John Bell, born in 1940, founded Bell Shakespeare in 1990, and was a co-founder for the Nimrod Theatre Company in 1970. He is an influential Australian actor and director, and was active in the Sydney University Players in the 1960s. He played Malvolia in Twelfth Night in 1960, performed in ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore in 1961 and set designed Coriolanus in 1962.

Gough (1916-2014) and Margaret (1919-2012) famously met at a SUDS Christmas party in 1939. Gough went on to be elected as Prime Minister of Australia in 1972 to make up the first Labor Government in 23 years, until his controversial dismissal in 1975. You can read more about Margaret and Gough’s relationship (and their mutual relationship with SUDS! here.

Apart from being married to Gough, Margaret was also a social campaigner, published author and professional swimmer, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1983.

Margaret was born in 1919 and passed away in 2012.

Born in 1939, Greer is controversially known for her radical feminism in the late 20th century – and, in more recent times, for her transphobia despite her past feminist actions. Her first published book, The Female Eunuch (1970) was an international bestseller and remains a key influential text in deconstructionist second-wave feminism. At SUDS, she performed in multiple productions in the 1960s, including playing the titular character in Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children in 1963.