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==Contribution to South African Theatre==

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Original March 10, 1977, programme from the [[Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society]]'s production of [[Writer's Cramp]], .

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 Roy McGregor was Chairman with Shirley Nicolson as secretary in 1977.
-==Contribution to South African Theatre==
+==Productions==
-: [[Pools Paradise]]
+: ''[[Pools Paradise]]''
-: [[Cat and the Fiddle]]
+: ''[[Cat and the Fiddle]]''
-: [[Post Horn Gallop]]
+: ''[[Post Horn Gallop]]''
-: [[Here We Come Gathering]].
+: ''[[Here We Come Gathering]]''
-: [[Caught Napping]].
+: ''[[Caught Napping]]''
-:[[House On the Cliff]]
+:''[[House On the Cliff]]''
-: [[The Party]]
+: ''[[The Party]]''
-: [[The Love Match]]
+: ''[[The Love Match]]''
-: [[Black Chiffon]]
+: ''[[Black Chiffon]]''
-: [[Milk and Honey]]
+: ''[[Milk and Honey]]''
 : [[Frank Rogaly One Act Play Festival]]
-: [[Are You a Mason]]
+: ''[[Are You a Mason?]]''
-: [[Love Birds]]
+: ''[[Love Birds]]''
 : [[Frank Rogaly One Act Play Festival]]
-: [[Trial and Terror]]
+: ''[[Trial and Terror]]''
-March 10, 1977: [[David Henry]]'s 3-Act play, [[Writer's Cramp]], was staged by the [[Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society]] at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in collaboration with the Eastern Province Defence Ladies Association. Directed by [[Yvonne Röder]] and starring [[Clive Dunckley]] (Yardarm), [[Carol-Ann Kelleher]] (Jill), [[Jim Brennan]] (Commander), [[William Poole]] (Peter), [[Margrit Vermaas]] (Lorna), [[Anne Hayes]] (Aunt Elsa), [[Deon van Deventer]] (Albert), [[Neil Vernon-Smith]] (Hackenshaw), [[Jeanette Mitchell]] (Jenny), [[Moreno Maton]] (Herman).
+March 10, 1977: [[David Henry]]'s 3-Act play, ''[[Writer's Cramp]]'', was staged by the [[Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society]] at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in collaboration with the Eastern Province Defence Ladies Association. Directed by [[Yvonne Röder]] and starring [[Clive Dunckley]] (Yardarm), [[Carol-Ann Kelleher]] (Jill), [[Jim Brennan]] (Commander), [[William Poole]] (Peter), [[Margrit Vermaas]] (Lorna), [[Anne Hayes]] (Aunt Elsa), [[Deon van Deventer]] (Albert), [[Neil Vernon-Smith]] (Hackenshaw), [[Jeanette Mitchell]] (Jenny), [[Moreno Maton]] (Herman).
 May 1977. [[Autumn Impact]] was staged as lunch-time entertainment during the [[Port Elizabeth Autumn Festival]]
 ==Sources==

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 : [[Trial and Terror]]
-March 10, 1977: [[David Henry]]'s 3-Act play, [[Writer's Cramp]], was staged by the [[Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society]] at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in collaboration with the Eastern Province Defence Ladies Association. Directed by [[Yvonne Röder]] and starring [[Clive Dunckley]] (Yardarm), [[Carol-Ann Kellerher]] (Jill), [[Jim Brennan]] (Commander), [[William Poole]] (Peter), [[Margrit Vermaas]] (Lorna), [[Anne Hayes]] (Aunt Elsa), [[Deon van Deventer]] (Albert), [[Neil Vernon-Smith]] (Hackenshaw), [[Jeanette Mitchell]] (Jenny), [[Moreno Maton]] (Herman).
+March 10, 1977: [[David Henry]]'s 3-Act play, [[Writer's Cramp]], was staged by the [[Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society]] at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in collaboration with the Eastern Province Defence Ladies Association. Directed by [[Yvonne Röder]] and starring [[Clive Dunckley]] (Yardarm), [[Carol-Ann Kelleher]] (Jill), [[Jim Brennan]] (Commander), [[William Poole]] (Peter), [[Margrit Vermaas]] (Lorna), [[Anne Hayes]] (Aunt Elsa), [[Deon van Deventer]] (Albert), [[Neil Vernon-Smith]] (Hackenshaw), [[Jeanette Mitchell]] (Jenny), [[Moreno Maton]] (Herman).
 May 1977. [[Autumn Impact]] was staged as lunch-time entertainment during the [[Port Elizabeth Autumn Festival]]

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 : [[Trial and Terror]]
-March 10, 1977: [[David Henry]]'s [[Writer's Cramp]] was staged by the [[Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society]] at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in collaboration with the Eastern Province Defence Ladies Association. Directed by [[Yvonne Röder]] and starring [[Clive Dunckley]] (Yardarm), [[Carol-Ann Kellerher]] (Jill), [[Jim Brennan]] (Commander), [[William Poole]] (Peter), [[Margrit Vermaas]] (Lorna), [[Anne Hayes]] (Aunt Elsa), [[Deon van Deventer]] (Albert), [[Neil Vernon-Smith]] (Hackenshaw), [[Jeanette Mitchell]] (Jenny), [[Moreno Maton]] (Herman).
+March 10, 1977: [[David Henry]]'s 3-Act play, [[Writer's Cramp]], was staged by the [[Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society]] at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in collaboration with the Eastern Province Defence Ladies Association. Directed by [[Yvonne Röder]] and starring [[Clive Dunckley]] (Yardarm), [[Carol-Ann Kellerher]] (Jill), [[Jim Brennan]] (Commander), [[William Poole]] (Peter), [[Margrit Vermaas]] (Lorna), [[Anne Hayes]] (Aunt Elsa), [[Deon van Deventer]] (Albert), [[Neil Vernon-Smith]] (Hackenshaw), [[Jeanette Mitchell]] (Jenny), [[Moreno Maton]] (Herman).
 May 1977. [[Autumn Impact]] was staged as lunch-time entertainment during the [[Port Elizabeth Autumn Festival]]

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 : [[Trial and Terror]]
-March 10, 1977: [[Writer's Cramp]] was staged by the [[Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society]] at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in collaboration with the Eastern Province Defence Ladies Association. Directed by [[Yvonne Röder]] and starring [[Clive Dunckley]] (Yardarm), [[Carol-Ann Kellerher]] (Jill), [[Jim Brennan]] (Commander), [[William Poole]] (Peter), [[Margrit Vermaas]] (Lorna), [[Anne Hayes]] (Aunt Elsa), [[Deon van Deventer]] (Albert), [[Neil Vernon-Smith]] (Hackenshaw), [[Jeanette Mitchell]] (Jenny), [[Moreno Maton]] (Herman).
+March 10, 1977: [[David Henry]]'s [[Writer's Cramp]] was staged by the [[Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society]] at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in collaboration with the Eastern Province Defence Ladies Association. Directed by [[Yvonne Röder]] and starring [[Clive Dunckley]] (Yardarm), [[Carol-Ann Kellerher]] (Jill), [[Jim Brennan]] (Commander), [[William Poole]] (Peter), [[Margrit Vermaas]] (Lorna), [[Anne Hayes]] (Aunt Elsa), [[Deon van Deventer]] (Albert), [[Neil Vernon-Smith]] (Hackenshaw), [[Jeanette Mitchell]] (Jenny), [[Moreno Maton]] (Herman).
 May 1977. [[Autumn Impact]] was staged as lunch-time entertainment during the [[Port Elizabeth Autumn Festival]]

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 : [[Trial and Terror]]
-March 10, 1977: [[Writer's Cramp]] was staged at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in collaboration with the Eastern Province Defence Ladies Association. Directed by [[Yvonne Röder]] and starring [[Clive Dunckley]] (Yardarm), [[Carol-Ann Kellerher]] (Jill), [[Jim Brennan]] (Commander), [[William Poole]] (Peter), [[Margrit Vermaas]] (Lorna), [[Anne Hayes]] (Aunt Elsa), [[Deon van Deventer]] (Albert), [[Neil Vernon-Smith]] (Hackenshaw), [[Jeanette Mitchell]] (Jenny), [[Moreno Maton]] (Herman).
+March 10, 1977: [[Writer's Cramp]] was staged by the [[Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society]] at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in collaboration with the Eastern Province Defence Ladies Association. Directed by [[Yvonne Röder]] and starring [[Clive Dunckley]] (Yardarm), [[Carol-Ann Kellerher]] (Jill), [[Jim Brennan]] (Commander), [[William Poole]] (Peter), [[Margrit Vermaas]] (Lorna), [[Anne Hayes]] (Aunt Elsa), [[Deon van Deventer]] (Albert), [[Neil Vernon-Smith]] (Hackenshaw), [[Jeanette Mitchell]] (Jenny), [[Moreno Maton]] (Herman).
 May 1977. [[Autumn Impact]] was staged as lunch-time entertainment during the [[Port Elizabeth Autumn Festival]]

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 Original March 10, 1977, programme from the [[Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society]]'s production of [[Writer's Cramp]].
 Go to ESAT Bibliography
-Return to
+==Return to==
 Return to South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc

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-The Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society was founded in
+The Western Players Amateur Dramatic Society was founded in 1968 by a small group of enthusiasts with the original aim of promoting plays and play readings for the benefit of residents in the Western suburbs of Port Elizabeth. The emphasis was on light family entertainment and the majority the productions were in aid of charities, school funds and similar deserving causes. In 1976 "Green Room Evenings" were started during which lectures, demonstrations and instruction on a wide range of theatrical subjects were given including various aspects of theatrical history, voice production, mime, make-up, movement and play directing. In 1977 the society began their experimental "Impact" functions at the Linton Grange Library which consisted of monologues, short extracts from plays, songs, reciting of poetry and hilarious readings of the Frank Muir "My Word" stories. At the end of each evening an impromptu reading of a One-Act play was held.
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