East London Technical College Drama Club
East London Technical College Drama Club was an amateur dramatic society in East London (circa 1946 - 1962).
Founding, function and history
The East London Technical College Drama Club was established at the East London Technical College circa 1946 by Mary Howe. The club was involved in providing local theatre entertainment in the city. The Drama Club performed straight plays, plays by Shakespeare, and presented dance shows.
In the early 1950's, they were joined by the Dramatic Society of East London, East London Schools Music and Drama Association, the Music and Variety Club and The Children’s Theatre to raise funds toward the building of what was to be the Guild Theatre.
The East London Technical College Drama Club amalgamated with the East London Music and Variety Club on 29 June 1962 under a new name, the Arts Theatre Club.
For more information, see Arts Theatre Club and East London Technical College.
Productions
1946: No Time For Comedy
1947: Hands Across the Sea
1948: Passing Brompton Road
1949: Jupiter Laughs; Mystery at Greenfingers; Murder Out of Time
1950: Alkestis; When Shakespeare's Ladies Meet; Off the Camden Road; Tony Draws a Horse, Drie Jong Dames in ‘n Bui, Shall We Join the Ladies?
1951: Antigone; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Paragon; Sit Down a Minute, Adrian; Ek Onthou vir Mamma
1952: Arsenic and Old Lace; The Whole Town's Talking; Love's a Luxury; A Murder has been Arranged; The Winter's Tale
1953: Much Ado About Nothing; Night Must Fall; Miss Mabel; Mirror to Elizabeth
1954: Larger Than Life; The Happy Prisoner; Richard II
1955: The White Sheep of the Family; Lady Windermere's Fan
1956: Fires of Midsummer Eve; Samson Agonistes, Hamlet
1957: A Lady Mislaid; The Deep Blue Sea; Lilac Time
1958: Julius Caesar; The Living Room
1959: Twelfth Night; Doctor in the House
1961: Spider's Web; The Lady from the Sea
Sources
Arts Theatre Club archive held by George Mountjoy.
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