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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| + | ''[[I Spy]]'' (Anthony Farmer Productions, 1959), ''[[Don't Let the Summer Come]]'' (CAPAB 1968), ''[[A Winter Vacation]]'' (1969), ''[[Antigone]]'' (CAPAB 1969), ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' (CAPAB 1971). | ||
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Performed in | Performed in | ||
| − | ''[[The Fourposter]]'', | + | ''[[The Fourposter]]'', |
''[[A Murder is Announced]]'' (By Agatha Christie), | ''[[A Murder is Announced]]'' (By Agatha Christie), | ||
''[[Odd Man In]]'' (directed by [[Rex Garner]]), | ''[[Odd Man In]]'' (directed by [[Rex Garner]]), | ||
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''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' (as “Verya” with [[CAPAB]]), | ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' (as “Verya” with [[CAPAB]]), | ||
''[[The Way of the World]]'' (as “Millament”), | ''[[The Way of the World]]'' (as “Millament”), | ||
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''[[The Crucible]]'', | ''[[The Crucible]]'', | ||
''[[Odd Man In]]'', | ''[[Odd Man In]]'', | ||
| − | ''[[Blood Wedding]]'' (as “Mother” in 1981) | + | ''[[Blood Wedding]]'' (as “Mother” in 1981). |
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Devised and directed the “black” musical ''[[Mboni]]''. | Devised and directed the “black” musical ''[[Mboni]]''. | ||
She starred in the [[Leonard Schach]] production of [[Robert Patrick]]’s ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' together with [[John Higgins]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[John Rogers]] and [[Bess Finney]] for [[The Company]] at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in 1975. ''[[Panorama]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1988), ''[[Kafka Dances]]'' (1996). | She starred in the [[Leonard Schach]] production of [[Robert Patrick]]’s ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'' together with [[John Higgins]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[John Rogers]] and [[Bess Finney]] for [[The Company]] at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in 1975. ''[[Panorama]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1988), ''[[Kafka Dances]]'' (1996). | ||
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== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
Latest revision as of 20:43, 17 January 2018
Lyn Hooker (19**-). Actress.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Trained at the University of Natal, Department of Speech and Drama, Durban.
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
I Spy (Anthony Farmer Productions, 1959), Don't Let the Summer Come (CAPAB 1968), A Winter Vacation (1969), Antigone (CAPAB 1969), The Importance of Being Earnest (CAPAB 1971).
Performed in The Fourposter, A Murder is Announced (By Agatha Christie), Odd Man In (directed by Rex Garner), Twelfth Night (as “Viola” with CAPAB, 1969), The Cherry Orchard (as “Verya” with CAPAB), The Way of the World (as “Millament”), The Crucible, Odd Man In, Blood Wedding (as “Mother” in 1981).
Devised and directed the “black” musical Mboni.
She starred in the Leonard Schach production of Robert Patrick’s Kennedy's Children together with John Higgins, Erica Rogers, John Rogers and Bess Finney for The Company at the Chelsea Theatre in 1975. Panorama (Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1988), Kafka Dances (1996).
Awards, etc
Won Best Actress Award in 1975 for Kennedy's Children.
Sources
SACD 1973; 1974; 1975/76; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1981/82.
Tucker, 1997.
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