Martin le Maitre

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(19**-19**) Actor

Biography

Born in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe


Training

Studied at Rhodes University.


Career

Joined PACT in 1983; turned freelance in 1987.


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

Appeared in over 20 productions for PACT, notably Full Hook Up. He played Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead for NAPAC; JJ in Smallholding with Snap Productions, 1989.

He starred in Paul Slabolepszy’s Mooi Street Moves at the Laager in 1992, followed by a European tour. He starred in Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie in 1994. *** Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller, Director: Bobby Heaney, 2001 Lighting design: Mannie Manim Music: Janine Neethling, Set design: Stan Knight. Baxter Theatre.

His TV work includes performances as Pickering in Barney Barnato, Eric Storm in Timber and Fox in Sentinel.

Awards, etc

Dalro nomination for Full Hook Up; National Vita Award for Smallholding.


Sources

Tucker, 1997

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