Busy Bees

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The Busy Bees were an amateur theatre society set up in the 1880s in London.

The paper programmes for the Busy Bees have a cover design which includes three hives representing 'Drama', 'Music', and 'Recitations'. The society's President was Hermann Vezin, the American who had success on the British stage as an actor but became better known as a teacher of elocution.

On 10 November 1885 the society performed School by T. W. Robertson. Robertson's plays were popular with amateur societies. The performance took place at St George's Hall, Langham Place, which was a popular venue with amateur groups.