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(19*-) Actress, director, translator and playwright. *** As actress performed in ''[[Playing with Fire]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1983), ''[[Gulls]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1989) ''[[ Macbeth]]'' ([[Dieter Reible]],  1990), As playwright wrote ''[[The Ashes on their Heads]]'' (19**),  ''[[The Time of the Hyena]]'' ([[Windybrow Theatre]] circa 1986), *. Translations include Bernard-Marie Koltés’s  ''[[Battle of the Dogs and the Black]]'' (19**) and ''[[Bloeiende Lente]]'' (Wedekind’s ''[[Frühlings Erwachen]]'' or ''[[Spring Awakening]]'') and Ayckbourn’s ** (into German as ).  The creative head of [[Endemol South Africa]], she became became the chief writer on the TV series ''Isidingo'' in 1998 and in 2005 became the storyline writer of the TV series ''Binnelanders''.
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(19*-) Actress, director, translator and playwright. ***  
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== Biography ==
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== Training ==
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== Career ==
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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As actress performed in ''[[Playing with Fire]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1983), ''[[Gulls]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1989) ''[[ Macbeth]]'' ([[Dieter Reible]],  1990), As playwright wrote ''[[The Ashes on their Heads]]'' (19**),  ''[[The Time of the Hyena]]'' ([[Windybrow Theatre]] circa 1986), *. Translations include Bernard-Marie Koltés’s  ''[[Battle of the Dogs and the Black]]'' (19**) and ''[[Bloeiende Lente]]'' (Wedekind’s ''[[Frühlings Erwachen]]'' or ''[[Spring Awakening]]'') and Ayckbourn’s ** (into German as ).  The creative head of [[Endemol South Africa]], she became became the chief writer on the TV series ''Isidingo'' in 1998 and in 2005 became the storyline writer of the TV series ''Binnelanders''.
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== Awards, etc ==
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She received the 1987 Johannesburg Repertory Players DALRO Award for her role as Liz in ''[[Ashes on Our Heads]]''.
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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''Die Eend'' programme, 1993
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Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
 
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Return to [[ESAT Personalities B]]
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Revision as of 17:26, 27 August 2014

(19*-) Actress, director, translator and playwright. ***

Biography

Training

Career

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

As actress performed in Playing with Fire (Baxter Theatre, 1983), Gulls (Baxter Theatre, 1989) Macbeth (Dieter Reible, 1990), As playwright wrote The Ashes on their Heads (19**), The Time of the Hyena (Windybrow Theatre circa 1986), *. Translations include Bernard-Marie Koltés’s Battle of the Dogs and the Black (19**) and Bloeiende Lente (Wedekind’s Frühlings Erwachen or Spring Awakening) and Ayckbourn’s ** (into German as ). The creative head of Endemol South Africa, she became became the chief writer on the TV series Isidingo in 1998 and in 2005 became the storyline writer of the TV series Binnelanders.



Awards, etc

She received the 1987 Johannesburg Repertory Players DALRO Award for her role as Liz in Ashes on Our Heads.


Sources

Die Eend programme, 1993


Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography


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