KADS is mourning the death of Gil Clark
Tue, 18 Sept 2001, 10:13 amGeorge2 posts in thread
KADS is mourning the death of Gil Clark
Tue, 18 Sept 2001, 10:13 amGil Clark, one of the earliest members of KADS, died on Sunday September 16, 2001. Dee Howells, one of the founder members of KADS and a close friend of Gil's, penned this tribute.
"It was in 1971 when we first met Gil Clark, he and his family had joined KADS, our local drama group. He played the lead part in our second play, "Out of the Crocodile". He was so professional on stage, we were in awe of him and he taught us so much, in fact he was a mentor to many of us. He was intellectual in his assessment of the character he played and in the direction of the plays he produced. On top of all this he had the most wonderful speaking voice and so good looking, a twin to Richard Burton. He had a good sense of humour and was, for the most part, placid and good-natured when working with him. We all had young families in those early days of KADS and we had a shed outside the Kalamunda Agricultural Hall where we stored our flats and stage equipment. In all kinds of weather we would spend our weekends together, painting & erecting sets for our four plays a year. These were very happy days.
His love of theatre was paramount in his life and this reflected in his family. In the years to come Gil became the president of our club, as did his son Richard. His wife was always the prompt and his daughters were involved in some small way; his younger daughter, Gillian, is a graduate of NIDA and he was very proud of her. There were very few plays put on in Kalamunda without a Clark family member being involved.
He was a great favourite for Kalamunda audiences and in the early days would always be given the "leading man" part, but in later years he played the character parts so cleverly.
He put so much research into the plays he directed and won the coveted Finley Award for the best play in 1978, with "Uncle Harry".
Although in the last few years, due to his illness, he had only been a member of the audience at KADS, he will be sorely missed by us all and remembered with so much love and affection for his expertise and his love for KADS and the theatre in general."
"It was in 1971 when we first met Gil Clark, he and his family had joined KADS, our local drama group. He played the lead part in our second play, "Out of the Crocodile". He was so professional on stage, we were in awe of him and he taught us so much, in fact he was a mentor to many of us. He was intellectual in his assessment of the character he played and in the direction of the plays he produced. On top of all this he had the most wonderful speaking voice and so good looking, a twin to Richard Burton. He had a good sense of humour and was, for the most part, placid and good-natured when working with him. We all had young families in those early days of KADS and we had a shed outside the Kalamunda Agricultural Hall where we stored our flats and stage equipment. In all kinds of weather we would spend our weekends together, painting & erecting sets for our four plays a year. These were very happy days.
His love of theatre was paramount in his life and this reflected in his family. In the years to come Gil became the president of our club, as did his son Richard. His wife was always the prompt and his daughters were involved in some small way; his younger daughter, Gillian, is a graduate of NIDA and he was very proud of her. There were very few plays put on in Kalamunda without a Clark family member being involved.
He was a great favourite for Kalamunda audiences and in the early days would always be given the "leading man" part, but in later years he played the character parts so cleverly.
He put so much research into the plays he directed and won the coveted Finley Award for the best play in 1978, with "Uncle Harry".
Although in the last few years, due to his illness, he had only been a member of the audience at KADS, he will be sorely missed by us all and remembered with so much love and affection for his expertise and his love for KADS and the theatre in general."
RE: KADS is mourning the death of Gil Clark
Tue, 18 Sept 2001, 01:19 pmVale Gil ..
... another sad loss to KADS & WA community Theatre.
BarbZ
... another sad loss to KADS & WA community Theatre.
BarbZ