Title: 1978 Sheffield and District Drama Festival
Date: Monday 12th-Saturday 17th June 1978
Type: Drama Festival
Location: Library Theatre, Sheffield, England
Organiser: Sheffield and District Amateur Theatre Association
Collection Folder: Folder 30

Monday 12th June

Sheffield Playgoers

Monday, Act III of Saturday, Sunday, Monday, by Eduardo de Filippo

Director: Albert Uttley
Cast:
Antonio: Michael Baggs
Peppino: Gerry Kersey
Attilio: Paul Harrison
Raffaele: Gerry Doherty
Roberto: Tim Burrows
Rocco: Phil Baldy
Luigi: Michael Paul
Dr Cefercola: Tim Carré
Rosa: Shirley Cooper
Aunt Meme: Lindy Carré
Guilianella: Polly Teal
Maria: Jean Bennet Powell
Virginia: Barbara Goddin

Eleven Severn Players

The Night is Far Spent, by Cecil Davies

Director: Betty McEntegart
Cast:
Franziska: Elma O’Shea
Else: Alex Fieldsend
Guard: Patricia Stoch
Mother Maria: Irene Smythe

Tudor Players

The Real Inspector Hound, by Tom Stoppard

Director: Jack Parkin
Cast:
Moon: Jim Welch
Birdboot: Tony Ledward
Mrs Drudge: Audrey Greenfield
Simon: Gary Griffiths
Felicity: Wendie Moss
Cynthia: Judith Moore
Magnus: David Bramah
Inspector Hound: John Barritt

Tuesday 13th June

Oughtibridge Dramatic Society

Relatively Speaking, Act I Scene II & Act II Scene I, by Alan Ayckbourn

Director: Peter Howard
Cast:
Greg: Nick Dawson
Ginny: Debbie Cockayne
Philip: Alan Watkins
Sheila: Andrea Waterhouse

Wickersley Dramatic Society

House of Cards, by Dick Hepworth

Director: Delia Jerome
Cast:
Maisie: Carol Sotheran
Liz: Bernadette Walsh
Beth: Geraldine Ward
Edgar: John Curry

City Players

Tapestry of Shades, by Ives Cabrol

Director: Betty Lound
Cast:
Marie Lariche: Myfanwy Hall
Jeanne: Louise Surr
Rosalie Masson: Ann Loy
Gabrielle Bedouret: Kath Connelly
Maurice Masson: Richard Gascoyne
Armand Guillern: Nick Di Nitto

Wednesday 14th June

Chesterfield Playgoers

Albert, by Richard Harris

Director: Margaret Lane
Cast:
Karin: Susan Wright
Nico: Tommy Pollendine
Albert: Ian Higgins

St Gabriel’s Dramatic Society

Knightsbridge, by John Mortimer

Director: Ken Scott
Cast:
Henry Bulstrode: Derek Kelsey
Francesca Strokes: Jennifer Brown
Muriel Stokes: Peggie Binnie
A Man in a Mackintosh: Geoff Wolfendale

Phoenix Players

Lurching Towards Bethlehem, by Gerard Mahlir

Director: Joan Rawlin
Cast:
Announcer: Ian Rufus
Old Lady: Julie Webb
Danny Wolf: Paul Austin
Jezabel: Audrey Halliday
Rosei: Linda Richardson
Gwenda: Gloria Elford-Box
Sgt. Bowley: Ken Chappell
Pt. Williams: Paul Austin

Thursday 15th June

Hallam Theatre Club

A Separate Peace, by Tom Stoppard

Director: Jean Thornton
Cast:
John Brown: David Hague
Nurse: Lesley Ashley
Doctor: Michael Melluish
Nurse Maggie Coates: Gill Stanley
Matron: Madge Holland
Nurse Jones: Isobel Morris-Jones

University Staff Dramatic Society

Trompe L’Oeil, by Stephen Davis

Director: Michael Paul
Cast:
Man: Richard Carwardine
Woman: Linda Kirk
Tweedy: Tony Valentine

Midland Bank (Sheffield) Dramatic Society

After Magritte, by Tom Stoppard

Director: Leroy Lingwood
Cast:
Harris: Mark Rose
Thelma: Val Lingwood
Mother: Val Boreham
Holmes: Derek Francis
Foot: William McClelland

Friday 16th June

53 Theatre Group

Visitor from Forest Hills, by Neil Simon

Director: Tina Wood
Cast:
Norma Hubley: Mary Jackson
Roy Hubley: Royden Beniston
Border Eisler: Mike Dyson
Mimsey Hubley: Rosemary Dyson

Triangle

After Magritte, by Tom Stoppard

Director: Ivor Harrison
Cast:
Harris: Keith Blake
Thelma: Carol Prescott
Mother: Vivienne Harrison
Foot: Mike Finnen
Holmes: Peter Smith

Manchester and District Drama Federation

Mademoiselle Rousset, by Wyn Davis

Director: Geoffrey Kellett
Cast:
Kitchen Maid: Karen Bloodworth
Monsieur Cordunet: Harold Onions
A Nun: Mary Sharp
Madame Carre-Lamadon: Dianne Gray
Monsieur Carre-Lamadon: John Bates
Madame Loiseau: Elsie Gray
Monsieur Loiseau: Philip Sharp
Mademoiselle Elizabeth Rousset: Jean Bloodworth
Follinvie: Keith Spavin
A Prussian Officer: Gerald Sharp

Saturday 17th June

Dewsbury Arts Group

And They Used to Star in Movies, by Campbell Black

Director: David Wood
Cast:
Mickey: Terry Ryan
Herman: Martin Clarke
Minnie: Christine Craig
Donald: Russell Whiteley
1st Girl: Jacky Naylor
2nd Girl: Catherine Knox

Bradford and District Theatre Guild

Branwell, by Bettine Manktelow

Director: David Thomas
Cast:
Charlotte Bronte: Janet Abberton
Anne Bronte: Christine Wright
Emily Bronte: Susan Crossley
Branwell Bronte: Jack C. Wright

Denys Edwards Players

A Smell of Burning, by David Campton

Director: Valerie Griffiths
Cast:
Mr Jones: Keith Allchin
Mrs Jones: Linda Pugh
Mr Robinson: Graham Anthony

Crew

For SADATA Festival

Festival Adjudicator: Garth Jones

Festival Director: Bill Scattergood
Festival Stage Director: Rena Feinhols
Stage Manager: Ted Andrews
Stage Crew: Carl Feinhols, Richard Gascoyne, Harry Howarth, Ian Moss, Welwyn D’Roza, Nigel Turner
Lighting: Pail Screton, Philip Bradburn
Sound: Michael Adams, Michael Raw
House Manager/Ticket Secretary: Joan Scattergood

For SADATA

Chairman: Bill Scattergood
Secretary: Dorothy Hattersley
Treasurer: Philip Bradburn
Committee: Flo Elshaw, Ted Andrews, Royden Beniston, Welwyn D’Roza, Roy Jeffrey, James Price

Notes

A written date on the front of the programme notes the original owner attended the Wednesday 14th June performance