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Life Summary

Name	Rex Roy Cramphorn
Alternative Names	Rex Roy Cramphorne
Born	10 January, 1941 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	22 November, 1991 (aged 50) Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	AIDS-related
Cultural Heritage	American English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Brisbane Boys' High School (student, 1954-1958) University of New South Wales (student) University of Queensland (student, 1959-1966) National Institute of Dramatic Art (student, 1966-1967) Australian Film Television and Radio School (student, 1986-1989)
Occupation or Descriptor *	costume designer (1968-1980) New South Wales, Australia theatre director (1968-1980) New South Wales, Australia theatre critic (1969-1972) New South Wales, Australia theatre critic (1977-1978) New South Wales, Australia theatre director (1981-1985) Victoria, Australia
Legacies *	Rex Cramphorn Studio (University of Sydney) (eponym) Rex Cramphorn Theatre Scholarship (NSW Government) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Theatre Australia (theatre reviewer, 1976-1977)
Workplaces *	Bulletin (magazine) (theatre reviewer, 1968-1969) Performance Syndicate (founder, 1969-1975) Australian (Sydney) newspaper (theatre reviewer, 1971-1972) Old Tote Theatre (theatre director, 1976-1978) A Shakespeare Company (founder, 1980-1980) Playbox Theatre Company (Melbourne) (theatre director, 1981-1985) Centre of Performance Studies (University of Sydney) (teacher, 1989-1991)

* Dates are approximate