O.H.M.S.

by William James Makin. A one-act play which makes use of British stock characters, the kind-hearted waitress, the rough and ready police constable, the conventional labourer. It is about three murderers who meet briefly in the waiting-room of Clapham Station, before proceeding under police escort to their respective destinations. Awarded first place in the Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society's one-act play competition in 1929, who first produced it at Hiddingh Hall on 29 April 1929. It was also published in The Cape Argus on 4 May that same year.

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