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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Pantomime ''[[Babes in the Wood]]'' (Christmas 1970)
 
''[[The Odd Couple]]'' (1966). ''[[Comedians]]'' (1976) (banned after a week, Market Theatre), [[Night of the Iguana]] (1983, alexander), ''[[Entertaining Mr Sloane]]'' (1985)
 
 
 
Performed in  
 
Performed in  
 
''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'',  
 
''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'',  
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''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'',  
 
''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'',  
 
''[[Sis]]'' (at the [[Arena Theatre]]),  
 
''[[Sis]]'' (at the [[Arena Theatre]]),  
''[[Comedians]]'',
 
 
''[[Journey's End]]'',  
 
''[[Journey's End]]'',  
 
''[[London Assurance]]'',  
 
''[[London Assurance]]'',  
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''[[Macbeth]]'' (with [[PACT]]),  
 
''[[Macbeth]]'' (with [[PACT]]),  
 
''[[The Crucible]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1981),  
 
''[[The Crucible]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1981),  
''[[Applause!]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1981),
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''[[Applause]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1981),
 
''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1981),  
 
''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1981),  
 
''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' (with [[PACT]]),  
 
''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' (with [[PACT]]),  
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''[[The Rivals]]'' (with [[PACT]]) and in  
 
''[[The Rivals]]'' (with [[PACT]]) and in  
 
''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' (with [[PACT]]).
 
''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' (with [[PACT]]).
 
  
 
He starred in Neil Simon’s classic, ''[[The Odd Couple]]'' in 1967, in ''[[Comedians]]'' at The [[Market Theatre]] in December 1976, in William Egan’s production of Tennessee Williams’s ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1983. He starred in Joe Orton’s ''[[Entertaining Mr Sloane]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in October 1986.
 
He starred in Neil Simon’s classic, ''[[The Odd Couple]]'' in 1967, in ''[[Comedians]]'' at The [[Market Theatre]] in December 1976, in William Egan’s production of Tennessee Williams’s ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1983. He starred in Joe Orton’s ''[[Entertaining Mr Sloane]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in October 1986.
  
JAMES, Anthony, ''[[King Lear]]'', 1981, [[State Theatre|Staatsteater]], Pta.  [[Keith Grenville]]* (Tucker, 1997)
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Other productions include ''[[Conspiracy]]'',''[[Falstaff]]'', ''[[The Cave Dwellers]]'', ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'', ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', ''[[King Lear]]'' (1969 and 1981), ''[[Present Laughter]]'', ''[[The Young Elizabeth]]'', ''[[Tartuffe]]'', ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]'', ''[[Tons of Money]]'', ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'', ''[[The Fall]]'', ''[[The Fighting Cock]]''.
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Latest revision as of 18:08, 8 September 2016

Anthony James (19**-) Actor.



Biography

Youth

Training

Career

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

Performed in Much Ado about Nothing, In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Tartuffe, Kismet, Twigs, Troilus and Cressida, Sis (at the Arena Theatre), Journey's End, London Assurance, Don't Drink the Water, The Bed-Sitting Room (at the Market Theatre), Golda (with PACT), Sly Fox (at the Market Theatre), Macbeth (with PACT), The Crucible (with PACT in 1981), Applause (with PACT in 1981), A Midsummer Night's Dream (with PACT in 1981), The Lady's not for Burning (with PACT), The Importance of Being Earnest (with PACT), The Rivals (with PACT) and in The Night of the Iguana (with PACT).

He starred in Neil Simon’s classic, The Odd Couple in 1967, in Comedians at The Market Theatre in December 1976, in William Egan’s production of Tennessee Williams’s The Night of the Iguana at the Alexander in 1983. He starred in Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane at Upstairs at the Market in October 1986.

Other productions include Conspiracy,Falstaff, The Cave Dwellers, The Cherry Orchard, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear (1969 and 1981), Present Laughter, The Young Elizabeth, Tartuffe, A Touch of the Poet, Tons of Money, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Fall, The Fighting Cock.

Awards, etc

Sources

SACD 1973; 1974; 1975/76; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80; 1980/81; 1981/82; Limelight 1983/84.

Tucker, 1997. 225, 335, 423, 446.

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