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MELISANDE COOK
 
 

Height: 5 Feet 7 Inches
Hair: Red
Eyes: Brown

Nationality: American/British
Natural Accent: Southern US
 Theatre Whilst At RADA:
 
Character 
Anna Petrovna 
Luciana 
Green Girl 
Frau Bergman 
Caliban 
Arbaces 
Melinda 
Dame Ratchet de Ratchet
Bellamiera/lstJew
La Marquise de Meurteuil
Miss Erikson 
Peta 
Sarah		 Production 
Wild Honey
The Comedy of Errors
Wolfpit
Spring Awakening
Tempest
A King and No King
The Recruiting Officer
Tyger Two
Jew of Malta
Les Liasons Dangereuses
Present Laughter 
Birds on the Wing
The Accrington Pals		 Director
John Beschizza
Brigid Panet
Bardy Thomas
William Gaskill
Jennie Sealey
Greg de Polnay
Bardy Thomas
Richard Williams
Roland Rees
John Adams
Robert Chetwyn
Guy Slater
Neil Irish

Special Skills
Basic Certificate in Stage Fighting (BASSC).  UK and US unarmed, R&D, broadsword, quarter staff.  Ballet – Cechetti with pointe, 4 years company work. Mask work and physical theatre.  Dialects – various US, thesis work on dialects of Southern US..  4 octave vocal range.  Driver’s licence.  Carpentry.  Internet and PC/Mac literacy.

Other Experience
BA Theatre and Visual Art (painting, drawing, print-making, sculpture).  4 years Shakespeare rep company member.  3 years Theatresports improviser.  DJ at WPRK, Florida.  Professional work as a director, scenic artist and designer.

Special Interests
Past studies in physics/astronomy, philosophy/theology, literature, music and world mythology.

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