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(19**-) Actor and director
  
Actor and director.
 
  
Was resident actor at [[The Space]].  
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He also directed ''[[Three Courteline Comedies]]'' for [[Space Theatre|The Space]]. Later also worked for The [[Market Theatre]] in ***, ***, for [[Maishe Maponya|Maponya]]’s ** Company on ***, [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[Shirley Firth]] in ''[[It's a Boy!]]'' (1982/83) and the [[Baxter Theatre]] in ''[[Aladdin]]''  (1984) 
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== Biography ==
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== Training ==
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== Career ==
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Was resident actor at [[The Space]] in the 1970s.  
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
Performed in  
 
Performed in  
 
''[[Annie]]'' (for [[Brickhill-Burke_Company|Brickhill-Burke]]),
 
''[[Annie]]'' (for [[Brickhill-Burke_Company|Brickhill-Burke]]),
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''[[It's a Boy!]]''.   
 
''[[It's a Boy!]]''.   
  
([[SACD|Limelight 1978/79]])([[SACD|Limelight]] 1980/81)([[SACD|Limelight]] 1982/83)([[SACD|Limelight1983/84]])
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For [[Space Theatre|The Space]], he had roles in ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'', ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'', ''[[Going to Pot]]'', ''[[Hello Out There]]'', ''[[Home]]'', ''[[H.P. and Friends]]'', ''[[The Incredible Vanishing]]'', ''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]'', ''[[Macrune’s Guevara]]'', ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[Medea]]'', ''[[My Husband’s wild desires almost drove me mad]]'', ''[[Picnic on the Battlefield]]'', ''[[The Proposal]]'', ''[[The Riddle Machine]]'', ''[[Sea Anchor]]'', ''[[Treats]]'', ''[[Tsafendas]]'', ''[[Yesterday’s News]]'' and ''[[Zombie]]''.
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''[[The Dybbuk]]'' (1986)
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== Awards, etc ==
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COMYN, Charles. (19**-) Actor and director. * In the 1970s he worked for [[Space Theatre|The Space]], with roles in ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'', ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'', ''[[Going to Pot]]'', ''[[Hello Out There]]'', ''[[Home]]'', ''[[H.P. and Friends]]'', ''[[The Incredible Vanishing]]'', ''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]'', ''[[Macrune’s Guevara]]'', ''[[McCarthy]]'', ''[[Medea]]'', ''[[My Husband’s wild desires almost drove me mad]]'', ''[[Picnic on the Battlefield]]'', ''[[The Proposal]]'', ''[[The Riddle Machine]]'', ''[[Sea Anchor]]'', ''[[Treats]]'', ''[[Tsafendas]]'', ''[[Yesterday’s News]]'' and ''[[Zombie]]''. He also directed ''[[Three Courteline Comedies]]'' for [[Space Theatre|The Space]]. Later also worked for The [[Market Theatre]] in ***, ***, for [[Maishe Maponya|Maponya]]’s ** Company on ***, [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[Shirley Firth]] in ''[[It's a Boy!]]'' (1982/83) and the [[Baxter Theatre]] in ''[[Aladdin]]''  (1984) 
 
  
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== Sources ==
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[[SACD|Limelight 1978/79]])([[SACD|Limelight]] 1980/81)([[SACD|Limelight]] 1982/83)([[SACD|Limelight1983/84]]
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Revision as of 15:09, 21 August 2014

(19**-) Actor and director


He also directed Three Courteline Comedies for The Space. Later also worked for The Market Theatre in ***, ***, for Maponya’s ** Company on ***, Pieter Toerien and Shirley Firth in It's a Boy! (1982/83) and the Baxter Theatre in Aladdin  (1984)  


Biography

Training

Career

Was resident actor at The Space in the 1970s.


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

Performed in Annie (for Brickhill-Burke), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Cold Stone Jug (at the Baxter Theatre), The Lesson (at the Market Theatre), Angel City (at the Market Theatre), Buried Child, Marico, Moonshine and Mampoer.

Directed Cowboy Mouth, The Four Seasons (with the Baxter Company in 1981), Seer in the Suburbs Krapp's Last Tape and It's a Boy!.

For The Space, he had roles in Don't Drink the Water, A Flea in her Ear, Going to Pot, Hello Out There, Home, H.P. and Friends, The Incredible Vanishing, Lysistrata S.A., Macrune’s Guevara, McCarthy, Medea, My Husband’s wild desires almost drove me mad, Picnic on the Battlefield, The Proposal, The Riddle Machine, Sea Anchor, Treats, Tsafendas, Yesterday’s News and Zombie.

The Dybbuk (1986)


Awards, etc

Sources

Limelight 1978/79)(Limelight 1980/81)(Limelight 1982/83)(Limelight1983/84

Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography

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Return to ESAT Personalities C

Return to South African Theatre Personalities

Return to The ESAT Entries

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