South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 1 March 1952
On the Stage Again
Denaby Youth Group’s Three Plays
Denaby Tom Hill Youth Club drama sections took the stage again on Friday and Saturday when three plays were given in the club. The drama group’s work had been suspended since fire gutted the club stage before Christmas, and the actresses and actors had been working overtime in the last few weeks.
The three plays given on Friday and Saturday were: “The Price of Coal” by Harold Brighouse; “Moonshine” by Arthur Hopkins; and “Jemima.” To a packed hall on Friday the plays ran smoothly. The senior group gave “The Price of Coal” and “Moonshine.” The cast in “The Price of Coal” was June Hodgson (as Mary Bradshaw), Alf Simpson (Jack Tyldesley), Iris Bloom (Ellen Tyldesley) and Sheila Day (Polly Livesey). Ken Freeman and Bill Davis took the two parts in “Moonshine.”
Parts in “Jemima” were taken by Joan Wootton; Beryl Linklater; Nora Chadfield; Beryl Sturgess; June Reeve; and Helen Prendergast.
The plays were produced by Miss May Sharpe, and stage direction was by Mr. C. Taylor. The club’s next production will be “Ma’s Bit o’ Brass” by Ronald Gow.