People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Cramphorne, Rex Roy

Birth

10 January, 1941
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Death

22 November, 1991 (aged 50)
Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

AIDS-related

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• American
• English

Education

• Brisbane Boys' High School
• University of New South Wales
• University of Queensland
• National Institute of Dramatic Art
• Australian Film Television and Radio School

Occupation

• costume designer
• theatre critic
• theatre director

Legacies

• Rex Cramphorn Studio (University of Sydney)
• Rex Cramphorn Theatre Scholarship (NSW Government)

Key Organisations

• Theatre Australia

Workplaces

• Bulletin (magazine)
• Performance Syndicate
• Australian (Sydney) newspaper
• Old Tote Theatre
• A Shakespeare Company
• Playbox Theatre Company (Melbourne)
• Centre of Performance Studies (University of Sydney)