Difference between revisions of "Peninsula Dramatic Society"
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Among its members were [[Amelia Pegram]], [[Owen Pegram]], [[Isaac Pfaff]], [[Oscar Pfaff]]. | Among its members were [[Amelia Pegram]], [[Owen Pegram]], [[Isaac Pfaff]], [[Oscar Pfaff]]. | ||
| − | Among its productions were ''[[The Lower Depths]]'', produced by [[Albert Thomas]] at the Woodstock Town Hall, 2 August 1955, ''[[Street Scene]]'' by Elmer Rice, ''[[A Family Man]]'' by John Galsworthy, George Bernard Shaw's ''[[Arms and the Man]]'' and the two Genet plays '' | + | Among its productions were ''[[The Lower Depths]]'', produced by [[Albert Thomas]] at the Woodstock Town Hall, 2 August 1955, ''[[Street Scene]]'' by Elmer Rice, ''[[A Family Man]]'' by John Galsworthy, George Bernard Shaw's ''[[Arms and the Man]]'' and the two Genet plays ''[[The Blacks]]'' and ''[[The Maids]]''. |
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Revision as of 14:46, 17 March 2016
The Peninsula Dramatic Society (PDS) was a theatre group that existed in the Cape Town area from 1951 to 1964. The group's penchant for the provocative set it apart from contemporary theatre companies. They selected fare that challenged laws by questioning the numerous tenets of Apartheid.
Among its members were Amelia Pegram, Owen Pegram, Isaac Pfaff, Oscar Pfaff.
Among its productions were The Lower Depths, produced by Albert Thomas at the Woodstock Town Hall, 2 August 1955, Street Scene by Elmer Rice, A Family Man by John Galsworthy, George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man and the two Genet plays The Blacks and The Maids.
Sources
Material collected by Gladys and Albert Thomas : photocopies of pages from a scrapbook with reviews and programmes for early productions mostly by the Peninsula Dramatic Society, held by NELM: [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 21. 1.
For more information
House, Melanie. "Their Place on the South African Stage: The Peninsula Dramatic Society and the Trafalgar Players." Electronic Thesis or Dissertation. Ohio State University, 2010. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. 17 Mar 2016 [1].
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