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(19**-) Actor, stage manager.
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[[Michael Maxwell]] (19**-). Actor, stage manager. lighting designer.
 
 
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
 
He was born in Cape Town. He is married to [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]]
 
He was born in Cape Town. He is married to [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]]
 
 
== Training ==
 
 
 
  
 
== Career ==
 
== Career ==
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Stage manager for ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]].
 
Stage manager for ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]].
  
He formed [[Tripletake Productions]] with [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]] and [[Mark Graham]] in 2008.
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He was the lighting designer for the [[Market Tbeatre]] productions of ''[[Hellhound]]'', ''[[Scenes From an Execution]], ''[[Kindertransport]]''.
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He formed [[Tripletake Productions]] with [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]] and [[Mark Graham]] in 2008. Their first production was ''[[Hello and Goodbye]]'' staged at the [[Tesson Theatre]].
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==
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''[[84 Charing Cross Road]]'' programme notes in 1982 at the [[Market Theatre]].
 
''[[84 Charing Cross Road]]'' programme notes in 1982 at the [[Market Theatre]].
  
[[SACD]] 1979/80; 1981/82;
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[[SACD]] 1979/80; 1981/82.
  
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''[[The Star]]'', 9 September 2008.
  
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

Revision as of 11:06, 4 July 2018

Michael Maxwell (19**-). Actor, stage manager. lighting designer.

Biography

He was born in Cape Town. He is married to Dorothy-Ann Gould

Career

He joined the Market Theatre as stage manager in 1976. He became a member of Janice Honeyman's Market Theatre Youth Company in 1978.

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

Performed in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (at the Market Theatre), Hardy Folk (with the Young Market Company) Holy Moses and All That Jazz (at the Market Theatre), Da (for Toerien/Firth), Ten Little Indians (for Pieter Toerien), A Life (for Toerien/Firth), Spider's Web (for Pieter Toerien), A Matter of Policy (1981); The Front Page (PACT); The Lady's not for Burning (1982), Another Country (1983), Royal Hunt of the Sun (as “Young Martin” with PACT); The Canterbury Tales; Animal Farm (PACT); Sly Fox; Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986); The Dybbuk (1986), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Market Theatre), Steve Biko: The Inquest.

Stage manager for The Road to Mecca at the Market Theatre.

He was the lighting designer for the Market Tbeatre productions of Hellhound, Scenes From an Execution, Kindertransport.

He formed Tripletake Productions with Dorothy-Ann Gould and Mark Graham in 2008. Their first production was Hello and Goodbye staged at the Tesson Theatre.

Awards, etc

Awarded Best Suporting Actor (Transvaal) for Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Sources

84 Charing Cross Road programme notes in 1982 at the Market Theatre.

SACD 1979/80; 1981/82.

The Star, 9 September 2008.

Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography

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