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Ron Fenton (1935-2018) was an actor, playwright and theatre personality, best known for his contribution to South African theatre in the 1960s and 1970s.

Biography

Born Ronald Edgar Fenton to in Hounslow, Middlesex UK, in 1935. As a child during the 2nd World War, Ron admits he found it an exciting time, fighter planes, air warden drills, and Soldiers in his village. He also said he remembers riding his bike over the Heath, before it became Heathrow Airport. And it was when watching his parents act during the war, that inspired Ron to act himself.

Ron joined the Merchant Navy in 1956. Thus given him the opportunity to travel to far and exotic countries. He also took part in Merchant Navy Training videos.

It was while working as an engineer on the Ship "The Winchester Castle"[1] that Ron met Moreen Walker, who was a passenger travelling back from Rhodesia to UK. They got married in Helensborough, Scotland, on the 1st April 1961. In the same year he left the Merchant Navy to start in a boat yard in Shandon, Scotland, doing general boat repairs.

In 1962 he and Moreen went to settle in Cape Town, South Africa, and lived in Retreat. Hed initially worked in the Internal Combustion Workshop of the Dock Yard in Simons Town, and afterwards in Planning. The couple had three children, Scott, Ross and Frazer. It was in this period that he became actively engaged in Cape Town amateur and professional theatre.

The family went back to England in 1980, where he got a job in planning, and generally lived a conventional life. Initially he did not participate in theatrical activities, but after two years he gradually started writing again and participating in local drama groups, though never again to the extent that he had done in South Africa.

Ron Fenton passed away on the 3rd of June, 2018.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He began his acting career in South Africa in 1966, and worked extensively with the Maynardville Open-air Shakespeare Theatre, Cape Town (1966 -1975), the Masque Theatre, Muizenberg (1972 - 1979, Bergvliet Dramatic Society (1975), and the Space Theatre, Cape Town (1972 - 1979).

As actor:

His roles for the Maynardville open-air theatre included "Cornwall's servant" (King Lear 1966); "Sergeant" (Macbeth, 1967), "Pistol" (The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1969), "Senators, Ofﬁces, Messenger and Attendents" (Othello, 1970), "Messenger" (Antony and Cleopatra, 1972), "First Gravedigger" (Hamlet,1975)

For the Masque Theatre he appeared as "Martin Eppingham" in My Giddy Aunt (Cooney and Chapman, 1972), "George Riley" in Enter a Free Man (Stoppard, 1973), "Edward Robinson" in Naked in the Fountain (Ron Fenton, 1976), Beyond The Pale Of Water (Glynn Day, 1976), "Phil Hogan" in A Moon for the Misbegotten (Eugene O’Neill, for The Sons of England Dramatic Society, 1977), "Basher Bates" in Don't Utter a Note (Anton Delmar, 1979).

For the Space Theatre he had roles in The Slab Boys (John Byrne, 1979), Three Thoroughly Offensive Plays for Mother Grundies (1979), In Two Minds (David Mercerat, 1979)

For the Bergvliet Dramatic Society he played the "Burgomaster" in Laughing Dandino (1975), while his son Ross Fenton played "Eric", one of the children.

For Imps Drama he played the lead in their first production, As Long As Forever Is, a programme of songs, poems and prose by Dylan Thomas, devised by Henry Goodman, Glynn Day and Lynn Banner, (1976)

At Fish Hoek Drama Festival he presented two of his plays, performing in them as well: The Invalid (1974), The Hostage Voluntary (1976). Possibly also Three Knives for the Puppet Master.

For Glynn Day Productions he played "Harry Rabinowitz" in Mr McConkey's Suitcase (Geraldine Aron, 1977), "Bill J Mortimer" in The Chess Mistress (Tony Robinson, 1978)

He was also in The Coral King, a play by James Ambrose Brown).

Film work

He did a voice in The Bewitched Tree a small film using puppetry by Tony Fletcher.

As director

Directed inter alia his own play The Invalid (Fish Hoek Drama Festival, 1974),

As playwright

While in South Africa he wrote the plays Naked in the Fountain, A Cowardly Season, Burleigh Nicotinus, The Invalid (1974), Three Knives for the Puppet Master (197*?) and The Hostage Voluntary (1976). On his return to the UK he wrote a few more plays, including Booze and Baccy, Toc-H and Fireman at the Pentecost, as well a number short sketches and monologues.

Awards, accolades, etc

His acting in Stoppard's Enter a Free Man received high accolades from critic Jill Fletcher (1973): "Ron Fenton as the Free man was excellent. Apart from having to learn a monumental part, (he was hardly ever off the stage) he touched the heart of everyone who has leapt off this dry and dusty earth, missed the stars and crashed back to earth again".

Sources

E-mail correspondence from Frazer Fenton (April-November, 2016, and 4 June, 2018)

https://www.facebook.com/RonFenton/

http://archive-za.com/page/3229593/2013-11-25/http://www.maynardville.co.za/archive-productions/productions_king-lear_66.php

http://archive-za.com/page/3229593/2013-11-25/http://www.maynardville.co.za/archive-productions/productions_macbeth_67.php

http://archive-za.com/page/3229593/2013-11-25/http://www.maynardville.co.za/archive-productions/productions_the-merry-wives-of-windsor_69.php

http://archive-za.com/page/3229593/2013-11-25/http://www.maynardville.co.za/archive-productions/productions_othello_70.php

http://archive-za.com/page/3229593/2013-11-25/http://www.maynardville.co.za/archive-productions/productions_antony-&-cleopatra_72.php

Jill Fletcher. 1973. Review of Enter a Free Man, Cape Times, April 1973.

Geoffrey Tansley. 1974. Review of the 1974 Fish Hoek Drama Festival, Cape Times.

http://archive-za.com/page/3229593/2013-11-25/http://www.maynardville.co.za/archive-productions/hamlet_75.php

Fiona Chisholm 1975. Review of the Maynardville production of Hamlet, the Cape Times, 8th January.

Owen Williams. 1975. Review of the Maynardville production of Hamlet, The Argus, 8th January.

Geoffrey Tansley, 1976. Review of the Imps Drama production of As Long As Forever Is, Cape Times , March.

Anonymous reviewer. Review of The Hostage Voluntary, The Fish Hoek Echo (March, 1976: page 7).

Geoffrey Tansley. 1976. Review of Naked in the Fountain, Cape Times.

Geoffrey Tansley, 1977. Review of A Moon for the Misbegotten, Cape Times.

Owen Williams 1977. Review of Mr McConkey's Suitcase, The Argus (26th October, 1977).

Elaine Durbach. 1978. Review of The Chess Mistress, The Argus (21 April 1978: p.7.)

Anonymous reviewer. 1978. Review of The Chess Mistress, Cape Times (5 April 1978) Reviewer unknown

Cast list: Don't Utter a Note (courtesy of Frazer Fenton)[2]

Cast list: Laughing Dandino (courtesy of Frazer Fenton)[3]

Cast list: Don't Utter a Note (courtesy of Frazer Fenton)[4]

Cast list: The Hostage Voluntary (courtesy of Frazer Fenton)[5]

Cast list: The Invalid (courtesy of Frazer Fenton)[6]

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-[[Ron Fenton]] (1935-) is an actor, playwright and theatre personality.1, best known for his contribution to South African Theatre.
+[[Ron Fenton]] (1935-2018) was an actor, playwright and theatre personality, best known for his contribution to South African theatre in the 1960s and 1970s.
 == Biography ==
-Born [[Ronald Fenton]] in Hounslow, Middlesex UK, in 1935.  As a child during the 2nd World War, Ron admits he found it an exciting time, fighter planes, air warden drills, and Soldiers in his village.   He also said he remembers riding his bike over the Heath, before it became Heathrow Airport.  And it was when watching his parents act during the war, that inspired Ron to act himself.
+Born [[Ronald Edgar Fenton]]  to in Hounslow, Middlesex UK, in 1935.  As a child during the 2nd World War, Ron admits he found it an exciting time, fighter planes, air warden drills, and Soldiers in his village.   He also said he remembers riding his bike over the Heath, before it became Heathrow Airport.  And it was when watching his parents act during the war, that inspired Ron to act himself.
-Ron joined the Merchant Navy in 1956.  Thus given him the opportunity to travel to far and exotic countries. He also took part in Merchant Navy Training videos. He left the Merchant Navy in 1961.
+Ron joined the Merchant Navy in 1956.  Thus given him the opportunity to travel to far and exotic countries. He also took part in Merchant Navy Training videos.
-==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
+It was while working as an engineer on the Ship "The Winchester Castle"[http://www.bandcstaffregister.co.uk/page73.html] that Ron met Moreen Walker, who was a passenger travelling back from Rhodesia to UK. They got married in Helensborough, Scotland, on the 1st April 1961. In the same year he left the Merchant Navy to start in a boat yard in Shandon, Scotland, doing general boat repairs.
-He began his acting career in South Africa in 1966, and worked extensively with the [[Maynardville]] Open-air Shakespeare Theatre, Cape Town (1966 -1975), the [[Masque Theatre]], Muizenberg (1972 - 1979, [[Bergvliet Dramatic Society]] (1975), and the [[Space Theatre]], Cape Town (1972 - 1979).
+In 1962 he and Moreen went to settle in Cape Town, South Africa, and lived in Retreat. Hed initially worked in the Internal Combustion Workshop of the Dock Yard in Simons Town, and afterwards in Planning.
+The couple had three children, Scott, [[Ross Fenton|Ross]] and [[Frazer Fenton|Frazer]]. It was in this period that he became actively engaged in Cape Town amateur and professional theatre.
+The family went back to England in 1980, where he got a job in planning, and generally lived a conventional life. Initially he did not participate in theatrical activities, but after two years he gradually started writing again and participating in local drama groups, though never again to the extent that he had done in South Africa.
-=== As actor: ===
+[[Ron Fenton]] passed away on the 3rd of June, 2018.
+==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-His roles for the [[Maynardville]] open-air theatre included "Cornwall's servant" (''[[King Lear]]'' 1966); "Sergeant" (''[[Macbeth]]'', 1967), "Pistol" ''[[Merry Wives of Windsor]]'', 1969), "Senators, Ofﬁces, Messenger and Attendents" (''[[Othello]]'', 1970), "Messenger" (''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'',
+He began his acting career in South Africa in 1966, and worked extensively with the [[Maynardville]] Open-air Shakespeare Theatre, Cape Town (1966 -1975), the [[Masque Theatre]], Muizenberg (1972 - 1979, [[Bergvliet Dramatic Society]] (1975), and the [[Space Theatre]], Cape Town (1972 - 1979).
-For the [[Masque Theatre]] he appeared as "Martin Eppingham" in ''[[My Giddy Aunt]]'' (Cooney and Chapman, 1972), "George Riley" in ''[[Enter a Free Man]]'' (Stoppard, 1973),
+=== As actor: ===
-For the [[Space Theatre]] he had roles in ''[[The Slab Boys]]'', ''[[Three Thoroughly Offensive Plays for Mother Grundies]]'' and ''[[In Two Minds]]'' (all three at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] in the 1970s).
-=== As director ===
+His roles for the [[Maynardville]] open-air theatre included "Cornwall's servant" (''[[King Lear]]'' 1966); "Sergeant" (''[[Macbeth]]'', 1967), "Pistol" (''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'', 1969), "Senators, Ofﬁces, Messenger and Attendents" (''[[Othello]]'', 1970), "Messenger" (''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'', 1972), "First Gravedigger" (''[[Hamlet]]'',1975)
-Directed ''inter alia'' his own play  ''[[The Invalid]]'' ([[Fish Hoek Drama Festival]], 1974),
+For the [[Masque Theatre]] he appeared as "Martin Eppingham" in ''[[My Giddy Aunt]]'' (Cooney and Chapman, 1972), "George Riley" in ''[[Enter a Free Man]]'' (Stoppard, 1973), "Edward Robinson" in ''[[Naked in the Fountain]]'' ([[Ron Fenton]], 1976), ''[[Beyond The Pale Of Water]]'' ([[Glynn Day]], 1976), "Phil Hogan" in ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]'' (Eugene O’Neill, for [[The Sons of England Dramatic Society]], 1977), "Basher Bates" in ''[[Don't Utter a Note]]'' (Anton Delmar, 1979).
-=== As playwright ===
+For the [[Space Theatre]] he had roles in ''[[The Slab Boys]]'' (John Byrne, 1979), ''[[Three Thoroughly Offensive Plays for Mother Grundies]]'' (1979), ''[[In Two Minds]]''  (David Mercerat, 1979)
+For the [[Bergvliet Dramatic Society]] he played the "Burgomaster" in ''[[Laughing Dandino]]'' (1975), while his son [[Ross Fenton]] played "Eric", one of the children.
+For [[Imps Drama]] he played the lead in their first production, ''[[As Long As Forever Is]]'', a programme of songs, poems and prose by Dylan Thomas, devised by [[Henry Goodman]], [[Glynn Day]] and [[Lynn Banner]], (1976)
-He wrote the plays ''[[Naked in the Fountain]]'',  ''[[The Invalid]]'',  .
+At [[Fish Hoek Drama Festival]] he presented two of his plays, performing in them as well:  ''[[The Invalid]]'' (1974),  ''[[The Hostage Voluntary]]'' (1976). Possibly also ''[[Three Knives for the Puppet Master]]''.
+For [[Glynn Day Productions]] he played "Harry Rabinowitz" in ''[[Mr McConkey's Suitcase]]'' (Geraldine Aron, 1977), "Bill J Mortimer" in ''[[The Chess Mistress]]'' (Tony Robinson, 1978)
+He was also in ''[[The Coral King]]'', a play by [[James Ambrose Brown]]).
+===Film work===
+He did a voice in ''[[The Bewitched Tree]]'' a small film using puppetry by [[Tony Fletcher]].
-January 1967, Ron played Sergeant in “Macbeth” directed by Leslie French at the Maynardville Open-air Shakespeare Theatre. 5
+=== As director ===
-January 1969, Ron played Pistol in “Merry Wives of Windsor” directed by Leslie French at the Maynardville Open-air Shakespeare Theatre.6
+Directed ''inter alia'' his own play  ''[[The Invalid]]'' ([[Fish Hoek Drama Festival]], 1974),
-January 1970, Ron played Senators, Ofﬁces, Messenger and Attendents in “Othello” directed by Leonard Schach7 (http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Leonard_Schach) at the Maynardville Open-air Shakespeare Theatre.8
+=== As playwright ===
-January 1972, Ron played Messenger to Cleopatra in “Antony & Cleopatra” At the Maynardville Open-air Shakespeare Theatre.9
+While in South Africa he wrote the plays ''[[Naked in the Fountain]]'', ''[[A Cowardly Season]]'',  ''[[Burleigh Nicotinus]]'',  ''[[The Invalid]]'' (1974), ''[[Three Knives for the Puppet Master]]'' (197*?) and  ''[[The Hostage Voluntary]]'' (1976). On his return to the UK he wrote a few more plays, including  ''[[Booze and Baccy]]'', ''[[Toc-H]]'' and ''[[Fireman at the Pentecost]]'',  as well a number short sketches and monologues.
-October-November 1972, Ron played Martin Eppingham in "[[My Giddy Aunt]]" by Ray Cooney and John Champman at the Masque Theatre, Muizenburg.10
+== Awards, accolades, etc ==
-April 1973, Ron played George Riley in ''[[Enter a Free Man]]'' by Tom Stoppard. A review of his performance was printed in the Cape Times.11
+His acting in Stoppard's ''[[Enter a Free Man]]'' received high accolades from critic [[Jill Fletcher]] (1973): "Ron Fenton as the Free man was excellent. Apart from having to learn a monumental part, (he was hardly ever off the stage) he touched the heart of everyone who has leapt off this dry and dusty earth, missed the stars and crashed back to earth again".
-May 1974, Ron wrote and directed his one act play "The Invilad" at the Fish Hoek Drama Festival 1974.12
+== Sources ==
-September 1974 - January 1975, Ron played First Gravedigger in “Hamlet” At the Maynardville Open-air Shakespeare Theatre.13  (A production to mark the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Maynardville Open-air Shakespeare Theatre)14 15
-December 1975, Ron played Burgomaster in “Laughing Dandino”16 Produced by [[Jill Fletcher]], an adaption by Fletcher from ''The Story of the Laughing Dandino'' by Ursula Moray Williams, for The [[Bergvliet Dramatic Society]].
-March 1976 Ron played the leading roll in “As Long As Forever Is”18. A production devised by Henry Goodman19, Glynn Day and Lynn Banner, the ﬁrst production by Imps Drama.20
-July 1976, Ron wrote and performed in "The Hostage Voluntary" at the Fish Hoek Drama Festival 1976, directed by Jill Fletcher.21
-September - October 1976, Ron Fenton played Edward Robinson the leading roll in "Naked in the Fountain" also written By Ron Fenton. Directed by Glynn Day at the Masque Theatre, Muizenberg.22
-September - October 1977, Ron played Phil Hogan in “A Moon for the Misbegotton” By Eugene O’Neill, for The Sons of England Dramatic Society, at the Masque Theatre, Muizenberg 10 23
-October - 1977 Ron played Harry Rabinowitz in “Mr McConkey’s Suitcase” By Geraldine Aron, for Glynn Day (http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Glynn_Day) Productions.[20] 24
-April 1978, Ron played Bill J Mortimer in “The Chess Mistress” By Tony Robinson, for Glynn Day Productions. 25  26
-Ron Acted in "In two minds" by English dramatist David Mercerat the Space Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa.27
-http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/In_Two_Minds
-Ron Acted in the “Slab Boys” by John Byrne at the Space Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa.28
-http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/The_Slab_Boys
-Ron acted in “Three Thoroughly Offensive Plays for Mother Grundies” at the Space Theatre, Cape Town.29
-September 1979, Ron played the lead Basher Bates in "Don't Utter A Note" by Anton Delmar at the Masque Theatre, Muizenberg.
-== Awards, etc ==
+E-mail correspondence from [[Frazer Fenton]] (April-November, 2016, and 4 June, 2018)
-== Sources ==
+https://www.facebook.com/RonFenton/
 http://archive-za.com/page/3229593/2013-11-25/http://www.maynardville.co.za/archive-productions/productions_king-lear_66.php
-http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/King_Lear
 http://archive-za.com/page/3229593/2013-11-25/http://www.maynardville.co.za/archive-productions/productions_macbeth_67.php
 http://archive-za.com/page/3229593/2013-11-25/http://www.maynardville.co.za/archive-productions/productions_the-merry-wives-of-windsor_69.php
-http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Leonard_Schach
 http://archive-za.com/page/3229593/2013-11-25/http://www.maynardville.co.za/archive-productions/productions_othello_70.php
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 http://archive-za.com/page/3229593/2013-11-25/http://www.maynardville.co.za/archive-productions/productions_antony-&-cleopatra_72.php
-The Masque Theatre having burnt down in 1997, lost previous records to productions prior this date.
+[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1973. Review of ''[[Enter a Free Man]]'', [[Cape Times]], April 1973.
-Jill Fletcher. 1973. Review written for The [[Cape Times]], April 1973 "Ron Fenton as the Free man was excellent. Apart from having to learn a monumental part, (he was hardly ever off the stage) he touched the heart of everyone who has leapt off this dry and dusty earth, missed the stars and crashed back to earth again".
+[[Geoffrey Tansley]]. 1974. Review of the 1974 [[Fish Hoek Drama Festival]], [[Cape Times]].
-[[Geoffrey Tansley]]. 1974. Review of The 1974 [[Fish Hoek Drama Festival]] for The [[Cape Times]] newspaper, "Written and produced by [[Ron Fenton]]. Theatre indigenous offering of "[[The Invalid]]" was non-competitive owing to the author's having suffered an accident to his foot. They therefore, presented it as a spoken broadcast play, which the adjudicator said was an ingenious way of not letting the festival down.
 http://archive-za.com/page/3229593/2013-11-25/http://www.maynardville.co.za/archive-productions/hamlet_75.php
-[[Fiona Chisholm]] 1975. Review of The [[Maynardville]] production of ''[[Hamlet]]'' for The [[Cape Times]] of  8th January 1975.
+[[Fiona Chisholm]] 1975. Review of the [[Maynardville]] production of ''[[Hamlet]]'', the [[Cape Times]],  8th January.
-Owen Williams. 1975. Review of The [[Maynardville]] production of ''[[Hamlet]]'' for  [[The Argus]] of 8th January 1975.
-http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Jill_Fletcher
-Programme of songs, poems and prose by Dylan Thomas
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Goodman
-Production is reviewed in The Cape Times by Geoffery Tansley (March 1976).
-http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Glynn_Day
+[[Owen Williams]]. 1975. Review of the [[Maynardville]] production of ''[[Hamlet]]'', [[The Argus]], 8th January.
-The Hostage Voluntary was reviewed in The Fish Hoek Echo newspaper (Page 7), "Hostage Voluntary" written by Ron Fenton, who also took the leading part...packed with action, suspense and gripping drama, centering round riot torn Ireland. To my mind a tremendous achievement and well deserving of a special award." (And on Page 9) Another waste in my opinion was that of an absolute master of his craft, Ron Fenton. How many of you realise that, besides taking the leading part in that spine - chilling Irish drama "Hostage" he had also written it. The only truly topical play we had, a play that simply shouted with action and suspense! While the clever denouement left us all clutching our seats, Surely Ron Fenton deserved a special award"
+[[Geoffrey Tansley]], 1976. Review of the [[Imps Drama]] production of ''[[As Long As Forever Is]]'',   ''[[Cape Times]]'' , March.
-Play is reviewed in the Cape Times by Geoffery Tansley, "Naked in the Fountain by Ron Fenton, is a well thought out comedy in two scenes in which two husbands are at ﬁrst outraged by the conduct of their wives, who, on impulse in the one case and in order to assert herself in the other, exhibit more of their charms than their spouses think right and proper. Later the men are forced to take a more modern view.
+Anonymous reviewer. Review of ''[[The Hostage Voluntary]]'', ''[[The Fish Hoek Echo]]'' (March, 1976: page 7).
-Reviewed by Geoffery Tansley for the Cape Times (September-October 1977).
+[[Geoffrey Tansley]]. 1976. Review of ''[[Naked in the Fountain]]'', ''[[Cape Times]]''.
-Production reviewed by Owen Williams for The Argus newspaper (26th October 1977).
-Reviewed by Elaine Durbach for The Argus (21st April 1978, page 7.)
-Reviewed in the Cape Times (5th April 1978) Reviewer unknown
-http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/In_Two_Minds
-http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/The_Slab_Boys
-http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Three_Thoroughly_Offensive_Plays_for_Mother_Grundies
+[[Geoffrey Tansley]], 1977. Review of ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]'', [[Cape Times]].
+[[Owen Williams]] 1977. Review of ''[[Mr McConkey's Suitcase]]'', ''[[The Argus]]''  (26th October, 1977).
+[[Elaine Durbach]]. 1978. Review of ''[[The Chess Mistress]]'',  ''[[The Argus]]'' (21 April 1978: p.7.)
+Anonymous reviewer. 1978. Review of ''[[The Chess Mistress]]'',  ''[[Cape Times]]'' (5 April 1978) Reviewer unknown
+Cast list:  ''[[Don't Utter a Note]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O1rOCezcCZ80H0uffE_yiTXwabuJeah0KE8ajSi1S68/edit?usp=sharing]
+Cast list:  ''[[Laughing Dandino]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1__40XgHEPvhZm13aVBZfapbnvpLEYIW8qKzb6ajoCV0/edit?usp=sharing]
+Cast list:  ''[[Don't Utter a Note]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gmZI0xYiXNwdY2kwMIEhahZBCtmUYybsOKCCfw5xDQ8/edit?usp=sharing]
+Cast list:  ''[[The Hostage Voluntary]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eywLZnNNjTzKHBv7jOuxbR-G5sTvyYpIb-mSsrTlq1k/edit?usp=sharing]
+Cast list:  ''[[The Invalid]]'' (courtesy of [[Frazer Fenton]])[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r4UiQ_DD67qiL0D7tRYHxTbB0cDFWoE07N9Hl2qDq34/edit?usp=sharing]
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-'''Ron Fenton'''  (19**-) Actor.
-He had roles in ''[[King Lear]]'' (1966); ''[[The Slab Boys]]'', ''[[Three Thoroughly Offensive Plays for Mother Grundies]]'' and ''[[In Two Minds]]'' (all three at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] in the 1970s).
-He wrote the play ''[[Naked in the Fountain]]''.
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