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== History ==
== History ==
Founded in 1945 by B.H. Holland. Ceased in the late 1970s or early 1980s. It moved to premises on Sidney Street after Bertram Holland's death. The last remaining trace of the Stretford Children's Theatre is the Bertram Holland Trophy which is awarded annuallly by the [[Greater Manchester Drama Federation]].<ref>[http://www.gmdf.org/4709/index.html ]{{dead link|date=October 2011}}</ref>
Founded in 1945 by B.H. Holland. Ceased in the late 1970s or early 1980s. It moved to premises on Sidney Street after Bertram Holland's death. The last remaining trace of the Stretford Children's Theatre is the Bertram Holland Trophy which is awarded annuallly by the [[Greater Manchester Drama Federation]].<ref>[http://www.gmdf.org/4709/index.html ]{{dead link|date=October 2011}}</ref>

== Productions<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.lycos.co.uk/Sebastianne/Act_Twenty_Five.htm |title=Act Twenty Five |publisher=Members.lycos.co.uk |accessdate=October 20, 2011}}</ref> ==

=== Early shows 1945 to 1948 ===

The Coffee Stall<br />
Dots and Dashes<br />
Cinderalla<br />
Review<br />
Three one act plays<br />
Dick Whittington and his Cat

=== 1948/49 Season ===

Dick Whittington and his Cat

=== 1949/50 Season ===

==== Ace, King, Queen ====

A review

==== Three one act plays ====

Send Her Victorious by Philip Johnson. The Distant Drum by Philip Johnson produced by Bertram H. Holland. Beauty Is Fled by Paul Vincent Carroll produced by Mabel Bagley.

==== Rumpelstiltskin ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== A Midsummer Nights Dream ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1950/51 Season ===

==== Three one act plays ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Land of the Christmas Stocking ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Merchant of Venice ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Little Woman ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1951/52 Season ===

==== Rouge et Noire ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Twelfth Night ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== She Stoops to Conquer ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1952/53 Season ===

==== The Mikado ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Where the Rainbow ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Julius Caesar ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Scarlet Pimpernel ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1953/54 Season ===

==== Daddy Long Legs ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Taming of the Shrew ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Gondoliers ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1954/55 Season ===

==== 1066 and All That ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Beauty and The Beast ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Romeo and Juliet ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Trial by Jury and HMS Pinafore ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1955/56 Season ===

==== The Quaker Girl ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Alice in Wonderland ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== School for Scandal ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Ten Little Niggers ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1956/57 Season ===

==== Patience (opera) ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Marvellous Story of Puss in Boots ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Arcadians ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1957/58 Season ===

==== The Mikado ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Cinderella ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Heartless Princess ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Hamlet ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1958/59 Season ===

==== The Imperial Nightingale ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Alice, Thomas and Jane ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Love from Judy ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1959/60 Season ===

==== A Girl called Jo ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Land of the Christmas Stocking ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Green Planet ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1960/61 Season ===

==== Meet Me by Moonlight ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Windmill Man ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Housemaster ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1961/62 Season ===

==== The lady's Not for Burning ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Willow Pattern Dream ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Green Goddess ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1962/63 Season ===

==== Tabs Away ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Beauty and the Beast ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Carol Service and Nativity Play ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Merchant of Venice ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Snow Queen ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1963/64 Season ===

==== Julius Caesar ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Nativity Play and Carol Service ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Rumplestiltskin and the Three Wishes ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== A Man Dies ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Tinder Box ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1964/65 Season ===

==== Richard III ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Imperial Nightingale ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Stone Cage ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1965/66 Season ===

==== Twelfth Night ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== The Young Dick Whittington ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Heidi ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Ten Little Niggers ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=== 1966/67 Season ===

==== The Lord of the Amber Mountain ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Pinocchio ====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==== Othello by William Shakespeare ====

March 8–11. This was one of the plays in the 'A' level GCE examination syllabus. Othello was taken by Geoffrey Duke. Andrew Winton was Iago. The Desdemona was played by sixteen-year-old Christine Hayes. Emilia, Cassio and Roderigo completed the cast. It was a financial loss, but B.H. Holland believed it to be an artistic gain.

=== 1970s ===

==== The Wizard's Birthday ====
This play featured 2 performers who later turned professional: Gerry (Gerald) Sundquist (The Wizard) and Gary Carp (Wizzy – the Wizard's Apprentice).

=== 1975/76 Season ===

==== Fun Follies '76 ====
A review of songs and sketches. The name of the show was picked by members of the cast, inspired by the popular television programme [[Rock Follies]].


== Former members<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.lycos.co.uk/Sebastianne/Act_Twenty_Four..htm |title=Act Twenty Four |publisher=Members.lycos.co.uk |accessdate=October 20, 2011}}</ref> ==
== Former members<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.lycos.co.uk/Sebastianne/Act_Twenty_Four..htm |title=Act Twenty Four |publisher=Members.lycos.co.uk |accessdate=October 20, 2011}}</ref> ==

Revision as of 20:10, 7 June 2013

Stretford Children's Theatre is a former youth theatre based in Stretford, England. It was founded in the 1940s by Bertram H. Holland, and ceased to exist in the late 1970s or early 1980s. Holland wrote a book about the theatre in 1968 called Beginners on Stage.[1]

An offshoot adult theatre company of made up of former members of the children's theatre existed in the 1970s.

History

Founded in 1945 by B.H. Holland. Ceased in the late 1970s or early 1980s. It moved to premises on Sidney Street after Bertram Holland's death. The last remaining trace of the Stretford Children's Theatre is the Bertram Holland Trophy which is awarded annuallly by the Greater Manchester Drama Federation.[2]

Former members[3]

Former members include Lynn Roden,[4] John Comer, Vicky Ogden,[5] John Mahoney,[6][7] June Ritchie,[8] Jeremy Clarkson,[9] Timothy Walker,[9] and Brian Trueman,[8][10] Victor Szendzielarz,[11]

References

  1. ^ "beginners on stage holland: Books". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  2. ^ [1][dead link]
  3. ^ "Act Twenty Four". Members.lycos.co.uk. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  4. ^ "de beste bron van informatie over sharronashcroft". sharronashcroft.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  5. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1290431/
  6. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001498/bio
  7. ^ Frances Gibb Legal Editor. "The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion". Entertainment.timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved October 20, 2011. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ a b "Stretford Pagent, 1942". Homepage.ntlworld.com. June 21, 2004. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  9. ^ a b "Html Gear – Guest Gear View Guestbook". Htmlgear.tripod.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  10. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874113/
  11. ^ 1942 "The Face Painters". Homepage.ntlworld.com. June 21, 2004. Retrieved October 20, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

External links

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