MOOT HOUSE PLAYERS


The Archive- based on Jack & Yvonne's store of photos & programmes with contributions from players past & present and the cameras of Martin, Mac, Jacqui and Toni

MOOT HOUSE PLAYERS' PRODUCTIONS IN MOOT HALL
(and sometimes elsewhere)

See The "Extras" pages for Full Of Joys, Merely Players and newsletters

Bookmarks: Six decades of regular plays !
1965
1975
1985
1995
2005
2015

 
Links to Programmes

Posters Etc
Links to Photos
 
   
     

1954

Bats in the Belfry


Morgan/MacDermot

Maurice Bartell
 

George and Margaret'


Savory

Maurice Bartell

 
 

(Villa for Sale


Guitry

Maurice Bartell

 
 

(The Browning Version


Rattigan

Sewell Harris

 
 

(Dark Brown


Morris

Maurice Bartell

 
   
     

1955

Distinguished Gathering


Parish

Maurice Bartell

 
 

See How They Run


King

Bertha Sweeney

 
   
     

1956

Old Acquaintance


Van Druten

Maurice Bartell

 
 

Arms and the Man


Shaw

Yvonne Mitchley

 
 

(The Man Who Wouldn't Go To Heaven


F Sladen-Smith

Maurice Bartell

 
 

(Third Wife To Theodore


Warwick

Bernard Apps

 
 

(A Phoenix Too Frequent


Fry

Jack Mitchley

 
   
     

1957

Beauty and the Beast


Gray

Yvonne Mitchley

 
 

Twelfth Night


Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 
 

Ring Round The Moon


Anouilh/Fry

Yvonne Mitchley

 
 

When We Are Married


Priestley

Maurice Bartell

 
   
     

1958

Lady Precious Stream


Hsuing

Yvonne Mitchley

 
 

Crime Passionel


Sartre

Albert Griffiths

 
 

A Midsummer Night's Dream


Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 
 

The Lady's Not For Burning


Fry

Jack Mitchley

 
 

Lady - German edition


 

 

 
  Captain Carvallo
Cannan Albert Griffiths  
   
     

1959

The Servant of Two Masters


Goldoni

Yvonne Mitchley

 
 

Point of Departure


Anouilh

John Mayall

 
 

Hamlet


Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 
 

(A Sleep of Prisoners


Fry

Yvonne Mitchley

 
 

R (A Phoenix Too Frequent


Fry

Yvonne Mitchley

 
 

House of Regrets


Ustinov

Yvonne Mitchley

 
   
     

1960

Caesar and Cleopatra


Shaw

Paul Hopkins

 
 

The Wild Duck


Ibsen

Brian Clark

 
 

Antony and Cleopatra


Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 
 

The Playboy of the Western World


Synge

Jack Mitchley

 
 

The Cherry Orchard


Chekhov

Jack Mitchley

 
   
     

1961

The Imaginary Invalid


Moliere

Yvonne Mitchley

 
 Programme 1960-61

Blithe Spirit


Coward

Paul Hopkins

 
 

The Winter's Tale


Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 
 

P That Man Gently


Hunter/Belmont

Jack Mitchley

 
 

The Merchant of Venice


Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 
   
     

1962

T The Marriage of Figaro


Beaumarchais

Charles Hill

 
 

T When the New Vine Blooms


Bjornson

Yvonne Mitchley

 
  Nw Vine Premiere notes
  Three Play Rep Week  
 

Waiting for Godot


Beckett

Robert Wright

 
 

Macbeth


Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 
 

Everyman


Anon

Jack Mitchley

 
 

Everyman Ilford


     
 

Everyman and Music


     
 

Blood Wedding


Lorca

 
   
     

1963

The Comedy of Errors


Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 
 Programme 1962-63

The Caretaker


Pinter

Robert Wright

 
 

The Wrong Side of the Park


Mortimer

Charles Hill

 
 

Much Ado About Nothing


Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 
 

RT When the New Vine Blooms


Bjornson

Yvonne Mitchley

 
 

The Seagull


Chekhov

Jack Mitchley

 
   
     
1964 The Merry Wives of Windsor Shakespeare Jack Mitchley  
  Expresso Bongo Mankowitz Ken Collins  
  Charley's Aunt Thomas Charles Hill  
  Volpone Jonson Yvonne Mitchley  
 

The Glass Menagerie

Williams

Jean Walls

 
 

Epitaph for George Dillon

Osborne/Creighton


 Peter Hill
 
 

Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 
         

1965

Uncle Vanya

Chekhov

Jack Mitchley

 
 Programme 1964-5

Romanoff and Juliet

Ustinov

Yvonne Mitchley

 
 

An Italian Straw Hat

Labiche/Michel

Ken Collins

 
 

The Dutchess of Malfi

Webster

Charles Hill

 
 

The Three Sisters

Chekhov

Jack Mitchley

 
 

The Insect Play

Capek

Yvonne Mitchley

 
         

1966

Penny For A Song

Whiting

Gordon Hewlett

 
 

Present Laughter

Coward

Ken Collins

 
 

Anna Christie

O'Neill

Robert Wright

 
 

The Taming of the Shrew

Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 
 

T Geography and Love

Bjornson

Torbjern Halversen

 
 

The Dog Beneath the Skin

Auden/Isherwood

 Jack Mitchley  
         

1967

Toad of Toad Hall

Milne

Yvonne Mitchley

 
 1966-67 Programme

Marching Song

Whiting

Gordon Hewlett

 
 

(What Shall We Tell Caroline?

Mortimer

Duncan Logan

 
 

N (As I Was About To Say

Logan

Duncan Logan

 
 

Heartbreak House

Shaw

Jean Walls

 
 

T The Blue Stockings

Moliere

Charles Hill

 
 

(The Private Ear

Shaffer.

Jean Walls

 
 

(The Public Eye

Shaffer

Jean Walls

 
         

1968

T The House of Bernarda Alba

Lorca

Jack/Yvonne Mitchley

 

Make Me An Offer

Mankowitz

Gordon Hewlett

 

The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles

Shaw

Vic Moody

 

King Lear

Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 

The Recruiting Officer

Farquhar

Charles Hill

 

Hay Fever

Coward

Jean Walls

 

 

 

 

1969

R The Cherry Orchard

Chekhov

Jack Mitchley

 

(The Bald Prima Donna

lonesco

Brian Krengel

 

(Apollo de Bellac

Girardoux

Christopher Childs

 

N If the Cap Fits

Weston

Gordon Hewlett

 

Measure for Measure

Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 

Look After Lulu

Coward

Ken Collins

 

Uranium 235

MacColl

Yvonne Mitchley

 

 

 

 

1970

(The Two Gentlemen of Soho

Herbert

Joan Iszatt

 

(Black Comedy

Shaffer

Gordon Hewlett

 

Venus Observed

Fry

Jack Mitchley

 

A Scent of Flowers

Saunders

Brian Krengel

 

Six Characters In Search of An Author

Pirandello

Brian Krengel

 

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

Shaffer

Jack/Yvonne Mitchley

 

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Albee

Jean Walls

 

 

 

 

1971

A Lily In Little India

Howarth

Joan Iszatt

1970 - 71 Programme

Ivanov

Chekhov

Jack Mitchley

 

Lock Up Your Daughters

Miles

Y Mitchley/G Hewlett

 

R A Winter's Tale

Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 

Five Finger Exercise

Shaffer

'

 

1984

Orwell

. Joan Iszatt

 

 

 

 

1972

R When We Are Married

Priestley

Rosemary Caswell

 

Thieves' Carnival

Anouilh

Charles Hill

 

The Silent Woman

Jonson

Jack Mitchley

 

(Pause for Pinter

Pinter

I McMurdie/J Childs

 

(In Camera

Sartre

I McMurdie/J Childs

       

1973

Little Malcolm v the Eunuchs

Halliwell

Christopher Childs

 1972-73 Programme

The Killing of Sister George

Marcus

Jean Walls

 

R A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

  One Hundredth Souvenir Programme    

 

Peace In Our Time

Coward

Yvonne Mitchley

 

Loot

Orton

Christopher Childs

 

 

 

 

1974

Home

Storey

John Childs

 1973 - 74 Programme

Trelawney of The Wells

Pinero

Yvonne Mitchley

 

Bartholemew Fair

Jonson

Ken Collins

 

(Fumed Oak

Coward

Michael Caswell

 

(Red Peppers

Coward

Jack Mitchley

 

R The Browning Version

Rattigan

John Hadler

 

An Inspector Calls

Priestley

John Childs

 

 Programme 1974 - 1975

 

 

 

 

 

 

1975

The Other Cinderella

Wood

Rosemary Caswell

 

The Ascent of F6

Auden/Isherwood

 Charles Hill

 

Hedda Gabler

Ibsen

Irene McMurdie

 

R Macbeth

Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 

The Constant Wife

Maugham

John Hadler

 

 

 

 

1976

The Homecoming

Pinter

Roger Parsley


Three Plays - London. Lunch Hour, Mill Hilll & Bermondsey

Mortimer

Jean Walls

 

Peer Gynt

Ibsen

Yvonne Mitchley

 

R Twelfth Night

Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 

Butley

Gray

Mike Adamou

 


 

 

1977

Forty Years On

Bennett

Roger Parsley

Seasons Programme

The Chalk Garden

Bagnold

John Hadler

 

She Stoops To Conquer

Goldsmith

Ken Collins

 

The Knight of the Burning Pestle

Beaumont/Fletcher

Jack/Yvonne Mitchley

 

The Philanthropist

Hampton

Mike Adamou

 

The Knack (Playhouse Studio)

 Ann Jellicoe   

Chris Childs

1978

The Silver Curlew

Farjeon

Rosemary Caswell

 

Tons of Money (Playhouse)

Evans/Valentine

Ken Collins

 

R The Seagull

Chekhov

Yvonne Mitchley

 

The Jew of Malta

Marlowe

Roger Parsley

 

The Tiger and the Horse

Bolt

John Hadler

 

Journeys End (Reading)

R C Sherriff

Charles Hill

1979

Owl and the Pussy Cat Went to Sea

Wood

Roger Parsley

  Seasons Programme

A Flea in Her Ear

Feydeau

Charles Hill

 

R The Cherry Orchard ,

Chekhov

Jack Mitchley

 

The Tempest

Shakespeare

D Schacht
& J Mitchley

 

Abigail's Party

Leigh

Michael Caswell

 

 

 

 

1980

Flibberty and the Penguin

Wood

Jean Walls

Crits

  Seasons Programme

Tartuffe

Moliere

Charles Hill

 

Murder in the Cathedral

Eliot

Jack/Yvonne Nitchley

 

The Beggar's Opera

Gay

Jack/Yvonne Mitchley

 

Happy Family

Cooper

Roger Parsley

1981

N Babes in the Wood

Hill

Yvonne Mitchley

 

T Shaminade - Scapinade

Moliere

Charles Hill

 

Forget-Me-Not Lane

Nichols

Jennifer Southwell

 

R King Lear

Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 

R The Caretaker

Pinter

Tony Edwards

 

 

 

 

1982
   

 Seasons Programme

N Mr Punch

Parsley

Roger Parsley

 

P Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Clark

Gordon Hewlett

 

R Uncle Vanya

Chekhov

0 Moody/J Mitchley

 

Cowardy Custard

Coward

Jack Mitchley

 

Everything in the Garden

Cooper

Owen Moody

 

Full of Joys

 

 

1983

N Alice In Wonderland

Carroll

Jack/Yvonne Mitchley

 Flier 1982 - 83 Season

R Blithe Spirit

Coward

Charles Hill

 

Lock Up Your Daughters

Miles

Gordon Hewlett

 

N The Mousehold Man

Parsley

Jack Mitchley

 

Duet For One

Kempinz.ki

Tony Edwards

       

1984

N The Golden Lollipop

Parsley

Roger Parsley

 

Larkrise

Dewhurst

Yvonne Mitchley

 

The Borage Pigeon Affair

Saunders

Michael Rawle-Cope

 

R The Playboy of the Western World

Synge

Jack Mitchley

 

Shrivings

Shaffer

Michael Rawle-Cope

 

 

 

 

1985

N The Story Pirates

Parsley

Yvonne Mitchley

 

The Magistrate

Pinero

Ken Collins

 

R A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 

Educating Rita

Russell

Owen Mooney

 

Life and Death of Almost Everybody

Campton

Michael Rawle-Cope

       

1986

The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew

Bolt

Jack Mitchley

 

Pygmalion

Shaw

Charles Hill

 

Table Manners

Ayckbourn

Ken Collins

 

Strife

Galsworthy

Yvonne Mitchley

 

(Victoria Station

Pinter

Roger Parsley

 

(A Kind of Alaska

Pinter

Roger Parsley

       

1987

N Mrs Kipper's Revenge

Hill

Michael Rawle-Cope

 

RT Blood Wedding

Lorca

D Schacht/J Mitchley

 

Living Together

Ayckbourn

Ken Collins

 

R Hamlet

Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 

Round and Round the Garden

Ayckbourn

Ken Collins

       

1988

N Treasure Island

Stevenson

Yvonne Mitchley

 

R The Lady's Not For Burning

Fry

Charles Hill

 

RT The House of Bernarda Alba

Lorca

Jack/Yvonne Mitchley

 

R The Comedy of Errors

Shakespeare

Jack Mitchley

 

A Day In the Death of Joe Egg

Nichols

Ian Beckett

       

1989

N A Christmas Carol

Dickens

Yvonne Mitchley

 

P The Petition

Clark

Michael Rawle-Cope

 

R Captain Carvallo

Cannan

Charles Hill

 

Rookery Nook

Travers

Ken Collins

 

P Jonah

Campton

Jack Mitchley

       

1990

N Robin Hood

Devised by cast

Yvonne Mitchley

 

The Crucible

Miller

Ian Beckett

 

The Importance of Being Earnest

Wilde

Jack Mitchley

 

Major Barbara

Shaw

Ken Collins

 

Relatively Speaking

Ayckbourn

Michael Rawle-Cope

       

1991

N The Chimes

Dickens

T Davey/Y Mitchley

 

London Assurance

Boucicault

Charles Hill

 

The Alchemist

Jonson

Yvonne Mitchley

 

Can You Hear Me At The Back?

Clark

Ian Beckett

 

Martine

Bernard

Michael Rawle-Cope

       

1992

N Don Quixote

Cervantes

T Davey/Y Mitchley

 

The Lark

Anoullh

Tony Edwards

 

The Government Inspector

Gogol

Yvonne Mitchley

 

T King for a Day

Holberg

Ken Collins

 

T The Catalyst

Havel

Michael Branwell

       

1993

N Thundergrist!

Collins

Ken Collins

 

A Voyage Round My Father

Mortimer

Tony Edwards

 

R The Three Sisters

Chekov

Jack Mitchley

 

La Mandragola

Machiavelli Michael Rawle-Cope
 

Ladies in Retirement

  Flickr Photos
       

1994

*business of good government

Arden & D'Arcy Jon McNamara
 

*clogging the Dragon

McNamara Flickr Photos
 

Just William's Christmas Show

Crompton Adapted Tony Davey Tony Davey
 

Merry Wives of Windsor

Shakespeare Jack Mitchley
 

T RUR

Capek Trans & adapted M Branwell Michael Branwell
 

The Birthday Party

Pinter Tony Edwards & Gordon Hewlett
       

1995

Holly and the Ivy

Browne Jack Mitchley
 

Music at Night

  Flickr Photos
 

Saints Day

  Flickr Photos
 

Under Milk Wood

Thomas Bett Hewlett
       

1996

Absence of War

  Flickr Photos
 

Caucasian Chalk Circle

Brecht Bett Hewlett
 

Half Life

  Flickr Photos
 

Racing Demon

  Flickr Photos
 

Snow Queen

Andersen Adapted Jon McNamara Jon McNamara
       

1997

Cherry Orchard

  Flickr Photos
 

My Mother Said

  Flickr Photos
 

(T*on the bridge-

  Michael Branwell
  (T homeland    
 

The Captains Clock

  Flickr Photos
       

1998

Death and the Maiden

Dorfman Ian Beckett
 

The Skin of our Teeth

Wilder Jon McNamara
 

Toad of Toad Hall

A A Milne Bett Hewlett
 

Uncle Vanya

Chekov Jack Mitchley
 

Venus Observed (1950)

Fry Jack Mitchley
 

HITE Tour to Hronov

  Flickr Photos
  HITE Pages on Stortfolk Site ( Linked to the Beerfordbury Barrel Tappers )    
       

1999

Absent Friends

Ayckbourn Jon McNamara
 

chechov charivari

  Flickr Photos
 

our town

  Flickr Photos
 

Owl and the Pussy Cat

Wood Bett Hewlett
 

The Price

  Flickr Photos
 

HITE tour to NSW

  Flickr Photos
       

2000

*Alice thro the looking glass

  Flickr Photos
 

*everyman

 

Jack Mitchley

 

A Phoenix to frequent

Christopher Fry

Tony Edwards

 

Family Reunion

T S Eliot

Yvonne Mitchley

 

How the other half loves

  Flickr Photos
 

Moot Points

Charles Hill Jack Mitchley
       

2001

railway children

E Nesbit Adapted Bett Hewlett

Bett Hewlett

Programme

twelfth night

Shakespeare Flickr Photos
 

Suite in Three Keys

Coward Jack Mitchley
 

Ten Times Table

Ayckbourn

Jon McNamara

 

When We Are Married

Priestley

Rosie Caswell

       

2002

Hansel & Gretel / The Golden Goose

Brothers Grimm adapted by Bett Hewlett

Bett Hewlett

Programme

Confusions

 

Jon McNamara

 

Translations

Brian Friel

J & Y Mitchley

 

The House of Bernarda Alba

Lorca

Tony Edwards


Larkrise Dewhurst Jack Mitchley
       

2003

     
 

The Lion in Winter

  John Childs
   Dancing at Lughnasa    TBC
Photos
       
       

2004

Maria Martin

  Jack Mitchley
 

Wildest Dreams

  Jon McNamara
 

Roots

 

FB Photos
Flickr Photos

 

Shadow of a Gunman

  Jack Mitchley
  Beauty and the Beast   Flickr Photos
  Ivanov   Flickr Photos

2005

     
 

Wyrd Sisters

  Flickr Photos
 

House of Regrets

Ustinov Flickr Photos
 

ComicPotential 5-05

  Flickr Photos
 

John Mortimer plays 7-05

 
       

2006

Communicating Doors 2006

  Flickr Photos
 

Mort

  Flickr Photos
 

Puss in boots

Bett Hewlett Flickr Photos
       
       
       

2007

2007-03-House of Regrets

  Flickr Photos
 

Campton

  Flickr Photos
 

Fathers Day

  Flickr Photos
 

dead guilty

  Flickr Photos
 

Tour to Donzdorf

  Flickr Photos
 

snake in the grass

  Flickr Photos
       

2008

N 08-01- Gorgons Head

Bett Hewlett Flickr Photos
 

08-03-Private Fears in Public Places

  Flickr Photos
 

R 08-07-Arms and the Man

  Flickr Photos
  08-05 The Gin Game   Flickr Photos
 

08-11-Workshops

  Flickr Photos
       

2009

R 2009_03_Home

  Tony Edwards
 

N 2009-02-AliBaBa

Bett Hewlett Bett Hewlett
 

T 2009-05-Lysistrata

  Rosemary Caswell
 

2009-07-Fathers day

  Flickr Photos
 

N 2009-11-Wicked Woods

Bett Hewlett Flickr Photos
       

2010

R 2010-02-Christmas Carol

   
 

2010-03-Art

  Tony Edwards
 

2010-05 - MH Double Bottom

  Rosemary Caswell
 

2010-07-Absurd Person Singular

Ayckbourn Jon McNamara
 

2010-11-Romanoff & Juliet

Ustinov Flickr Photos
       

2011

2011-02-Toad of Toad Hall

Press

  Bett Hewlett
 

2011-03-Murder In Company

  Geoff Leeds
 

R 2011-05-Whose Life is it anyway

Press (advance)
Press review

Brian Clarke Flickr Photos
 

R 2011-07-Booty

Hamida Ait el Hadj & Farid Bennour Michael Branwell
 

N 2011-11-Avarst

Press

Paul Regeli Flickr Photos
  Tour to Donzdorf    
       

2012

N GlassCeiling

Press

Developed by the cast Dan Powell
 

Life and Beth

Ayckbourn JonMcnamara
 

R My Mother Said

Press

Charlotte Keatley Geoff Leeds and Bett Hewlett
 

Old King Cole

Ken Campbell Geoff Leeds
 

N The New MP

Press

Michael Branwell Michael Branwell
 

Tour To Abtenau - The Booty

Press

   
       

2013

Guilty Secret

 Roger Mortimer-Smith Flickr Photos
 

Life of Riley

 Aykbourn Flickr Photos
 

MusicHall - Full of Joys Revival!

 poster Flickr Photos
 

Side Effects

Press

 Eric Chappell Flickr Photos
       

2014

Living Together

Aykbourn

Jon McNamara
 

The Devil at Midnight

 Brian Clemens Dan Powell
 

Earnest

Press

Wilde H Branwell
 

T Milan

Veronika Pernthaner, trans Michael Branwell M Branwell
Flickr Photos Milan
 

R On The Bridge

Klicpera Flickr Photos OTB

Tour To Abtenau

Programme (Others)
Post Mortem


Brian Clark

 

 

       

2015

2014-11- Woyzeck
Press


 Buchner

Harry Tennison

Flickr Photos

 

2015-01- Full Of Joys
Press

Music Hall

Michael Branwell

 

2015-03- Metamorphosis

Berkoff

Kerry Rowland

  2015-05 Inside Job Clemens Dan Powell
  2015-07 R Pygmalion Shaw Henrietta Branwell
  2015-11 Frida & Diego Tony Broadwick, with choreography by Michael Branwell  Michael Branwell
       
 2016  2016-01 Laying The Ghost  Simon Williams  Anne Farr

2016-03 Neighbourhood Watch Alan Ayckbourn Jon MacNamara

2016-05 Frozen (NO connection to Disney - this one's a psychological thriller) Bryony Lavery
Dan Powell

2016-07 The Effect Lucy Prebble Harry Tennison









Thank you for taking an interest in the players history.
The archive is now closed.
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( = Double or triple bill
N = New script (in some cases derived from non-dramatic texts)
P = Amateur premiere ('Jonah' previously staged on tour)
R = Revival of play previously staged by the Players
T = First performance of translation commissioned for the Players