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Resource	Text: Article
Title	Behind the Footlights: Ambitious Productions in Amateur World
Abstract/Description	THERE is in most of us a spark of theatrical ambition, the desire to act, produce, or write for the theatre, and it is not altogether surprising that in Sydney there are well over a hundred amateur dramatic societies and clubs. These range from flourishing societies with memberships running into several hundreds to small groups run by churches, tennis clubs, and other communities where the drama club acts as a social club as well. The oldest group, perhaps, is S.U.D.S. (Sydney University Drama Society), which has been running under various titles since 1868. The newest is the Polynesian Club's Drama Club, which has still to make its first public performance.
Related Organisation	Bryant's Playhouse Chelsea Theatre Group Dajonian Repertory Society Greenwood Tree Theatre New Theatre League (Sydney, NSW) Sydney Players' Club The Independent Theatre The University of Sydney, Dramatic Society (SUDS) Thea Rowe Theatre School
Source	Sydney Morning Herald, Charles Kemp and John Fairfax, Sydney, NSW, 1842
Item URL	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17637259
Page	12
Date Issued	4 December 1939
Language	English
Citation	Behind the Footlights: Ambitious Productions in Amateur World, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 December 1939, 12
Data Set	AusStage
Resource Identifier	65100