Stretford Children's Theatre
Stretford Children's Theatre is a 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. An offshoot adult theatre company made up of former members of the children's theatre existed in the 1970s. It was resurrected in October 2015 by Shelly Quinton-Hulme MBE who gathered a group of local Stretford people together to reform the theatre group and return the group to Stretford Public Hall. Holland wrote a book about the theatre in 1968 called Beginners on Stage.[1]
History
[edit]Founded in 1945 by B.H. Holland. It moved to premises on Sidney Street after Bertram Holland's death. The last remaining trace of the former Stretford Children's Theatre is the Bertram Holland Trophy which is awarded annually by the Greater Manchester Drama Federation.[2]
Former members
[edit]Former members include Lynn Roden,[3] John Comer, Vicky Ogden,[4] John Mahoney,[5][6] June Ritchie,[7] and Brian Trueman,.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "beginners on stage holland: Books". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "Greater Manchester Drama Federation". www.gmdf.org. Archived from the original on October 21, 2008.
- ^ "de beste bron van informatie over sharronashcroft". sharronashcroft.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "Vicky Ogden". IMDb.
- ^ "John Mahoney". IMDb.
- ^ Frances Gibb Legal Editor. "The Times". The Times. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ a b "Stretford Pagent, 1942". Homepage.ntlworld.com. June 21, 2004. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "Brian Trueman". IMDb.
External links
[edit]- Guest book entries by former members
- Stretford Pagent 1952 Archived October 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
