- Maule published a book, Theatre Near the Equator: The Donovan Maule Story, about her family life in 2004.
- Maule married Douglas Dickson in Chelsea, London, in 1946, though the marriage was later dissolved.
- Maule was born in Lambeth, London on 8 September 1922 to theatrical director-manager Donovan Maude and Mollie Shiells.
- For services to British theatre in Kenya Annabel Maule was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 1975.
- Up until her retirement, Annabel has played the part of mentor and teacher to a myriad of young Kenyans who she worked with at both Starehe Boys and at Nairobi Theatre Academy.
- She is the sister of actor Robin Maule (1924-1942).
- Annabel literally grew up on stage, starting back in the 1930s.
- Maule literally grew up on the stage, with her family having established there first theatre company in 1948, four years before the Kenya National Theatre, they were fundamental in helping establish the arts in Kenya.
- Once her parents moved to Kenya to start the country's first repertory theatre, there was a draw to get her to come on stage here. That would take several years.
- In her book, 'Theatre Near the Equator', she writes about how she was in everything from the 1949 film version of Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights' and the 1954 TV version of 'Beauty and the Beast' to shows on BBC's Sunday Night Theatre and ITV's Television Playhouse.
- She now lives quietly in a Nairobi suburb.
- She is a British retired actress, notable in theatre, radio, television and film.
- It wasn't until 1967 that Annabel agreed to return to Kenya to take over running the theatre from her parents. They were ready to retire, but unwilling to give up what they'd created, a dedicated population of theatre goers who consistently came to see their plays.
- She played in several films and television series including numerous characters in Sunday Night Theatre and appeared in the TV film Wuthering Heights.
- She appeared in the West End in the play His Excellency in 1950 and 1951.
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