Title: 1981 SADATA 1-Act Play Festival
Date: Monday 22nd-Saturday 27th June 1981
Type: Drama Festival
Location: Library Theatre, Sheffield, England
Organiser: Sheffield and District Amateur Theatre Association
Collection Folder: Folder 30

Monday 22nd June

Denys Edwards Players

The Prince of Coal, by Harold Brighouse

Director: Guy Radforth
Cast:
Mary Bradshaw: Linda Pugh
Jack Tyldesley: David Littlewood
Ellen Tyldesley: Beryl Heginbotham
Polly Livesey: Rita Delamore

Totley Operatic and Dramatic Society

Sparrows, by Charles Mander

Director: Dorothy Hollis
Cast:
Joyce: Dorothy Howe
Harold Makepiece: Peter Long
Edward: Richard Nauen
Sandra: Heather Norton

City Players

The Strangest Kind of Romance, by Tennessee Williams

Director: Albert Barker
Cast:
The Little Man: Stuart Burrows
The Landlady: Audrey Andrews
The Old Man (her Father-in-law): Albert Barker
The Boxer: Nick Di Nitto

Tuesday 23rd June

St Gabriel’s Dramatic Society

The Twelve Pound Look, by J.M. Barrie

Director: James Price
Cast:
Sir Harry Sims: Kenneth Scott
Lady Sims: Veronica Inman
Kate: Carolyn Heslop
Tombes, a butler: Stephen Packard

Apex Players

After Magritte, by Tom Stoppard

Director: Pamela Lucas
Cast:
Reginald Harris: Charlie Withall
Thelma Harris: Mary Ward
Mother: Elsie Morris
Detective Inspector Foot: Howard Morris
P.C. Holmes: John Josling

Hallam Theatre Club

Squat Betty, by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall

Director: Pamela Saunders
Cast:
Stanley Mintey: Alan Mills
Elisabeth Mintey: Sue Ibbotson
Jonathan Pearce: Paul Taylor

Wednesday 24th June

Tudor Players

The End of the Beginning, by Sean O’Casey

Director: Roger Bingham
Cast:
Darry Berrill: Mike Smith
Barry Derrill: David Bramah
Lizzie Berrill: Judy Smith

Chesterfield Playgoers

One Season’s King, by George MacEwan Green

Director: Jean Meikle
Cast:
Eveline: Margaret Love
Charles: Neil Showell
Edward: Andy Parker
Sam: Barry Osborne

Bradway Townswomen’s Guild Drama Group

Half Way Up the Wall, by Don Carroll

Director: Bill Elvidge
Cast:
Isabel Thornside: Eileen Grassam
Agatha Thornside: Pamela Fox
Mrs Pringle: Dora Atkinson
Police Constable: Margery Brown
Doctor: Doris Millington
Nursing Attendant: Alice Marsh
Mrs Brown: Doreen Handley

Thursday 25th June

53 Theatre Group

Gosforth’s Fête, by Alan Ayckbourn

Director: Sheila Gascoyne
Cast:
Milly Carter: Anne Ashby
Councillor Mrs Pearce: Mary Jackson
Gordon Gosforth: Peter Howard
Rev. John Braithwaite: Brian Ward
Stewart Stokes: Kevin Daly

Dronfield Players

Out-Patients, by Margaret Wood

Director: Betty Richardson
Cast:
Mrs Mabel Masters: Maureen Beniston
Mrs Evans: Rosemary Stewart
Miss Trimble: Molly Brewin
Nurse Prosser: Jill Hedges
The Sister: Allison Pattinson
Nurse Stephens: Charlotte Potts
Mrs Lambert-Perkins: Susan E. Wright
Receptionist: Pat Blackburn
Mr Hunter: Derrick A. Grant
Mrs Hunter: Margaret Richardson
Robert Williams: John Pashley
Mrs Hillman: Christine Smith
Mr Price: John Smith
A Child: Kathryn A. Wright
A Doctor: David Roe

Manor Theatre Company

Attitudes, by David Campton

Director: Susan D. Evans
Cast:
Demonstrator: Hazel Mellor
A: Toni Corbishley
B: Tony Whitby
C: Caroline Henisohn
D: Jean Griffiths
E: Melvyn Ashworth
F: Vera Lyth
G: Wilf Turner
H: Ron Steadman
I: Janis Beech

Friday 26th June

Hull Electricity Players

Double, Double, by James Saunders

Director: Joyce Harker
Cast:
Grunge, a bus driver: Robert Priest
Nellie, the cook: Gladys A. Smith
Nimrod, a bus driver: Stephen J. Omer
Fran, cleaner & kitchen-hand: Susie Pye
A Bus Inspector: Henry Smith
Pumfret, Grunge’s conductor: Robert Priest
Gimlet, a bus driver: Stephen J. Omer
Lillian, Gimlet’s conductor: Gladys A. Smith
Iris, Dogg’s conductor: Susie Pye
Bert Dogg, a bus driver: Henry Smith

Wingerworth Church Theatre Group

Albert, by Richard Harris

Directors: Ian Higgins, Sandra Meiris
Cast:
Karin: Pat Parker
Nico: Bert Gee
Albert: Ken Bishton

Manchester and District Drama Federation (Inter-City Competition)

Miss Mundy, by Ann Rye

Director: Roger T. Holland
Cast:
Miss Mundy: Cecilia Bowers
Williamson: Joe Crossland
Judith: Jean Bloodworth

Saturday 27th June

Bradford & District Theatre Guild – Saltaire Youth Theatre

Stoke-on-Trent New People’s Theatre

Dewsbury Arts Group

Crush, by David Foxton

Director: David J. Wood
Cast:
Judith: Debbie Webber
Wendy: Louise Ragan
Janet: Alison Rust
Clare Barker: Heather Petyt
Julie Helme: Stephanie Nicolaides
Dr. Helme: Ian Burroughs
Mrs Helme: Margaret Goodall
Mrs Barker: Mary Glover
Mr Holmson: Peter Ragan
Mr Parry: Graham Fletcher

Awards

Presentation of Awards, presented by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield

Crew

For the SADATA 1-Act Play Festival

Adjudicator: Walter Williams
Festival Director: Barry Allen
Festival Stage Director: Ted Andrews
Stage Manager: Ian Moss
Backstage Team: Members of SADATA Societies
Lighting: John Screaton, Paul Screaton
Sound: Mike Adams

House Manager: Leslie Mills
Deputy House Manager: Betty Frost
Ticket Secretary: Dorothy Hattersley

For the Sheffield and District Amateur Theatre Association

Chairman: Barry Allen
Hon. Treasurer: Phillip Bradburn
Hon. Secretary: Derek A. Francis
Committee: Ted Andrews, Royden Beniston, Flo Elshaw, Roy Jeffrey, Leroy Lingwood, James Price