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| − | [[Noël Roos]] (195*-) Actor, director, teacher and drama lecturer. | + | [[Noël Roos]] (195*-). Actor, director, teacher and drama lecturer. |
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| + | Acted in ''[[Take Root or Die]]'' (1966), ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (1967), a 1969 production of ''[[Putsonderwater]]'', [[Arthur Clarke]]'s play ''[[Threshold]]'', [[Don Maclennan]]'s ''[[A Winter Vacation]]'' (1969), ''[[As You Like It]]'' (1977) by the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]]. | ||
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He had a role in ''[[Scathkadie the Sorceress]]'' in 1981. | He had a role in ''[[Scathkadie the Sorceress]]'' in 1981. | ||
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| + | Staged managed ''[[Our Town]]'' by Thornton Wilder in April 1968. | ||
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| + | Directed ''[[Something Unspoken]]'' by Tennessee Williams (1978), RUDD; St Andrew's College and Diocesan School for Girls production of ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' (1978); | ||
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| + | Produced ''[[Professor Taranne]]'' by Arthur Adamov and ''[[Come and Go]]'' by Samuel Beckett both presented by the [[Rhodes University]] Education Department. | ||
A meticulous craftsman and demanding teacher who directed a number a memorable productions for the Department, including ****, Peter Schaffer's ''[[Equus]]'' in Afrikaans in 1982 and in English in (1988/9?*), Wilder's ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' (19**) and Strindberg's ''[[Miss Julie]]'' (19**). | A meticulous craftsman and demanding teacher who directed a number a memorable productions for the Department, including ****, Peter Schaffer's ''[[Equus]]'' in Afrikaans in 1982 and in English in (1988/9?*), Wilder's ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' (19**) and Strindberg's ''[[Miss Julie]]'' (19**). | ||
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== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
| − | + | St Andrew's College and Diocesan School for Girls production of Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat, directed by Noël Roos, won the Rosalie van der Gucht Award for the production, 1978 | |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| − | + | Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue. | |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 15:42, 8 October 2019
Noël Roos (195*-). Actor, director, teacher and drama lecturer.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Studied at the Drama Department of the University of Rhodes. He returned to Rhodes to do a post-graduate course in drama in the late 1970s.
Career
He taught at Graaff-Reinet and Cape Town before joining PACT as an actor. Appointed by the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department (198*-199*), to teach English speech, voice and acting.
He left Stellenbosch and University teaching in 199*, to become a language teacher in the East.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Acted in Take Root or Die (1966), Twelfth Night (1967), a 1969 production of Putsonderwater, Arthur Clarke's play Threshold, Don Maclennan's A Winter Vacation (1969), As You Like It (1977) by the Rhodes University Drama Department.
He had a role in Scathkadie the Sorceress in 1981.
Staged managed Our Town by Thornton Wilder in April 1968.
Directed Something Unspoken by Tennessee Williams (1978), RUDD; St Andrew's College and Diocesan School for Girls production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1978);
Produced Professor Taranne by Arthur Adamov and Come and Go by Samuel Beckett both presented by the Rhodes University Education Department.
A meticulous craftsman and demanding teacher who directed a number a memorable productions for the Department, including ****, Peter Schaffer's Equus in Afrikaans in 1982 and in English in (1988/9?*), Wilder's Our Town/Ons Dorp (19**) and Strindberg's Miss Julie (19**).
Awards, etc
St Andrew's College and Diocesan School for Girls production of Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat, directed by Noël Roos, won the Rosalie van der Gucht Award for the production, 1978
Sources
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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