The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
Estelle Kohler (1940)
Ms Estelle Kohler (Female)
Nationality: South African
Born: 28 March 1940 Confidence Level
Actor. Born in Johannesburg, Kohler moved to the UK in 1963 to take up a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was first cast as an understudy in Timon of Athens by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1965 which marked the beginning of her long-term relationship with the company. The following year, Kohler starred as Ophelia in Hamlet, Olivia in Twelfth Night and Lady Percy in part I of Henry IV. Between 1965 and 1976, Kohler played a variety of classical and contemporary roles, working with some of the RSC's leading directors. Later, in 1984, she began a second period of work with the company that lasted until 2000. Outside of the RSC, Kohler appeared in various other productions including An Inspector Calls at the Garrick Theatre (1996), Hay Fever at the Oxford Playhouse (2001), and alongside fellow RSC alumni Janet Suzman's in her South African version of The Cherry Orchard at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Market Theatre in Johannesburg in 1997. In 2000, Kohler was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role as Paulina in the RSC/Barbican Centre's production of The Winter's Tale.
Training and Education
Drama school
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) (Training & Education | Est. 1904)
62-64 Gower St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6ED, England
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Appears In
Exiles (Mermaid - Aldwych) (1970)
Beatrice Justice (Age: 27, Female)
At the Aldwych
Performer
Old Times (Birmingham Rep) (1993)
Anna (Old Times) (Age: early forties, Female)
Performer
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Sources
Simon Trowbridge's The Company
Simon Trowbridge, The Company: a Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company, 3rd ed. (Oxford: Editions Albert Creed, 2013)
Biography
This source provides a comprehensive index and brief biographies for key actors, directors, designers and writers who have worked regularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Kohler's entry can be found on pp. 270-272. An entry for Harold Pinter can be found on pp. 375-377.