and a multi-racial policy, seeking an even mix of performers drawn from different cultural groups. In November 1980, Rockas produced and financed a performance of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford, performing the lead part of "Annabella" herself. She would thereafter perform in several productions by Internationalist Theatre in London from 1981 to 1985, among them "Carmen" in The Balcony (Genet), "Yvette" in Brecht`s Mother Courage and Her Children and "Tatiana" in Gorky`s Enemies, Medea (1982), "Miriam" in the London premiere of Tennessee Williams`s In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel and "Julie" in Strindberg`s Miss Julie (1984).
In 1986 the theatre received charity status in England.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelique_Rockas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalist_Theatre
Personal correspondence from Sonia Hopkins (9-10 February, 2019)
Personal correspondence with Angelique Rockas(17 February, 2019)
The Complete Unpublished Extract Of Angelique Rockas` South African Journey, Used As Basis For Interview With The South African , Internet Archive[2]
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