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THE COMPLETE ACTOR
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PROFILE of English actor Michael Gambon. He has built his reputation principally in plays by Alan Ayckbourn, Simon Gray, and Harold Pinter. During his …

PLAY AGENT
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PROFILE of London play agent Margaret Ramsay. From a playwright's point of view play agents are deal-makers, or matchmakers-pairing playwrights and …

CLOWN
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PROFILE of Bill Irwin, a performing clown. His most recent theatre piece "The Courtroom", a clown show about the in judicious judicial system. This, along …

WITNESS
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PROFILE of Athol Fugard, South African playwright. He was born in Middleburg on June 11, 1932. When he was three the family moved to Port Elizabeth. His …