artSMart is sad to report the death of
actor and playwright Dale Cutts who passed away earlier this month.
Cutts was involved in drama from an early
age from the time when he won a bursary for elocution in Std 1 (Grade 3). He
was in school productions and then continued with the Natal Performing Arts
Council (NAPAC), the Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal and the SABC. He
also wrote plays and serials one of which was Squad Cars.
When television started he had the dubious
honour of being the man South Africa loved to hate as Basil Clay in The Villagers.
He is best summed up by his daughter,
Genevieve: "Cooked like a gourmet (best curry), drank black coffee like
water, smoked far too many cigarettes, would always end a good meal with a
black Irish Coffee, told the BEST stories, would make you laugh till your
stomach hurt, had the worst temper I've ever encountered, stubborn as hell,
kind, generous to a fault, loved theatre and words more than life, loved his
children and Janine even more than that."
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