The Dramatic Society in the Legion Hall
The Mersea Dramatic Society staged plays at the British Legion Hall during the 1930s. Photographs and cast records survive from performances in 1938 and 1939.
The Stoker, 1938
A 1938 cast photograph for The Stoker identifies Peter Whelpton, John Prowse, John French, Vivian D’Wit, Valerie Smart and Grace Whelpton.
Carpet Slippers, January 1939
Carpet Slippers was performed on 20 and 21 January 1939. The archive contains more than one photograph from the production: one group includes Tibby Mears, Ruth Martin, Vivian D’Wit, Cyril Nicholson and Ada Cartwright; another shows Ida South, Grace Whelpton, Patricia Grace “Fairy” Winch, Phyllis and Bill Carrington, Vivian D’Wit and John French. These are photographs of different groups, rather than a single definitive cast portrait.
A local company
The Stoker, 1938 photograph ↗ · Carpet Slippers, 1939 photograph 1 ↗ · Carpet Slippers, 1939 photograph 2 ↗