University of Cape Town Drama Department

The beginnings

University of Cape Town Conservatoire of Music and Prof Bell

In the Stal Plein Hotel ("Stable Square Hotel"), the first home of the University of Cape Town Conservatoire of Music, Prof ** Bell did his first productions of plays, an activity which would lead to the founding of the Department of Speech and Drama in 19**. The first such a production was Everyman in 19**, directed by Bell.

Ruth Pfeffer and her Drama School

Peffer's Drama School was founded in Cape Town by Ruth Peffer in 19**.

In 1938 students from the school did The Old Maid by Akins, under the direction of Leontine Sagan in the Little Theatre Cape Town. * Rosalie van der Gucht taught there when she first came to South Africa. **

The University of Cape Town Drama School

In 19** Peffer's Drama School became the Drama School of the University of Cape Town, with Ruth Peffer as first head. **

UCT Drama Residency

The UCT Drama Residency(Cape Town) provides an opportunity for highly skilled black theatre practitioners to provide role models for the student body; to influence the aesthetic of the work produced by the department and to bring a strong black African perspective to current debate and working methods. MOST SUCCESSFUL ACT-FUNDED PROJECT AWARD 2005

Sources

Donald Inskip, 197*

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