{"id":61,"date":"2023-10-01T13:49:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T13:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caapa.org.uk\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2025-06-24T16:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:00:23","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caapa.org.uk\/index.php\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; min_height=&#8221;49px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||4px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_heading title=&#8221;The History of CaAPA&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; 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Here are some of the famous faces you may recognise that have been members&#8230;<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Sir Alec Guinness&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Sir Alec Guinness\u00a0<span class=\"noexcerpt nowraplinks\"><\/span>(born\u00a0Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914\u00a0\u2013 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets\u00a0(1949), in which he played eight characters; The Lavender Hill Mobs\u00a0(1951), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination; and The Ladykillers (1955). <span>He also portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/span><span>\u00a0in George Lucas&#8217;s<\/span><span> original Star Wars trilogy<\/span><span>\u00a0which brought him further recognition<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Danny La Rue&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Danny La Rue, OBE (born Daniel Patrick Carroll, 26 July 1927 \u2013 31 May 2009) was an Irish-English singer and entertainer, best known for his on-stage drag persona.\u00a0He performed in drag and also as himself in theatrical productions, television shows and film.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_width_top=&#8221;3px&#8221; border_style_top=&#8221;dashed&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Michael Williams&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Michael Leonard Williams<span> KSG<\/span><span class=\"noexcerpt nowraplinks\"><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>(9 July 1935 \u2013 11 January 2001) was a British actor who played both classical and comedy roles. He was best known for co-starring in the sitcom A Fine Romance with his wife Dame Judi Dench , and for voicing Dr Watson<span>\u00a0<\/span>in the long-running Sherlock Holmes adaptations for BBC Radio<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Ian Bannen&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Ian Edmund Bannen (29 June 1928 \u2013 3 November 1999) was a Scottish character actor and occasional leading man. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in &#8216;The Flight of the Phoenix&#8217; (1965)<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_width_top=&#8221;3px&#8221; border_style_top=&#8221;dashed&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Eamonn Andrews&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Eamonn Andrews CBE (19 December 1922 \u2013 5 November 1987) was an Irish radio and television presenter, based in the United Kingdom from the 1950s. He hosted the game show &#8216;What&#8217;s My Line?&#8217; and the long-running &#8216;This Is Your Life&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Dame Joan Hammond&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Dame Joan Hilda Hood Hammond DBE CMG (24 May 1912 \u2013 26 November 1996) was an Australian operatic soprano, singing coach, and golfer. In 1986, the Victoria State Opera created the Dame Joan Hammond Award with Moffatt Oxenbould<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moffatt_Oxenbould\" title=\"Moffatt Oxenbould\"><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>as its inaugural recipient.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_width_top=&#8221;3px&#8221; border_style_top=&#8221;dashed&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Lionel Jeffries&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 \u2013 19 February 2010) was an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. He appeared primarily in films of the 1950s and 1960s, including &#8216;Chitty Chitty Bang Bang&#8217; and &#8216;The Railway Children&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Stratford Johns&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Stratford Johns (22 September 1925 \u2013 29 January 2002) was a South African-born British stage, film and television actor who is best remembered for his role as Detective Inspector Charlie Barlow in the police series &#8216;Z-Cars&#8217; and &#8216;Softly, Softly&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_width_top=&#8221;3px&#8221; border_style_top=&#8221;dashed&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Sir Ralph David Richardson&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Sir Ralph David Richardson<span>\u00a0(19 December 1902 \u2013 10 October 1983) was an English actor who, with John Gielgud<\/span><span>\u00a0and Laurence Olivier<\/span><span>, was one of the trinity of male actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. He worked in films throughout most of his career, and played more than sixty cinema roles<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Moira Lister&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;DM Sans||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Moira Lister de Gachassin-Lafite, Vicomtesse d\u2019Orthez (6 August 1923 \u2013 27 October 2007) was a South African-born, British film, stage, and television actress and writer. <span>Lister began working in films in 1943, and appeared in a number of films over several decades. 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The aim of the Guild was to \u201cencourage spiritual, artistic and social intercourse among Catholics connected with the theatrical and allied professions\u201dMembership reaches 2,442The Interval Club, for Catholic artists in the theatre, was established with the help of profits from the Guild\u2019s Sunday night and matinee performances at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caapa.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caapa.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caapa.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caapa.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caapa.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/caapa.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285502,"href":"https:\/\/caapa.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/285502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caapa.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}