James White
(1957-2006). Actor.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Performed in Black Comedy, Charley's Aunt (1973), Best of Birds and Beasts, Troilus and Cressida (as “Paris”), Hey Fever, Elizabeth I, Enemy!, Luv and The Great Waltz.
He starred in Feydeau’s farce A Flea in Her Ear at the Alexander Theatre in 1967; in the JODS production of South Pacific which was staged at the Civic Theatre by Brickhill-Burke in 1969; together with Brian Brooke he appeared in Kauffman and Hart’s You Can’t Take It With You in 1972; in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida for PACT in 1974; in Murray Schisgal’s Broadway comedy Luv at the Market Thetare in 1977; . He starred in Geoffrey Sutherland’s production of Joan Littlewood’s Oh What a Lovely War! together with Michael Richard, Gay Lambert, Michael McCabe, Judy Page and Erica Rogers for PACT in 1980. He starred in Leslie Darbon’s Murder by Proxy together with Yvonne Banning, Richard Cox and James Borthwick at the Intimate in 1981. He starred in the PACT production of The State Theatre Overflow Show together with Michael McCabe, Pamela Gien and Peter Terry with direction by Nigel Vermaas at the Arena Bistro in 1981. He starred in PACT’s production of Sheridan’s The Rivals together with John Hussey, Wilson Dunster, Pauline Bailey, Pamela Gien and John Lesley directed by Michael Atkinson at the State Theatre in March 1983.
He played in the 1964 film Seven Against the Sun.
Sources
SACD 1973; 1974; 1975/76; 1977/78.
Tucker, 1997.
Martin, Bob, 2008.
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