Rhett Walton

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Rhett Walton is an Australian actor who has appeared in various theatre, film and television productions, including the soap operas Families and Home & Away . He is a National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) graduate, from the class of 1985, where he studied alongside his future wife, Sonia Todd. [1]

On stage he played Macbeth in Macbeth at the Playhouse in Newcastle in 1993, [2] Bassanio for Bell Shakespeare's 1999 run of The Merchant of Venice , [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Paul in a 1993 run of Brilliant Lies beginning from the plays debut, [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] C.K. Dexter Haven in The Philadelphia Story at the Sydney Opera House in 1986, [15] [16] [17] [18] Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at the Reg Bartley Grandstand in 1986, [19] and appeared in Murder by Misadventure at Marian Street Theatre in 1992. [20] [21] He played alongside his wife in Worst Kept Secrets in 2014. [22] [23] [24] [25]

He has also written scripts for the children's television series Outriders , [26] Fairy Tale Police Department , Tabaluga , Flipper and Lopaka , Blinky Bill , Pig's Breakfast and the drama series Big Sky .[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ NIDA 2002 Annual Report Archived 1 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine ; p47
  2. ↑ Macbeth, AusStage
  3. ↑ The Merchant of Venice, AusStage
  4. ↑ Rose, Colin (2 May 1999), "Pretty (awful) in pink", The Sun Herald
  5. ↑ Hallett, Bryce (3 May 1999), "Lesson for today from the Bard", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ↑ Carroll, Steven (20 June 1999), "The Merchant Of Venice", The Sydney Morning Herald
  7. ↑ Phipps, Ian (2 May 1999), "Merchant gets pound of flesh", The Daily Telegraph
  8. ↑ Morrison, Peter (7 May 1999), "Merchant's message clear, despite mixed metaphors", The Australian Jewish News
  9. ↑ Bloch, Felicity (25 June 1999), "Merchant with a romantic spin", The Australian Jewish News
  10. ↑ Brilliant Lies, AusStage
  11. ↑ Brilliant Lies, AusStage
  12. ↑ Brilliant Lies, AusStage
  13. ↑ Larkin, John (13 June 1993), "Williamson's lies keep the audience guessing", The Age
  14. ↑ Evans, Bob (23 September 1993), "Death by comic overkill", The Sydney Morning Herald
  15. ↑ The Philadelphia Story, AusStage
  16. ↑ Kippax, H.G. (11 October 1986), "Philadelphia fails to live up to its legend", The Sydney Morning Herald
  17. ↑ Barnes, Mick (12 October 1986), "Story set as lavish as an MGM movie", The Sydney Morning Herald
  18. ↑ Curran, Christine (3 November 1986), "The Philadelphia Story", Education : Journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation.
  19. ↑ Evans, Bob (8 March 1986), "Shakespeare goes south of the border", The Sydney Morning Herald
  20. ↑ Murder by Misadventure, AusStage
  21. ↑ Keene, Neil (20 November 1992), "Murder in jest, with twists", The Australian Jewish News
  22. ↑ Connellan, Matthew (12 November 2014), "Coupledom comes in many flavours", Northern District Times
  23. ↑ Hook, Chris (13 November 2014), "Man maketh his mark in mysterious ways", Daily Telegraph
  24. ↑ Keene, Neil (15 November 2014), "Just playing with politics", Daily Telegraph
  25. ↑ Gorman, James (19 November 2014), "Powerful Secrets", Central
  26. ↑ Outriders Archived 14 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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