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'''SOBOIL, Maggie''' (Margaret) (1944- ) is a South African-born American actress, satirist, voice artist and producer. * At [[The Space]] in the 1970s she performed in ''[[Fallen Angels]]'', ''[[Luv]]'', ''[[Ooh! La-La]]'' and [[Maggie Soboil / Merton Barrow]] (a cabaret). * SOBOIL, Maggie. She starred in [[Louis Burke]]’s production of ''[[The Beggar’s Opera]]'' which opened in Cape Town in 1965, and then in Johannesburg in 1966. It also starred [[David Holliday]], [[Louis Burke]], [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Frank Lazarus]]. She soon teamed up with [[Frank Lazarus]] as a revue partnership, performing across the world before she settled in the States. She starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s production of [[Shaw]]’s ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1967. It also starred [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Alec Bell]], [[Elizabeth Meyer]], [[Kerry Jordan]], [[François Swart]], [[Frank Lazarus]] and [[Joan Blake]]. She starred in [[Toerien-Rubin]]’s revue ''[[Maggie and Frank]]'', together with [[Frank Lazarus]], at the [[Brooke]] in 1967. * ''[[God’s Forgotten]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1979,  La Mama, New York),
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[[Maggie Soboil]] (Margaret) (1944- ) is a South African-born American actress, satirist, voice artist and producer.
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== Career ==
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She worked for [[PACT]], [[CAPAB]] and [[The Space]].
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She formed a revue partnership with [[Frank Lazarus]], performing across the world before she settled in the United States where she works as porducer and actress, mainly in film and television.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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Maggie helped create and performed in ''[[An Evening with Maggie and Frank]]'' in 1968.
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She performed in ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1965, ''[[The Mask and the Face]]'' as Elisa Zanotti for [[PACT]] in 1967, ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' ([[PACT]] 1967), ''[[Black Comedy]]'' ([[PACT]] 1972), in a performance of ''[[America Hurrah]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]] in Cape Town in the 1970s, as The Princess Huncamunca in [[CAPAB]]’s production of ''[[The Tragedy of Tragedies, or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great]]'' in 1972, and in ''[[Annie Get Your Gun]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1973).
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At [[The Space]] in the mid-1970s she performed in ''[[Fallen Angels]]'', ''[[Luv]]'', ''[[Ooh! La-La]]'' and ''Maggie Soboil / Merton Barrow'' (a cabaret)
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In 1979 she performed in ''[[God's Forgotten]]'' at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
Tucker, 1997
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[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
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IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811835/].
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Latest revision as of 11:05, 26 March 2020

Maggie Soboil (Margaret) (1944- ) is a South African-born American actress, satirist, voice artist and producer.

Career

She worked for PACT, CAPAB and The Space.

She formed a revue partnership with Frank Lazarus, performing across the world before she settled in the United States where she works as porducer and actress, mainly in film and television.

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

Maggie helped create and performed in An Evening with Maggie and Frank in 1968.

She performed in The Beggar's Opera (CAPAB 1965, The Mask and the Face as Elisa Zanotti for PACT in 1967, Heartbreak House (PACT 1967), Black Comedy (PACT 1972), in a performance of America Hurrah at the Little Theatre in Cape Town in the 1970s, as The Princess Huncamunca in CAPAB’s production of The Tragedy of Tragedies, or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great in 1972, and in Annie Get Your Gun (CAPAB 1973).

At The Space in the mid-1970s she performed in Fallen Angels, Luv, Ooh! La-La and Maggie Soboil / Merton Barrow (a cabaret)

In 1979 she performed in God's Forgotten at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City.

Sources

Astbury 1979.

Tucker, 1997.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

IMDb [1].

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Return to ESAT Personalities S

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