Ricky Arden
Ricky Arden (19*-) Actor and professional director, who like many at the time also directed plays for amateur societies including the Johannesburg REPS and the Bloemfontein Repertory Society.
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Biography
He accepted a teaching post at the University of San Diego in the USA, after his wife, the model Kay Dewdney, had committed suicide.
Training
Career
He started acting circa 1950 and since 1960 established himself as one of South Africa's foremost directors.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Ricky has about 30 productions to his credit, including his first major production, The Lower Depths (1959), See How They Run (1960), Come Blow Your Horn (Johannesburg REPS , 1962), Policy for Murder (Johannesburg REPS , 1963), Dear Me, The Sky is Falling (1963), Adam's Rib (a revue, 1963), Jean Anouilh's Ring Round the Moon (PACT, 1964), Bartho Smit's Man met 'n lyk om sy nek (PACT, 1966), Frank Wedekind’s The Love Potion (PACT, 1966), Travelling Light (PACT, 1966), Don't Stop the Carnival, Adam's Apple, The Rainmaker and The Rape of the Belt in ???, Barmy Days, Travelling Light (Alexander Theatre, 1966).
His last production before he left for the USA was According to the Evidence (PACT, Alexander Theatre, 1966).
Awards
Sources
Tucker, 1997.
Programme of a run of Adam's Rib by Adam Leslie in 1966.
Ring Round the Moon programme notes, 1964.
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
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