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| Founded | 1885 |
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| Home Page | OUDS |
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Officers 2009-2010 |
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| President | Roland Singer-Kingsmith, Pembroke College |
| Treasurer | Joshua Randall, Jesus College |
| Secretary | Adam Baghdadi, Brasenose College |
The Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS) is the principal funding body and provider of theatrical services to the many independent student productions put on by students in Oxford, England. Not all student productions at Oxford University are awarded funding from the society; however it is rare, for example, for any student production at The Playhouse to not receive substantial funding from the society. The society funds many types of show, mostly at the Old Fire Station Theatre, the Burton Taylor Theatre and the individual college theatres, such as the Moser Theatre at Wadham and the O'Reilly Theatre at Keble. All productions put on by Oxford University students can use the society's services, such as the website, the wardrobe, and advice from the committee.
The Society supports a competition for Freshers (Cuppers), held in Michaelmas Term and a New Writing Festival in Hilary Term. OUDS also supports, jointly with Thelma Holt, a Shakespeare production which tours Japan, with preview performances in the UK.[1]
The society was founded in 1885 by Alec MacKinnon.
Alumni
Many famous actors have participated in OUDS productions. For example, in 1907 professional actresses Lily Brayton and her sister Agnes appeared as Katherine and Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew[2]; John Gielgud made his directing debut at OUDS in 1932 with a production of Romeo and Juliet in which he enlisted professional actresses Peggy Ashcroft to play Juliet and Edith Evans to play the Nurse[3]. Another notable production was when Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor appeared in a production of Dr. Faustus in 1966 with undergraduates in the supporting cast.
Past members include:
- Rowan Atkinson
- Peter Bayley
- John Betjeman
- Will Bowen
- Richard Burton
- Shirley Catlin
- Caryl Churchill
- George Devine
- Edith Evans
- John Gielgud
- Peter Glenville
- Hugh Grant
- Felicity Jones
- Nigel Lawson
- Harry Lloyd
- John Maud
- Dudley Moore
- Terence O'Brien
- Diana Quick
- Gervais Rentoul
- Mel Smith
- Imogen Stubbs
- Kenneth Tynan
- Evelyn Waugh
- Emlyn Williams
- Dornford Yates
- Michael York
References
- ^ http://www.ouds.org/aboutouds.php
- ^ Times review February 7th 1907
- ^ John Gielgud by Gyles Brandreth, Little, Brown & Co., 1984
- Carpenter, Humphrey, O.U.D.S.: A Centenary History of the Oxford University Dramatic Society 1885–1985, Oxford University Press, 1985 (ISBN 0-19-212241-X).
See also
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