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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Productions, as actress, include: ''[[Showboat]]'' (Julie); ''[[Oklahoma]]'' (Laurey); ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (Eliza); ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (Mrs Higgins); ''[[Oliver!]]'' (Nancy); ''[[Camelot]]'' (Guinevere); ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' (Elsa); ''[[The Pajama Game]]'' Babe); ''[[Separate Tables]]''; ''[[The Happy Apple]]''; ''[[Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (Titania); ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (Viola); ''[[Witness for the Prosecution]]'' (Romaine); ''[[Shadowlands]]'' (Joy); ''[[King Lear]]'' (Cordelia); ''[[Lettice and Lovage]]'' (Lettice); Wait Until Dark (Suzy); ''[[The Lion in Winter]]'' (Alais).
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Productions, as actress, include: ''[[Showboat]]'' (Julie); ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' (Laurey); ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (Eliza); ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (Mrs Higgins); ''[[Oliver!]]'' (Nancy); ''[[Camelot]]'' (Guinevere); ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' (Elsa); ''[[The Pajama Game]]'' Babe); ''[[Separate Tables]]''; ''[[The Happy Apple]]''; ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (Titania); ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (Viola); ''[[Witness for the Prosecution]]'' (Romaine); ''[[Shadowlands]]'' (Joy); ''[[King Lear]]'' (Cordelia); ''[[Lettice and Lovage]]'' (Lettice); Wait Until Dark (Suzy); ''[[The Lion in Winter]]'' (Alais).
  
 
Director of productions for, inter alia, the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]].
 
Director of productions for, inter alia, the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]].
  
Productions, as director, include: ''[[Oliver]]''; ''[[Evita]]'' (2000); ''[[Annie Get Your Gun]]''; ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''; ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''; ''[[Electra]]''; ''[[The King and I]]''; ''[[Gigi]]''; ''[[The Boyfriend]]''; ''[[Orpheus Descending]]''; ''[[Grease]]''; ''[[Oklahoma]]''; ''[[Chicago]]''; ''[[Sweet Charity]]''; ''[[The Sound of Music]]''; ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]''; ''[[Cabaret]]''; ''[[Footloose]]'' (2007); ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' (2008); ''[[Oklahoma]]'' (2011); ''[[Fiela’s Child - The Musical]]'' (2011 and 2012); ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]''; ''[[Equus]]''; ''[[Evita]]'' (2012).
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Productions, as director, include: ''[[Oliver]]''; ''[[Evita]]'' (2000); ''[[Annie Get Your Gun]]''; ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''; ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''; ''[[Electra]]''; ''[[The King and I]]''; ''[[Gigi]]''; ''[[The Boyfriend]]''; ''[[Orpheus Descending]]''; ''[[Grease]]''; ''[[Oklahoma!]]''; ''[[Chicago]]''; ''[[Sweet Charity]]''; ''[[The Sound of Music]]''; ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]''; ''[[Cabaret]]''; ''[[Footloose]]'' (2007); ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' (2008); ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' (2011); ''[[Fiela’s Child - The Musical]]'' (2011 and 2012); ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]''; ''[[Equus]]''; ''[[Evita]]'' (2012).
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Revision as of 15:42, 17 August 2022

WILLIAMS, Robin (1952- ). South African actress, theatre director and educationist.

Biography

Youth

Training

Career

Currently (2014) Subject Head of Speech and Drama/Dramatic Arts/Arts and Culture at the Theodor Herzl High School in Port Elizabeth.

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

Productions, as actress, include: Showboat (Julie); Oklahoma! (Laurey); My Fair Lady (Eliza); My Fair Lady (Mrs Higgins); Oliver! (Nancy); Camelot (Guinevere); The Sound of Music (Elsa); The Pajama Game Babe); Separate Tables; The Happy Apple; A Midsummer Night's Dream (Titania); Twelfth Night (Viola); Witness for the Prosecution (Romaine); Shadowlands (Joy); King Lear (Cordelia); Lettice and Lovage (Lettice); Wait Until Dark (Suzy); The Lion in Winter (Alais).

Director of productions for, inter alia, the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society.

Productions, as director, include: Oliver; Evita (2000); Annie Get Your Gun; The Wizard of Oz; Romeo and Juliet; Electra; The King and I; Gigi; The Boyfriend; Orpheus Descending; Grease; Oklahoma!; Chicago; Sweet Charity; The Sound of Music; Fiddler on the Roof; Cabaret; Footloose (2007); Guys and Dolls (2008); Oklahoma! (2011); Fiela’s Child - The Musical (2011 and 2012); The Caucasian Chalk Circle; Equus; Evita (2012).

Awards, etc

Sources

Correspondence with Robin Williams, October 2014.

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