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[[Fitz Morley]] (1927-2007). Bilingual (English and [[Afrikaans]]) actor.
 
[[Fitz Morley]] (1927-2007). Bilingual (English and [[Afrikaans]]) actor.
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== Career ==
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He was a founder member of [[CAPAB]] drama in 1963, beginning a 22-year career there, equally at home in English and Afrikaans productions.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Roles in ''[[Piekniek te Velde]]'' ([[The Space]], 197*), ''[[Wooed and Viewed]]'' ([[The Space]], 197*), Fritz, Marilyn Bennett, , [[CAPAB]]'s ''[[The Mikado]]'' [[Gilbert & Sullivan]]’s, (Dir) [[Murray Dickie]] & [[Andy Gibson]], Designer:  [[Bruno Santini]], [[Evelyn Dalberg]], [[Aviva Pelham]], [[Marilyn Bennett]], [[Sally Presant]], [[Andrea Haller]], [[Manuel Escorcio]], ([[Christine Reynolds]]’s chorus)conductor:  [[Michael Tomaschek]]/ [[Terence Kern]], [[De Wet van Rooyen]], [[Henry Lankester]], [[John Eagar]], [[Miranda Kark]].
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He a appeared in plays such as Anouilh’s ''[[Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu|Becket]]'' (1963), [[CAPAB]]'s ''[[The Mikado]]'', ''[[Wooed and Viewed]]'' ([[The Space]], 1974), ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac]]'', ''[[Dokter teen Wil en Dank]]'', ''[[Faan se Stasie]]'', ''[[Hansie die Hanslam]]'', ''[[Husse met Lang Ore]]'', ''[[Die Laaste Aand]]'', ''[[Die Loodswaaiers]]'', ''[[Mary Stuart|Maria Stuart]]'', ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'', ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[Richard III]]'', ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'', ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', ''[[My Poor Marat]]'', ''[[A Phoenix too Frequent]]'', ''[[Picnic on the Battlefield|Piekniek te Velde]]'',''[[La Dame aux Camélias]]'', ''[[Kleine Komödie]]'', ''[[Lappies die Lappiesmous]]'', ''[[Camelot]]'', ''[[The Idiot]]'', ''[[The Frogs]]'', ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' (1986) as Sancho Panza, ''[[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]'', ''[[Les Assassins Associés]]'', ''[[Kings of Rok]]'', ''[['n Skip is Ons Beloof]]'', ''[[Sailor Beware!]]'', ''[[Trippe Trappe Tone]]'', ''[[La Puce à L'Oreille|Hond se Gedagte]]'' (1971), ''[[Tant Ralie se Losieshuis]]''.
 
 
  
He was a founder member of [[CAPAB]] drama in 1963, beginning a 22-year career there. Equally at home in English and Afrikaans productions. Appeared in plays such as ''[[Becket]]'', ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'', ''[[Hond se Gedagte]]'', ''[[King Lear]]''. Played Sancho Panza in ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' with [[Lawrence Folley]] as Don Quichote in November 1986.
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He directed ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest|Erns in Luim]]'' for [[PACOFS]] in 1968 and played in a [[CAPAB]] production of ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' in 1993.
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Revision as of 13:41, 28 August 2018

Fitz Morley (1927-2007). Bilingual (English and Afrikaans) actor.

Career

He was a founder member of CAPAB drama in 1963, beginning a 22-year career there, equally at home in English and Afrikaans productions.

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

He a appeared in plays such as Anouilh’s Becket (1963), CAPAB's The Mikado, Wooed and Viewed (The Space, 1974), Cyrano de Bergerac, Dokter teen Wil en Dank, Faan se Stasie, Hansie die Hanslam, Husse met Lang Ore, Die Laaste Aand, Die Loodswaaiers, Maria Stuart, Ons Hou Konsert, Othello, Richard III, The Beggar's Opera, My Fair Lady, My Poor Marat, A Phoenix too Frequent, Piekniek te Velde,La Dame aux Camélias, Kleine Komödie, Lappies die Lappiesmous, Camelot, The Idiot, The Frogs, Man of La Mancha (1986) as Sancho Panza, Kanna hy kô Hystoe, Les Assassins Associés, Kings of Rok, 'n Skip is Ons Beloof, Sailor Beware!, Trippe Trappe Tone, Hond se Gedagte (1971), Tant Ralie se Losieshuis.

He directed Erns in Luim for PACOFS in 1968 and played in a CAPAB production of The Importance of Being Earnest in 1993.

Sources

Cape Times, 28 Jun 2007.

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