Professional Photographers' Association

Play

performed at the

PPA Congress, 1930

 

The Cover of a Programme for a Play performed by Members of North London Branch of the Professional Photographers' Association at the Annual Congress, London, 1930

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to Rene Dee, Horticultural Halls Ltd., London

 

The Cover of a Programme for a Play performed by Members of North London Branch of the Professional Photographers' Association at the Annual Congress, London, 1930

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to Rene Dee, Horticultural Halls Ltd., London

 

The Play

'Forward'

This play was performed by Members of the North London Centre of the Professional Photographers' Association, during the PPA's Annual Congress at Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London in 1930.

The British Journal of Photography described this performance as "a play with a purpose; the most amusing and moralising event during the Congress".

 It summarised the plot:

"Forward"

Mr Blank was proprietor of a hopelessly old-fashioned photographic business.  Miss Smith was his incompetent receptionist.  Martin was his disconcerted apprentice.

Miss Jones, a modern business woman buys the business for £500, and makes amazing changes to bring the business up to date.  Martin becomes confident and reliable and Miss Smith looks ten years younger.

The business becomes busy with sittings all day long.  Customers include:

-  Cuthbert, poor little fiancé, henpecked even before wedded life

-  a pompous proud father of triplets

-  a haughty lady, wanting a free sitting but not obtaining it

-  a deaf old lady, not admitting it.

Miss Jones shows the Presidents of the PPA and the Photographers' Association of America around the business.

Mr Blank returns from his poultry farm in Sussex, bringing a cauliflower and bouquet of flowers for Miss Jones.

BJP:  16 May 1930 pp.294-5

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A scene from a play performed at the PPA Congress in 1930 ©

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A scene from a play performed at the PPA Congress in 1930 ©

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A scene from a play performed at the PPA Congress in 1930 © 

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A scene from a play performed at the PPA Congress in 1930 ©

 

 

Photographic Congresses  and  Photographic Fairs

Background

Dates

1920s Adverts

1930 Play

Horticultural Halls

 

 

 

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