Claremont Dramatic Society

The Claremont Dramatic Society is in Cape Town.

History

It originated from the Sons of England Dramatic Society, in Claremont, Cape Town, in 1952. In March 1994 the society formally changed its name to the Claremont Dramatic Society.

Productions

The company stages productions in the Masque Theatre in Muizenberg, Cape Town.

Sons of England Dramatic Society productions (1952-1993)

1963: Black Limelight

1971: The Hot Tiara

1983: Habeas Corpus

1984: P.S. Your Cat is Dead

1985: Lock Up Your Daughters, Staircase

1986: A Clean Kill, Cinderella

Claremont Dramatic Society productions (1994-)

2006: Run for your Wife

2007: The Shadrack Affair

2008: Unoriginal Sin, Barefoot in the Park

2009: The Breath of Life

2013: Private Lives

2014: The Hollow

2018: Playing with Fire

Sources

Claremont Dramatic Society website[1]

Masque Theatre website [2]

Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

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