Everything about Kester Berwick totally explained
Kester Berwick (pr:
Berrick), 1903-1992 was born in
Adelaide and died an expatriate on
Corfu in the Greek islands. A minor Australian actor and writer, Berwick who was gay, spent the final twenty three years of his life in
Greece. His life is the subject of one of the storylines in
Robert Dessaix's novel
Corfu.
Biography
Born Frank Perkins in
Adelaide,
South Australia, he founded the experimental Ab-Intra Theatre Company there in 1930. Berwick studied at Dartington Hall,
Devon,
England, with
Michael Chekhov a former student of
Stanislavski, for four years from 1936-37. After
World War II broke out he returned to
Australia to spend this time teaching. In the 'forties he was involved in directing plays at The Hut, now part of the
University of Adelaide Theatre Guild. He then taught for five years in
London from 1955.
Berwick settled in
Mithymna (Molyvos), on the island of
Lesbos in 1960, later moving to Gastouri, Corfu in 1969 where he lived until his death at the age of 89 in 1992.
Plays and Publications
1944, directed with Brian Elliott,
Evening for Young Folk, a play at The Hut, Adelaide.
1945, director,
The Stronger, by
August Strindberg.
1946, director,
Swirling, by Denys Ariel and
Andre Obey.
1948, director,
The Rape of Lucrece, author Andre Obey.
His novel,
Head of Orpheus Singing, was published in 1973.
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