Born in 1946, Mark Danby received training in English and Drama from Acadia University, Nova Scotia and holds a degree in Education from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

David Kemp was born in 1936 and trained as a teacher at Westminster College, University of London, where he also received the diploma of Dramatic Arts. Kemp has played hundreds of roles during his dramatic career. He has written several works including A Different Drummer, used for creative drama in Canadian schools, and A Child Growing Up, a thematic anthology on childhood.