Woodstock Amateur Operatic Society
The Woodstock Amateur Operatic Society was a Cape Town based society that specialised in Gilbert and Sullivan productions.
Founded and managed by Amos Bailey had as its base a school in the Cape Town suburb of Woodstick and used local amateurs.
The first three productions were done in a school room with a paiano as accompaniment, after which a large hall , equipped with a proper stage, was built next to the school. They would later also perform in the Cape Town Opera House.
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.323
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