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'''Maggie Stables''' | '''Maggie Stables''' (died 26 September 2014) was a voice actor for [[Big Finish Productions]]. She appeared in the spinoff audio dramas ''[[The Choice]]'' and ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'' and the first [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio drama]] ''[[The Sirens of Time]]'' before being cast in the recurring role of [[Evelyn Smythe]]. | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
Maggie Stables turned to acting as a second career after retiring from a longtime position as a French teacher. After some experience in musical theatre, she acted in a 1991 production of {{wi|Jane Eyre}} with [[Nicholas Briggs]]. This led to Briggs casting Stables as [[Ruthley]] in ''The Sirens of Time'' and as Evelyn the following year. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/webcasts/realtime/interviews/maggiestables/page1.shtml ''Real Time'' interview]</ref> | Maggie Stables turned to acting as a second career after retiring from a longtime position as a French teacher. After some experience in musical theatre, she acted in a 1991 production of {{wi|Jane Eyre}} with [[Nicholas Briggs]]. This led to Briggs casting Stables as [[Ruthley]] in ''The Sirens of Time'' and as Evelyn the following year. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/webcasts/realtime/interviews/maggiestables/page1.shtml ''Real Time'' interview]</ref> | ||
In 2013 Stables retired from acting due to long-term illness.<ref>[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2013/03/nicholas-briggs-interview-update.html Nicholas Briggs interview, Doc Oho Reviews]</ref> | In 2013 Stables retired from acting due to long-term illness.<ref>[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2013/03/nicholas-briggs-interview-update.html Nicholas Briggs interview, Doc Oho Reviews]</ref> She passed away in her sleep on Friday 26 September 2014.<ref>http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/evelyn-smythe-maggie-stables-rests-in-peace</ref> | ||
== Audio appearances == | == Audio appearances == | ||
Revision as of 00:00, 29 September 2014
Maggie Stables (died 26 September 2014) was a voice actor for Big Finish Productions. She appeared in the spinoff audio dramas The Choice and Just War and the first Big Finish Doctor Who audio drama The Sirens of Time before being cast in the recurring role of Evelyn Smythe.
Career
Maggie Stables turned to acting as a second career after retiring from a longtime position as a French teacher. After some experience in musical theatre, she acted in a 1991 production of Jane Eyre with Nicholas Briggs. This led to Briggs casting Stables as Ruthley in The Sirens of Time and as Evelyn the following year. [1]
In 2013 Stables retired from acting due to long-term illness.[2] She passed away in her sleep on Friday 26 September 2014.[3]
Audio appearances
Stables with Caroline Morris at the 2003 PanoptiCon convention.
As Evelyn Smythe
- The Marian Conspiracy
- The Spectre of Lanyon Moor
- Bloodtide
- Project: Twilight
- The Sandman
- Jubilee
- Doctor Who and the Pirates
- Project: Lazarus
- Arrangements for War
- Medicinal Purposes
- Pier Pressure
- Thicker Than Water
- The Nowhere Place
- 100
- Assassin in the Limelight
- A Death in the Family (with the Seventh Doctor)
- A Town Called Fortune
- The Crimes of Thomas Brewster
- The Feast of Axos
- Industrial Evolution
As other characters
- The Sirens of Time - Ruthley
- Zagreus - The Great Mother
- The Tao Connection - Mrs Lythe
- Just War - Ma Doras
- The Choice - Lenora
