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Won the [[Rosalie van der Gucht Prize]] for New Directors in 1989 and went on to become a successful director of student and professional work in Cape Town. | Won the [[Rosalie van der Gucht Prize]] for New Directors in 1989 and went on to become a successful director of student and professional work in Cape Town. | ||
| − | Productions include: ''[[French Gray]]'', ''[[Miss Margarida's Way]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'' 2004, ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' | + | Productions include: ''[[French Gray]]'', ''[[Miss Margarida's Way]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'' 2004, ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' 2006, ''[[Sacred Elephant]]'' (Cape Town, 2012), ''[[Between]]'' (Cape Town, 2013). |
He has appeared on stage in ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]''. | He has appeared on stage in ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]''. | ||
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Geoffrey Hyland (19**-) Cape Town based actor, director/designer and lecturer.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Went to school at Grey College, Bloemfontein, studied at the University of Cape Town and later became a teacher and Associate Professor there. Also studied at York University Toronto.
Career
He became a teacher and Associate Professor at UCT.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Won the Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for New Directors in 1989 and went on to become a successful director of student and professional work in Cape Town.
Productions include: French Gray, Miss Margarida's Way, Macbeth 2004, Twelfth Night 2006, Sacred Elephant (Cape Town, 2012), Between (Cape Town, 2013).
He has appeared on stage in The Glass Menagerie.
, The House of Bernarda Alba[] (UCT), [[Titus Andronicus[[, Twelfth Night
Productions as director include Old Wicked Songs, Barrymore, Madman, A Night in November, The Ghost Sonata, Strangers on a Train, The Yellow Wallpaper, Via Dolorosa, Between, Habeas Corpus, Women Beware Women, The Trojan Women (2000), Madame de Sade (1987 and 1997), Kissed by Brel, Deathwatch (1992), Agamemnon (1990), As You Like It (2009), The Blue Room,
Co-wrote and directed Sacred Elephant (2012).
Décor and costume A Doll House, designed The Rimers of Eldritch.
He is one of the judges for the awarding of the Brett Goldin Bursary.
Awards, etc
Won the Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for New Directors in 1989.
He was the Young Artist Award winner for drama in 1997.
Sources
Madame de Sade programme notes, 1997.
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