Garalt MacLiam
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Garalt MacLiam (1937-2014) was a South African playwright, director, actor, author and theatre critic. He was well-known as the theatre critic for the Star Tonight newspaper for many years. He was president of the South African Union of Journalists (SAUJ) in the 1990's.
Plays written by him include The Indian Rope Trick and Diary of a Madman, which was adapted by MacLiam from Gogol’s short story of the same title and in which he performed in its first production. He wrote and directed One Friday in Jerusalem, which was staged at Upstairs at the Market in 1976.
Sources
Tucker, 1997
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