STUART
DEVENIE (Headmaster Stringfellow) is one of New Zealand's
most seasoned performers, having worked as both an actor and
director in feature films, theater, television and radio. His
feature film credits include The Curator in “The Frighteners,”
Elmer in “Jack Brown Genius” and Father MacGruder
in “Brain Dead.” A twenty year veteran of the theatre,
his more recent theatrical performances include “Serial
Killers,” “Twelve Angry Men,” Vanya in “Uncle
Vanya,” Frankenfurter in “The New Rocky Horror Show”
and Gallinard in “Madam Butterfly.”
Stuart's extensive television credits include roles in the New
Zealand series “Jack of All Trades,” “Hercules,”
“Young Hercules” and as a featured guest on both “Worzel
Grummidge” and “The Ray Bradbury Theater.” Stuart
has worked as a director for many Auckland theatrical productions
and as a consultant for the New Zealand Drama School, Northland
Poly Technical College and on the New Zealand series “Shortland
Street.” Stuart has also directed forty full-length plays
for radio, in addition to over two hundred plays broadcast to
schools