Distinguished South African actress primarily associated with the anti-apartheid plays of Athol Fugard. In 1965 Bryceland founded The Space, the first interracial theater in Cape Town with her husband, Brian Astbury. Since the 1970s Bryceland worked primarily on the London stage. She originated the female roles in most of Fugard's plays most notably the title character in "Boseman and Lena" and is most celebrated for her radiant award-winning performance as the eccentric, iconoclastic sculptor, in the playwright's "The Road to Mecca" which she starred in on the New York and London stages.
Made her legitimate theater debut playing a stage actress in a Cape Town production of "Stage Door"
1965
With her husband, Brian Astbury, founded The Space, an interracial theater in Cape Town which presented plays by playwrights such as Athol Fugard and Eugene O'Neill
Appeared in numerous anti-apartheid plays by Fugard such as "Boesman and Lena", "Dimetos", "Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act" and "Hello and Goodbye"
1974
Recreated her stage role in film version of "Boesman and Lena", opposite playwright Fugard
Delivered an award-winning performance as Helen, an eccentric sculptor, in Fugard's "The Road to Mecca" in the 1980s in New York City and London productions
