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(****-****). Actress.  Trained at RADA, and worked in England.  Performed in ''[[Let Sleeping Wives Lie]]'',
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'''Sandra Duncan''' (19**-). Actress on stage and screen.
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''[[The Pay-Off]]'',
 
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''[[Otherwise Engaged]]'',
 
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''[[Getting Away With Murder]]'',
 
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''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (with[[ NAPAC]]),
 
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''[[Dusa Stas Fish and Vi]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]),
 
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''[[Sly Fox]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]) and in ''[[Norman Conquests]]'' (at the [[Baxter Theatre]]).
 
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([[SACD]] 1977/78) ([[SACD]] 1979/80)
 
  
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== Biography ==
  
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DUNCAN, Sandra. (19*-) Actress. *** Worked for [[CAPAB]] and [[Pieter Toerien]] ?* Roles include ***, "Sarah" in ''[[The Norman Conquests]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Supporting Actress, 1979), "Virginia Woolf" in ''[[Virginia]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1984), "Mrs Manahn" in ''[[The Anastasia File]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1987).
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Born in Crosby, Merseyside, England, in 1947, she trained at RADA and on graduating worked extensively in repertory in England. In this time she also did some film and TV work, including appearances in ''Brian Rix Presents'' (1960), and Emmerdale Farm (1972).Then, in 1974, she came to South Africa to to star in ''[[Let Sleeping Wives Lie]]'' for the [[Toerien-Firth Company]], remaining in the country for much of the time, for the next 20 years. She then returned to resettle in England in 1993.
  
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DUNCAN, Sandra. She starred in A.R. Gurney’s ''[[Children]]'' with [[Erica Rogers]] and [[Kim Braden]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1974. Together with [[Hywel Bennett]] she starred in Simon Gray’s ''[[Otherwise Engaged]]'' for [[Toerien-Firth Company]] in 1976. She starred in the [[Brickhill-Burke]] production of Alan Aykbourn’s trilogy, ''[[The Norman Conquests]]'', separately titled ''Table Manners'', ''Living Together'' and ''Round and Round the Garden'', at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]] in 1979 together with [[Jana Cilliers]], [[Bill Flynn]], [[Dorothy Ann Gould]], [[Eckard Rabe]] and [[John Lesley]] under direction of [[Brian Rawlinson]]. She starred in the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] production of Andrew Davies’s ''[[Rose]]'' at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1980/1981. She starred in the [[PACT]] production of William Gibson’s ''[[Monday After the Miracle]]'' together with [[Pamela Gien]] with direction by [[François Swart]] at the Pretoria [[State Theatre]] and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1982. [[Michael Atkinson]] directed a revival of ''[[The Lady’s Not for Burning]]'' which he also starred in together with Sandra for [[PACT]] in 1982. She starred in Edna O’Brien’s ''[[Virginia]]'' together with [[Robert Whitehead]] and [[Yvonne Banning]] under direction by [[Bobby Heaney]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in February 1983. She starred in [[William Egan]]’s production of Tennessee Williams’s ''[[Night of the Iguana]]'' together with [[Eric Flynn]], [[Annabel Linder]] and [[Anthony James]] for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1983. She starred in ''[[The Anastasia File]]'' in 1986. She starred in ''[[Miscarriage of Murder]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1986. She starred in [[Pieter Toerien]]’s production of ''[[Stepping Out]]'' at the [[Andrê Huguenet Theatre]] in 1986. She starred in D''[[eadly Embrace]]'' under [[Moira Lister]]’s direction at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in 1987. She played the title role in William Luce’s ''[[Lillian]]'' at [[Upstairs]] in 1988. She starred in [[Terrence Shank]]’s production of ''[[Persona]]'' at the [[Windybrow]] in May 1990. She starred in Lerner and Louwe’s ''[[Gigi]]'' at the Pretoria [[State Theatre]] in 1992. She starred in Edward Albee’s ''[[A Delicate Balance]]'' in 1993.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
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DUNCAN, Sandra, ''[[Merchant of Venice]]'' – [[Richard Haines]], dir. [[Ken Leach]], set design: [[Penny Simpson]]; costume design:  [[James Parker]], [[Sand du Plessis Theatre]], Aug. 1985
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Her other work for the [[Toerien-Firth Company]]  included ''[[The Pay-Off]]'', ''[[Otherwise Engaged]]'', ''[[Getting Away With Murder]]'', and appearances for [[Pieter Toerien]] in ''[[Vanities]]'', ''[[The Anastasia File]]'' in 1986, ''[[Miscarriage of Murder]]'', ''[[Stepping Out]]'' at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]] in 1986, ''[[The Anastasia File]]'' 1987, ''[[Deadly Embrace]]'' under [[Moira Lister]]’s direction at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in 1987,.
  
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She also did numerous productions for other companies, among them:
  
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''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (with[[ NAPAC]], 1978), ''[[Dusa Stas Fish and Vi]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]), ''[[Sly Fox]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]) and ''[[The Norman Conquests]]'' (at the [[Baxter Theatre]]), ''[[Bodies]]'' (Market Theatre), ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (NAPAC), A.R. Gurney’s ''[[Children]]'' (with [[Erica Rogers]] and [[Kim Braden]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1974), ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' ([[NAPAC]] 1978), ''[[Rose]]'' 1980/1981, ''[[Macbeth]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1981), ''[[Monday After the Miracle]]'' for PACT, 1982, ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' [[PACT]] in 1982, ''[[Virginia]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in February 1983, ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' ([[PACT]], 1983), she replaced [[Fiona Ramsay]] in ''[[Agnes of God]]'', 1983, ''[[Virginia]]'', 1984,
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''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' ([[PACOFS]],  1985), played the title role in William Luce’s ''[[Lillian]]'' at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1988, she starred in [[Terrence Shank]]’s production of ''[[Persona]]'' at the [[Windybrow]] in May 1990, ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]'' 1992, she played "Aunt Alicia" in Lerner and Loewe's ''[[Gigi]]'' at the Pretoria [[State Theatre]] in 1992, she starred in Edward Albee’s ''[[A Delicate Balance]]'' in 1993.
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She also did the occasional film and TV work in South Africa, e.g. appearing in the film ''[[Survivor]]'' (1987)
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== Awards, etc ==
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"Sarah" in ''[[The Norman Conquests]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Supporting Actress, 1979),
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"Virginia Woolf" in ''[[Virginia]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1984),
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"Mrs Manahn" in ''[[The Anastasia File]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1987).
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Vita National 1992 for her performance in ''[[Persona]]'', and as Josie Hogan in ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]'' [actress of the year];
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Nominated DALRO 1993 ''[[A Delicate Balance]]'' (best actress on the English stage);
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== Sources ==
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[[SACD]] 1977/78; 1979/80.
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''Rose'' programme notes, 1980.
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Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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Interview with [[Murray McGibbon]] 2011 [http://indianapublicmedia.org/profiles/actress-sandra-duncan].
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Sandra Duncan (19**-). Actress on stage and screen.

Biography

Born in Crosby, Merseyside, England, in 1947, she trained at RADA and on graduating worked extensively in repertory in England. In this time she also did some film and TV work, including appearances in Brian Rix Presents (1960), and Emmerdale Farm (1972).Then, in 1974, she came to South Africa to to star in Let Sleeping Wives Lie for the Toerien-Firth Company, remaining in the country for much of the time, for the next 20 years. She then returned to resettle in England in 1993.

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

Her other work for the Toerien-Firth Company included The Pay-Off, Otherwise Engaged, Getting Away With Murder, and appearances for Pieter Toerien in Vanities, The Anastasia File in 1986, Miscarriage of Murder, Stepping Out at the André Huguenet Theatre in 1986, The Anastasia File 1987, Deadly Embrace under Moira Lister’s direction at the Leonard Rayne Theatre in 1987,.

She also did numerous productions for other companies, among them:

Twelfth Night (withNAPAC, 1978), Dusa Stas Fish and Vi (at the Market Theatre), Sly Fox (at the Market Theatre) and The Norman Conquests (at the Baxter Theatre), Bodies (Market Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream (NAPAC), A.R. Gurney’s Children (with Erica Rogers and Kim Braden at the Intimate Theatre in 1974), Twelfth Night (NAPAC 1978), Rose 1980/1981, Macbeth (CAPAB 1981), Monday After the Miracle for PACT, 1982, The Lady's not for Burning PACT in 1982, Virginia at Upstairs at the Market in February 1983, The Night of the Iguana (PACT, 1983), she replaced Fiona Ramsay in Agnes of God, 1983, Virginia, 1984, The Merchant of Venice (PACOFS, 1985), played the title role in William Luce’s Lillian at Upstairs at the Market in 1988, she starred in Terrence Shank’s production of Persona at the Windybrow in May 1990, A Moon for the Misbegotten 1992, she played "Aunt Alicia" in Lerner and Loewe's Gigi at the Pretoria State Theatre in 1992, she starred in Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance in 1993.

She also did the occasional film and TV work in South Africa, e.g. appearing in the film Survivor (1987)

Awards, etc

"Sarah" in The Norman Conquests (Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Supporting Actress, 1979),

"Virginia Woolf" in Virginia (Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Actress, 1984),

"Mrs Manahn" in The Anastasia File (Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Actress, 1987).

Vita National 1992 for her performance in Persona, and as Josie Hogan in A Moon for the Misbegotten [actress of the year];

Nominated DALRO 1993 A Delicate Balance (best actress on the English stage);

Sources

SACD 1977/78; 1979/80.

Rose programme notes, 1980.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

Tucker, 1997.


Interview with Murray McGibbon 2011 [1].

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