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| − | The Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of Southern Africa held its First Annual Play Festival at the [[Port Elizabeth City Hall]] on December 11, 1939 when six plays were staged. The Adjudicator was [[David L Kahn]]. All proceeds were donated to the [[Ministering League for Consumptives]].
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| − | They were:
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| − | I. [[Smoke-Screens]] by [[Harold Brighouse]]
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| − | Presented by the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]].
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| − | CAST (in order of their appearance)
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| − | Mrs [[P P Breytenbach]] as Susan Merridew, Mrs [[J Richmond]] as Primrose Aston, Mrs [[A G Gladwin]] as Lucy Aston, her mother, and Miss [[G B Palk]] as CLARICE, a friend of Primrose.
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| − | The scene is Mrs Aston's sitting room in a Kensington flat.
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| − | 2 [[Bly By Jou Lees]], an original stage production in one act by [[P W S Schumann]]
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| − | Presented by the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]].
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| − | Cast: Mnr. [[W. J. S. Coetzee]] as Albert Theron, Mr [[T C E Corbett]] as Lodewyk van Vuuren, Mr [[S Hendrikz]] as Bantjies.
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| − | 3. [[In Port]] by [[Harold Simpson]]
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| − | Presented by the Executive Committee of the Federation.
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| − | CAST (in order of their appearance)
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| − | Mr [[J Elwyn Davies]] as Fletcher, Mr [[F C Drummond]] as Mr Justice Hatton, and Mr [[J Hardie]] as Robert Adderly.
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| − | The scene is the dining room of Mr Justice Hatton's bachelor chambers.
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| − | 4 [[White Queen, Red Queen]] by T. B. Morris.
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| − | Presented by Mrs. [[Taubie Kushlick]]'s Studio, Port Elizabeth
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| − | CAST
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| − | [[Loremia Hayes]] as Elizabeth Hammond, [[Joan Wallace]] as Madge Skelton, [[Helen Lipschitz]] as Mary Wyatt, all Ladies-in-Waiting to Queen Katherine, [[Gwen Marriner ]] as Jane Seymour, Attendant on Anne Boleyn, [[Madge Frost]] as Mary Tudor, Princess of Wales, [[Elizabeth Howe ]] as Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, [[Lilian Goldman ]] as Anne Boleyn, Marchioness of Pembroke and [[Mollie Pittaway]] as Katherine of Arragon, Queen of England.
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| − | 5 [[Twentieth Century Lullaby]] by [[Cedric Mount]]
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| − | Presented by the [[Rhodes University College Dramatic Society]].
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| − | Produced by [[S Christie]].
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| − | CAST
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| − | [[J Leith]] as MADONNA, [[P Sutherns]] as Mother, [[H S Winter]] as Schoolmaster, [[A B Hall]] as Politician, [[B Thompson]] as Businessman, [[R Douglas]] as Clergy, [[H Barradle]] as Bride, [[R Cunlisse]] as Announcer.
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| − | 6. [[Joint Owners In Spain]] by [[Alice Brown]]
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| − | Presented by Mrs. [[Gibson Lochhead]], Port Elizabeth.
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| − | CAST
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| − | Miss [[Anne Lamb]] as MRS. FULLERTON, Mrs[[D Coutts]] as Mrs MITCHELL, Mrs [[C English]] as MRS. BLAIR, Mrs [[G Lochhead]] as MISS DYER.
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| − | SOURCE: Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of Southern Africa programme from December 11, 1939.
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