This Walthamstow Guardian Newspaper Report shows that a similar ‘Mark House Drama Festival’ was run in 1959 and it is hoped that a report for this earlier event will be found, and reproduced in the website, in due course.
In the meantime this fairly substantial report of the 1960 Festival makes good reading – both in terms of adding to the Drama Club’s list of productions, providing a good number of cast names and, perhaps most significantly, commending the enthusiasm and positive results in the development of Drama within the School Curriculum – and all that was to follow!
Unfortunately this did not include a photograph of the winning producer holding the trophy – nor, even more unfortunately, the producer of the runners up play with, according to the report, the apparently even more treasured and unique ‘ORACE’ trophy!
Walthamstow Guardian Newspaper Report. 28th July 1960
Cast Lists & Producers:
‘Opportunity Knocks’ – Lowhall House – Produced by Valerie Poore
Cast
- Marion Kerwin
- Christine Marshall
- Robert Kemp
- Brian Hoffman
- Margaret Drewe
- Elaine Hughes
‘Bloaters’ – by Ella Adkins – Manor House – Produced by Jennifer Todd
Cast
- Emily – Sandra Plumb
- Mrs Brown – Carol Philpott
- Bill – The Producer – Colin Sangster
- Mrs Muggins – Jennifer Todd
- Georgie – Lance Richardson
- Irene Long
- Judith Riches
- Margaret Phare
‘The Thought Machine’ – by Ella Adkins – Lea House – Produced by Pat Payne.
Cast
- Mrs Jones -Yvonne Reynolds
- Mrs Sprigg – Penny Malling
- Mr Barlow – Roger Dyer
- Millie – Barbara Thomas
- Gladys – Susan Riches
- Bob – Costakis Aspostalides
- Albert – David Tervis
- Bernard Page
‘The Man who Painted his Wife’s Nose Red’- Lammas House – Produced by Tony Fowler
Cast:
- Albert – Jimmy Braid
- Rose – Pamela King
- Harry Day – Micheal Brennan
- Fred Morris – David Perry
- Alf Turner – Richard Wayman
- Vivian Frost
Note: Complaints in triplicate please if the House Colours are incorrect – but it was a while ago!