St. Peters Community Players Productions 1948-1956

Scenes from “Big Moment” by Wilfred Massey, St Peters Community Players, Rechabite Hall Sydenham, 1950. Norman McVicker as Hereward J. Glossop and James Deveson as Oswald Pryke.

Scenes from “Big Moment” by Wilfred Massey, St Peters Community Players, Rechabite Hall Sydenham, 1950. James Deveson as Oswald Pryke and Barbara Still as Althea Noyce.

Opening Date	Play	Producer
1948
23rd March	The Ghost Train	L.J. Monahan
15th July	All That Glitters	Norman McVicker
1st November	Rebecca	Norman McVicker
1949
5th April	The Invisible Circus	Norman McVicker
31st August	Such Things Happen	Norman McVicker
14th December	The First Joanna	Norman McVicker
1950
30th May	Big Moment	Norman McVicker
30th October	The Strange Case of Blondie White	Norman McVicker
1951
12th July	Light and Shade 1951
	(The Fisherman)	Norman McVicker
	(The Respectable Prostitute)	Peter Sainthill
	(Villa For Sale)	Norman McVicker
13th August	B.D.L. Festival of Community Drama
12th November	John Marlow’s Profession	Norman McVicker
1952
27th March	The Little Foxes	Norman McVicker
29th May	The Voice of The Turtle	Frank Thompson
8th August	Light and Shade 1952
	(The Dragon)	James Deveson
	(Christmas In The Market Place)	Norman McVicker
	(Red Peppers)	Colin Kenny
11th August	B.D.L. Festival of Community Drama
24th 25th October	Guest Appearance Newcastle W.E.A. Theatre
	(Christmas In The Market Place)
13th November	They Walk Alone	Norman McVicker
5th December	Guest Appearance Phillip Park Open Air Theatre
	(Christmas In The Market Place)
1953
29th January	The Twig is Bent	Norman McVicker
16th April	There Is No Armour	Frank Thompson
28th July	Light and Shade 1953
	(Rodeo)	Norman McVicker
	(Back to 1980)	Norman McVicker
	(Suppressed Desires)	Barbara Still
3rd August	15th B.D.L. Festival of Community Drama
19th November	Arsenic And Old Lace	James Deveson
1954
18th February	The Philadelphia Story	Norman McVicker
16th July	Laura	Barbara Still
5th November	Home Of The Brave	Norman McVicker
1955
19th January	Guest Appearance Metropolitan Theatre
	(Home of the Brave)
15th April	Play Parade (In association with Eastwood Evening College)
	(The Red Velvet Goat)	Norman McVicker
	(Sordid Story)	Norman McVicker
	(The Sword is Double Edged)	Norman McVicker
1st June	The Servant of Two Masters	Frank Thompson
15th August	17th B.D.L. Festival of Community Drama
	(The Desert Shall Rejoice)	Norman McVicker
13th October	Guest Appearance Metropolitan Theatre
	(The Desert Shall Rejoice)
27th October	Guest Appearance Eastwood Evening College
	(The Desert Shall Rejoice)
1956
24th May	Madam Tic Tac	Norman McVicker
8th August	18th B.D.L. Festival of Community Drama
	(The Puppet Show)	Norman McVicker

Scenes from 1952 British Drama League Drama School at Narrabeen National Fitness Camp. Scout Tony Morgan modelling Dorothy Dunckley make-up and scars.

Scenes from 1952 British Drama League Drama School at Narrabeen National Fitness Camp Winifred Hindle (far right) and students.

The “Pocket Awards”, presented annually for worthwhile achievements in the crafts of theatre, were inaugurated in 1963 under the Trust Fund established by Miss Beatrice Tildesley. The Award, designed by Arthur Murch, an Archibald Prize Winner and the distinguished sculptor, is in the form of a statuette depicting a classical Greek actor, standing on a laurel wreath of victory, holding the mask of comedy and tragedy.