Mary Dreyer

DREYER, Mary. (19*-) Actress. * (*?) **

Training

She obtained a BA degree at Wits, a Teachers Diploma at TCE and a Post Graduate Performers Diploma at UCT.

Career

Started with The Space in Cape Town. Member of CAPAB's main company and their Youth Group??** Rejoined CAPAB Drama Permanent Compnay in 1985.

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

Started with The Space in Cape Town, doing i.a. Black Beauty and the Boss (Pieter-Dirk Uys, Labia Theatre, 1976), Snow White and the Special Branch (Pieter-Dirk Uys, Labia Theatre, 1976), After Liverpool by James Saunders, A Different Shade of Grey, The Sun King and Three’s Company. . ** Roles include **, "Ma/etc" in Berkoff's Greek; Steffy in I Ought to be in Pictures (1985); Drie Susters II (19**), Helen in Good (1990); "**, "?*?" in Reza de Wet's Mis, "Salome" in Mirakel ( and "Sussie" in Drif , **, **, **, Amadeus (Baxter Theatre, 2006), Vrededorp by Charles Fourie (KKNK, 2005) **. Die Van Aardes van Grootoor (1977)

She has also worked for television and radio.

Awards, etc

(Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Supporting Actress, 1985) for Greek; Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Supporting Actress, 1994 (Mirakel; Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Actress, 1994 for Sussie in Drif. She won the AA Vita Award for Best Actress in Measure for Measure.

Sources

I Ought to be in Pictures programme notes, 1985.

The Elephant Man programme notes, 1998.

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