A day in the life at the University of Pretoria. 24 October 1964

24 October 1964: Students may graduate stars. On this "Day in the life of the University of Pretoria", the Johannesburg based newspaper the, Rand Daily Mail, reported on the theatre and film courses that will be presented at UP.

Rand Daily Mail, 24 October 1964

The article (featured above) explained that: “The University of Pretoria will start turning out budding film stars, stage actors, film directors and radio announcers next year. The university announced yesterday that its council had decide to establish a department of drama and theatre sciences and an institute for speech and theatre crafts next year…”.

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