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Loftus & District Arts Club (Drama Section) produced ‘Liberation’, this image is from a photograph by Wm. Eglon Shaw (his studio was on North Road, Loftus). In this scene we have standing: Margaret Wood, William Shaw, Irene Fowle. Seated: Margaret Duffy.
For Christmas 1953, Loftus & District Arts Club (Drama Section) produced ‘The Holly and the Ivy’, we been supplied with most of the names, can anybody fill in the blanks? Image and names courtesy of Helen Cook (nee Fowle), thanks to Peter Appleton for the update.
Loftus & District Arts Club (Drama Section) production of ‘A Play for Ronnie’; producer M. Goldsborough, are shown on stage. Back row: Muriel Hollis, Lewis Snowdon, Margaret Duffy, Albert Allan, Marion Lindsey.  Loftus and District Arts Club presented a Festival programme of three one-act plays on Tuesday, 3rd July, 1951. This image is of the programme of the plays, can you spot your name in the listings, we would love to hear from you. Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier Group who kindly loaned us a scrap book of Loftus and District Arts Club.  As part of the Coronation Celebrations held in Loftus on 1st June 1953, the Loftus and District Arts Club presented three one-act plays in the Town Hall. The cast in this image we are told were (from left to right): Dora Dack, Maurice Trembath, James Duffy, James Cush, Olga McLaren, Irene Fowle, Jean Peel, Joan Dickens. Helen Cook tells us: ”According to the photograph belonging to my Mother the late Irene Fowle, the play was Fools Rush In.” Image courtesy of Jean Welford and many thanks to Helen Cook for that update.  Loftus Town Crier Group kindly loaned us a Scrap Book of Loftus and District Arts Club that was compiled in 1951 by M. Lindsey and W. Shaw, Camera Section – Joint Secretaries. This image and the following ones are a selection from the book. The cast of ”A Play for Ronnie” pictured in the newspaper cutting; back row (standing): Mr. Lewis Snowdon, Marian Lindsey, Albert Allen, Maurice Trembath (standing) and front row (sitting): Margaret Duffy, Irene Fowle, Margaret Wood, Muriel Hollis and Derrick Richards. Miss M. Goldsborough was the producer. Proceeds were in aid of Loftus Festival of Britain Funds. Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier Group.  Loftus and District Arts Club presented a Festival programme of three one-act plays on Tuesday, 3rd July, 1951. Musical items were given in the intervals. The first play was ”Dragons in the Caves.” After the interval the scene was a station waiting room for the mystery, ”Mr. Hunter”. Jim Duffy, the producer, is pictured with the cast – Joan Dickens, Margaret Harmer, Rona Miller and Betty Ripley (standing), and Olga McLaren and Mary Watson (kneeling). Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier Group.  ”Down to the Sea” was the third one-act play in the Festival programme. It was produced by Muriel Hollis and the members of the cast were: Irene Fowle, Winnie Veale, Bill Carter, Margaret Duffy, Bill Shaw and Albert Allen. The scene was the Venner’s cottage in a fishing village. Portraits by Bill Shaw and M. Wood. Images courtesy of Loftus Town Crier Group.  In this scene from ”The Late Christopher Bean” the actors are:- Myra Dawson, Margaret Duffy, Rona Miller, Vera Evans and Albert Allen. The play was produced by Nick Marshall, who took one of the parts. Bill Shaw, Tom Dack and Maurice Trembath were also in the cast. This photograph was taken by Bill Shaw. Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier Group.  A newspaper cutting in the scrap book is headed ”Another Successful Production” and starts – ”Lack of stage room is an obvious handicap to Loftus and District Arts Club in presenting plays, but in the adaptation by Emlyn Williams of Rene Fauchoi’s ”The Late Christopher Bean” in the Town Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday, producer Nick Marshall and stage manager W. Carter solved the difficult problem. The setting demands three entrances to a room and the manner in which this was contrived was very commendable.” This is a water colour sketch for the design of the set by H. Kitchener. Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier Group. |
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