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 : ''[[The Old Maid]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]], directed by [[Leontine Sagan]]); ''[[After October]]'' (directed by [[Wensley Pithey]]); ''[[Three Sisters]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]], directed by [[Wensley Pithey]])
-: ''[[ Quality Street ]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]]) (directed by [[Ruth Peffers]]); ''[[Arms and the Man]] (directed by [[ Mary Holder ]])
+: ''[[ Quality Street ]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]]) (directed by [[Ruth Peffers]]); ''[[The Trojan Women]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]]) (directed by [[Ruth Peffers]]); ''[[Arms and the Man]] (directed by [[ Mary Holder]])
 : ''[[The House in Fern Road]]''; ''[[Meet Mrs Beeton]]''' ''[[The Twelve-Pound Look]]''

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 : ''[[The Old Maid]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]], directed by [[Leontine Sagan]]); ''[[After October]]'' (directed by [[Wensley Pithey]]); ''[[Three Sisters]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]], directed by [[Wensley Pithey]])
-: ''[[ Quality Street ]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]]) (directed by [[Ruth Peffers]])
+: ''[[ Quality Street ]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]]) (directed by [[Ruth Peffers]]); ''[[Arms and the Man]] (directed by [[ Mary Holder ]])
 : ''[[The House in Fern Road]]''; ''[[Meet Mrs Beeton]]''' ''[[The Twelve-Pound Look]]''

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 : ''[[Distinguished Gathering]]'' (directed by [[Betty Oliver]])
-: ''[[The Old Maid]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]]) (directed by [[Leontine Sagan]]); ''[[After October]]'' (directed by [[Wensley Pithey]])
+: ''[[The Old Maid]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]], directed by [[Leontine Sagan]]); ''[[After October]]'' (directed by [[Wensley Pithey]]); ''[[Three Sisters]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]], directed by [[Wensley Pithey]])
 : ''[[ Quality Street ]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]]) (directed by [[Ruth Peffers]])

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 : ''[[The Distaff Side]]'' (directed by [[Ruth Cloete]])
 : ''[[Distinguished Gathering]]'' (directed by [[Betty Oliver]])
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 : ''[[The House in Fern Road]]''; ''[[Meet Mrs Beeton]]''' ''[[The Twelve-Pound Look]]''
-: ''[[Ah, Wilderness! ]]'' ( produced by [[Mavis Solomon]])
+: ''[[Ah, Wilderness! ]]'' (produced by [[Mavis Solomon]]); ''[[Berkeley Square]]'' (directed by [[Leonard Schach]])
 : ''[[The Adding Machine]]'' (directed by [[Cyril Chosack]])
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 : ''[[Cockpit]]'' (directed by [[Leonard Schach]]); ''[[1066, and All That]]'' (directed by [[Helen Houghton]])
-: ''[[The Ascent of F6]]'' (directed by [[Arnold Pearce]]); ''[[Dirty Hands]]'' (directed by [[Donald Inskip]]); ''[[Crime Passionel]]'' (directed by [[Donald Inskip]])
+: ''[[The Ascent of F6]]'' (directed by [[Arnold Pearce]]); ''[[Dirty Hands]]'' (directed by [[Donald Inskip]]); ''[[Crime Passionel]]'' (directed by [[Donald Inskip]]); ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' (directed by [[Leonard Schach]])
 : ''[[On the Frontier]]'' (directed by [[Donald Inskip]])
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 : ''[[The Typewriter]]'' (directed by [[Dorothy Fairlie]])
-: ''[[Improvisation, or, The Shepherd's Chameleon]]'' (produced by [[Percy Sieff]])
+: ''[[Improvisation, or, The Shepherd's Chameleon]]'' (produced by [[Percy Sieff]]); ''[[The Bald Prima Donna]]'' (directed by [[A. Chiat]] and [[Percy Sieff]])
 : ''[[Masse-Mensch]]'' (directed by [[A. Chiat]])
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 :  ''[[Iphigenia in Tauris]]'' (directed by [[Robin Malan]]); ''[[The Prisoner]]'' (directed by [[John Pikoulis]])
-: ''[[The Angry Old Man]]'' (directed by [[Robin Malan]]); ''[[A Phoenix too Frequent]]'' (directed by [[John Pikoulis]])
+: ''[[The Angry Old Man]]'' (directed by [[Robin Malan]]); ''[[A Phoenix too Frequent]]'' (directed by [[John Pikoulis]]); ''[[In Camera]]'' (directed by [[John Pikoulis]])
 : ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'' (directed by [[Robin Malan]])
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 : ''[[Pantagleize]]'' (directed by [[Alex Mavro]])
-: ''[[Stop the World – I Want to Get Off ]]'' (directed by [[Aubrey Berg]])
+: ''[[Stop the World – I Want to Get Off ]]'' (directed by [[Aubrey Berg]]); ''[[The Caretaker ]]'' (directed by [[Anthony Fagin]])
 : ''[[A New Way to Pay Old Debts]]'' (directed by [[David Lan]])

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 : ''[[The Old Maid]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]]) (directed by [[Leontine Sagan]]); ''[[After October]]'' (directed by [[Wensley Pithey]])
 : ''[[The House in Fern Road]]''; ''[[Meet Mrs Beeton]]''' ''[[The Twelve-Pound Look]]''
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 : ''[[Masse-Mensch]]'' (directed by [[A. Chiat]])
-:  ''[[Iphigenia in Tauris]]'' (directed by [[Robin Malan]])
+:  ''[[Iphigenia in Tauris]]'' (directed by [[Robin Malan]]); ''[[The Prisoner]]'' (directed by [[John Pikoulis]])
-: ''[[The Angry Old Man]]'' (directed by [[Robin Malan]])
+: ''[[The Angry Old Man]]'' (directed by [[Robin Malan]]); ''[[A Phoenix too Frequent]]'' (directed by [[John Pikoulis]])
 : ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'' (directed by [[Robin Malan]])
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 : ''[[La Musica]]'' (directed by [[Gay Morris]]); ''[[The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife]]'' (directed by [[Limpie Basson]]); ''[[The Proposal]]'' (directed by [[Peter Grobbelaar]])
 : ''[[Stop the World – I Want to Get Off ]]'' (directed by [[Aubrey Berg]])

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 : ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'' (directed by [[Robin Malan]])
-: ''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]'' (directed by [[Edwin Polakow]])
+: ''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]'' (directed by [[Edwin Polakow]]); ''[[Major Barbara]]'' (directed by [[Roy Sargeant]])
-: ''[[A Taste of Honey]]'' (directed by [[Edwin Polakow]])
+: ''[[A Taste of Honey]]'' (directed by [[Edwin Polakow]]); ''[[The Fire Raisers]]'' (directed by [[Bill Tanner]])
-: ''[[Aladdin]]'' (produced by [[Roy Sergeant]] and [[Keith Anderson]]); ''[[A Resounding Tinkle]]'' (directed by [[M. Katz]]); ''[[ The Arab Party]]'' (directed by [[S. Siebert]]); ''[[The Lover]]'' ([[P. Grobbelaar]])
+: ''[[Aladdin]]'' (produced by [[Roy Sergeant]] and [[Keith Anderson]]); ''[[A Resounding Tinkle]]'' (directed by [[M. Katz]]); ''[[ The Arab Party]]'' (directed by [[S. Siebert]]); ''[[The Lover]]'' ([[directed by [[Peter Grobbelaar]]); ''[[Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad]]'' (directed by [[John Mitchell]])
 : ''[[Volpone]]'' (directed by [[Roy Sargeant]])
-: ''[[La Musica]]'' (directed by [[Gay Morris]]); ''[[The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife]]'' (directed by [[Limpie Basson]])
+: ''[[La Musica]]'' (directed by [[Gay Morris]]); ''[[The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife]]'' (directed by [[Limpie Basson]]); ''[[The Proposal]]'' (directed by [[Peter Grobbelaar]])
 : ''[[Stop the World – I Want to Get Off ]]'' (directed by [[Aubrey Berg]])
 : ''[[A New Way to Pay Old Debts]]'' (directed by [[David Lan]])
 : ''[[Butley]]'' (directed by [[Craig Curtis]])

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 ==History==
-Originally founded in the late 1930s, it used the [[UCT Little Theatre|Little Theatre]] on the Hiddingh Campus for most of its productions.  All students - not simply Drama students - were able to participate in the productions. One such member was [[Roy Sargeant]], who went on to become a prolific theatre director and, as Head of English Drama at the [[SABC]], TV producer.
+Originally founded in the 1930s, it used the [[UCT Little Theatre|Little Theatre]] on the Hiddingh Campus for most of its productions.  All students - not simply Drama students - were able to participate in the productions. One such member was [[Roy Sargeant]], who went on to become a prolific theatre director and, as Head of English Drama at the [[SABC]], TV producer.
 ==Productions==

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 Among their many productions have been:
-: ''[[The Old Maid]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]]), directed by [[Leontine Sagan]].
+: ''[[The Distaff Side]]'' (directed by [[Ruth Cloete]])
-: ''[[The House in Fern Road]]'', ''[[Meet Mrs Beeton]]'', ''[[The Twelve-Pound Look]]''
+: ''[[The Old Maid]]'' (with the [[University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department]]) (directed by [[Leontine Sagan]])
 : ''[[Happy as Larry]]'' (directed by [[René Ahrenson]])
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 : ''[[Cockpit]]'' (directed by [[Leonard Schach]])
-: ''[[On the Frontier]]'', directed by [[Donald Inskip]]
+: ''[[On the Frontier]]'' (directed by [[Donald Inskip]])
 : ''[[Spring 1600]]'' (directed by [[Leonard Schach]])
 :  ''[[Iphigenia in Tauris]]'' (directed by [[Robin Malan]])
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 : ''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]'' (directed by [[Edwin Polakow]])
-: ''[[Aladdin]]'' (produced by [[Roy Sergeant]] and [[Keith Anderson]])
+: ''[[Aladdin]]'' (produced by [[Roy Sergeant]] and [[Keith Anderson]]); ''[[A Resounding Tinkle]]'' (directed by [[M. Katz]]); ''[[ The Arab Party]]'' (directed by [[S. Siebert]])
 : ''[[Volpone]]'' (directed by [[Roy Sargeant]])
-: ''[[La Musica]]'' (dircted by [[Gay Morris]])
+: ''[[La Musica]]'' (dircted by [[Gay Morris]]); ''[[The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife]]'' (directed by [[Limpie Basson]])
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