I'm known as the Greek warrioress...I come from a family of noble Greek women. My grandmother faced the Nazis during occupied Greece with a gun in he… - Angelique Rockas
" "I'm known as the Greek warrioress...I come from a family of noble Greek women. My grandmother faced the Nazis during occupied Greece with a gun in her hand, and my mother is a veritable Hecuba, all strength and dignity."
About Angelique Rockas
Angelique Rockas (born 31 August 1951 in Boksburg) is a South African Greek actress, producer and activist. Rockas founded Internationalist Theatre in the UK with patron Athol Fugard. The theatre featured multi-racial casts in classical plays, breaking racial barriers that were once accepted norms for theatrical performances.
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The reason the Internationalist Theatre productions demanded attention was that the directors who had already worked at top theatres like the Royal Court and the Royal Shakespeare Company had agreed to take the risk of directing classical plays with multi-racial casts , that the performance was of a very good standard, and furthermore that many prominent members of the arts establishment, Lindsay Anderson, Cameron MacKintosh, John Barton, Richard Eyre, the great casting director Mary Selway, Stephen Berkoff, Nicolas Roeg , came to see performances by Internationalist Theatre.