Nazli George

GEORGE, Nazli, (19*-) Actress. ** Hello and Goodbye, Kunstekaap, 2001. Pedro Kruger & Ralph Lawson (Regiseurs). The Elephant Man, As You Like It, Onder Engele.

GEORGE, Nazli (19**-) Actress, dramatist, director and drama teacher. Grew up in Landsdowne, Cape Town, attended Wynberg Senior Secondary School and went on to study drama at the University of Cape Town Drama Department. She also trained as ballet teacher and holds a diploma in Speech and Drama from Trinity College, London. She has worked for a variety of theatrical companies, notably for CAPAB’s Shakespeare productions and the David Kramer/Taliep Petersen musicals. In the 1990s founded her own production company and drama school and has written and produced a number of plays for the company, which goes on tour in the Western Cape. In 2000 she gained huge critical acclaim for her performance as Hester in Fugard’s Hello and Goodbye at the Baxter Theatre.

Quoted from the programme of The Elephant Man wherein she played the role of Nurse Sandwich in 1998: 'Nazli George is an experienced stage, radio and TV actress with a string of award-winning and popular productions behind her. Her work for CAPAB, NAPAC, the Baxter Theatre Centre and for David Kramer and Taliep Petersen has received much acclaim and she is fast becoming one of South Africa's top TV actresses with appearances in Die Allemans, Onder Engele, Natural Rhythm and Egoli, in which she has been seen as Fiona since March this year. She recently directed and acted in The Last Present for the BBC World Service.'

Sources

Programme notes of The Elephant Man in 1998.

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