Look back at Dramatic Society of Manningham Mills | Bradford Telegraph and Argus
LOCAL historian DR PAUL JENNINGS looks back at the drama society at Lister’s Mill - part of the immense range of social, cultural and sporting activities its thousands of workers enjoyed: The Dramatic Society made its debut in 1925 with Raffles but I begin with its 1933 production of A Lass from Lister’s, written by Herbert Wright and produced by Clara Wright. This musical comedy was largely based on the rise to fame of Pat Paterson, the Hollywood actress who was born in Bradford and had once worked in the Velvet Warehouse. The same Lister’s Magazine of January 1934, which reported ...
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