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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. **
Sources
Donald Inskip, 197*
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