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Name	William Arthur Akers
Born	10 May, 1929 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	22 November, 2010 (aged 81) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Related Entries	[View as tree] van Praagh, Margaret (colleague)
Education *	Randwick Boys' High school (Sydney) (student, 1941-1945)
Occupation *	actor (film) (1939-1939) New South Wales, Australia actor (radio) (1946-1948) New South Wales, Australia production director (1962-1994) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Green Room Awards (theatre, lighting) (recipient, 1987) Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1988) Australian Dance Lifetime Achievement Award (recipient, 2010)
Key Organisations *	John Alden Shakespeare Company (actor) Rathbone Academy of Dramatic Art (NSW) (student)
Workplaces *	Victorian Arts Centre Trust (production director, ?-1983) Borovansky Ballet Academy (director, 1959-1960) Australian Ballet Co (technical officer, 1962-1975) Australian Ballet Co (production director, 1983-1994)

* Dates are approximate

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