Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue

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Z1654
Title
Langford St. Andrews Drama Club
Date free text
1965-2001
Production date
From: 1965 To: 2001
Creator
Langford St Andrews Drama Club
Admin/biog history
The Drama Club was founded early in 1965 as St. Andrew’s Drama Club. Between 1965 and 1972 two plays a year were performed and in 1972 the club produced its first ‘Music Hall’ to raise money for the new village hall. After the village hall was built in 1975 all productions were held there. In the 33 years of its existence the Drama Club produced 30 full-length plays, 7 double/triple bills of one act plays, 17 music hall/variety shows and 6 pantomimes. In 1983 the club became a member of the Bedfordshire Drama Association and between 1983 and 1996 entered 13 local festivals. In 1984 the club changed its name to Langford (St Andrew's) Drama Club to give prominence to the name of the village. Membership dwindled from a high of 35 members to only 15-18 and in February 1998 the club gave its final performance. The records were held by a former member of the club until the decision was made to transfer them to the archives service in 2017. For a more detailed history of the club see Z1654/12/2.
Archival history
The records were held by a former member of the club until the decision was made to transfer them to the archives service in 2017.
Level of description
fonds