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
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1954 |
Morgan/MacDermot |
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George and Margaret' |
Savory |
Maurice Bartell |
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(Villa for Sale |
Guitry |
Maurice Bartell |
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(The Browning Version |
Rattigan |
Sewell Harris |
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(Dark Brown |
Morris |
Maurice Bartell |
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1955 |
Distinguished Gathering |
Parish |
Maurice Bartell |
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See How They Run |
King |
Bertha Sweeney |
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1956 |
Old Acquaintance |
Van Druten |
Maurice Bartell |
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Arms and the Man |
Shaw |
Yvonne Mitchley |
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Maurice Bartell |
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Warwick |
Bernard Apps |
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Fry |
Jack Mitchley |
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1957 |
Gray |
Yvonne Mitchley |
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Shakespeare |
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Anouilh/Fry |
Yvonne Mitchley |
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Priestley |
Maurice Bartell |
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1958 |
Hsuing |
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Sartre |
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Shakespeare |
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Fry |
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1959 |
Goldoni |
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Anouilh |
John Mayall |
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Shakespeare |
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Fry |
Yvonne Mitchley |
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Fry |
Yvonne Mitchley |
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Ustinov |
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1960 |
Shaw |
Paul Hopkins |
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Ibsen |
Brian Clark |
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Antony and Cleopatra |
Shakespeare |
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Synge |
Jack Mitchley |
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Chekhov |
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1961 |
Moliere |
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Coward |
Paul Hopkins |
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Shakespeare |
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Hunter/Belmont |
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Shakespeare |
Jack Mitchley |
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1962 |
Beaumarchais |
Charles Hill |
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Bjornson |
Yvonne Mitchley |
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Waiting for Godot |
Beckett |
Robert Wright |
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Shakespeare |
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Anon |
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Lorca |
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1963 |
Shakespeare |
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| Programme 1962-63 |
The Caretaker |
Pinter |
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Mortimer |
Charles Hill |
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Shakespeare |
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RT When the New Vine Blooms |
Bjornson |
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The Seagull |
Chekhov |
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| 1964 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Shakespeare | Jack Mitchley | |
| Expresso Bongo | Mankowitz | Ken Collins | ||
| Charley's Aunt | Thomas | Charles Hill | ||
| Volpone | Jonson | Yvonne Mitchley | ||
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Williams |
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Osborne/Creighton |
Peter Hill |
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Shakespeare |
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Chekhov |
Jack Mitchley |
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| Programme 1964-5 |
Ustinov |
Yvonne Mitchley |
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Labiche/Michel |
Ken Collins |
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Webster |
Charles Hill |
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Chekhov |
Jack Mitchley |
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Capek |
Yvonne Mitchley |
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1966 |
Whiting |
Gordon Hewlett |
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Coward |
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O'Neill |
Robert Wright |
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Shakespeare |
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T Geography and Love |
Bjornson |
Torbjern Halversen |
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Auden/Isherwood |
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1967 |
Milne |
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| 1966-67 Programme |
Whiting |
Gordon Hewlett |
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Mortimer |
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Logan |
Duncan Logan |
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Shaw |
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Moliere |
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Shaffer. |
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Shaffer |
Jean Walls |
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1968 |
T The House of Bernarda Alba |
Lorca |
Jack/Yvonne Mitchley |
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Mankowitz |
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Shaw |
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Shakespeare |
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Farquhar |
Charles Hill |
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Hay Fever |
Coward |
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1969 |
Chekhov |
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lonesco |
Brian Krengel |
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Girardoux |
Christopher Childs |
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N If the Cap Fits |
Weston |
Gordon Hewlett |
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Shakespeare |
Jack Mitchley |
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Look After Lulu |
Coward |
Ken Collins |
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MacColl |
Yvonne Mitchley |
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1970 |
Herbert |
Joan Iszatt |
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Shaffer |
Gordon Hewlett |
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Fry |
Jack Mitchley |
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Saunders |
Brian Krengel |
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Pirandello |
Brian Krengel |
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Shaffer |
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Albee |
Jean Walls |
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1971 |
A Lily In Little India |
Howarth |
Joan Iszatt |
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Chekhov |
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Miles |
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Shakespeare |
Jack Mitchley |
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Shaffer |
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1984 |
Orwell |
. Joan Iszatt |
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1972 |
Priestley |
Rosemary Caswell |
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Anouilh |
Charles Hill |
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Jonson |
Jack Mitchley |
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Pinter |
I McMurdie/J Childs |
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Sartre |
I McMurdie/J Childs |
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1973 |
Little Malcolm v the Eunuchs |
Halliwell |
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Marcus |
Jean Walls |
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Shakespeare |
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| One Hundredth Souvenir Programme | |||
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Coward |
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Loot |
Orton |
Christopher Childs |
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1974 |
Storey |
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Pinero |
Yvonne Mitchley |
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Jonson |
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Coward |
Michael Caswell |
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Jack Mitchley |
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Rattigan |
John Hadler |
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Priestley |
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Wood |
Rosemary Caswell |
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Auden/Isherwood |
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Irene McMurdie |
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Shakespeare |
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Maugham |
John Hadler |
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1976 |
Pinter |
Roger Parsley |
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Mortimer |
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Ibsen |
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Shakespeare |
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Gray |
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1977 |
Bennett |
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Bagnold |
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Goldsmith |
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Beaumont/Fletcher |
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Hampton |
Mike Adamou |
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Ann Jellicoe |
Chris Childs |
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1978 |
Farjeon |
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Evans/Valentine |
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Chekhov |
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Marlowe |
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Bolt |
John Hadler |
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R C Sherriff |
Charles Hill |
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1979 |
Wood |
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Feydeau |
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R The Cherry Orchard , |
Chekhov |
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Shakespeare |
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Leigh |
Michael Caswell |
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1980 |
Wood |
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Moliere |
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Eliot |
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Gay |
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Cooper |
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1981 |
Hill |
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T Shaminade - Scapinade |
Moliere |
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Nichols |
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Shakespeare |
Jack Mitchley |
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R The Caretaker |
Pinter |
Tony Edwards |
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Parsley |
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Clark |
Gordon Hewlett |
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Chekhov |
0 Moody/J Mitchley |
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Coward |
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Cooper |
Owen Moody |
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1983 |
Carroll |
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Coward |
Charles Hill |
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Lock Up Your Daughters |
Miles |
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Parsley |
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Kempinz.ki |
Tony Edwards |
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1984 |
Parsley |
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Dewhurst |
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Saunders |
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Synge |
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Shaffer |
Michael Rawle-Cope |
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N The Story Pirates |
Parsley |
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Pinero |
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Shakespeare |
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Russell |
Owen Mooney |
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Campton |
Michael Rawle-Cope |
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1986 |
Bolt |
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Shaw |
Charles Hill |
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Ayckbourn |
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Galsworthy |
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Pinter |
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Pinter |
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1987 |
Hill |
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Lorca |
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Ayckbourn |
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Shakespeare |
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Ayckbourn |
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1988 |
Stevenson |
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Fry |
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Lorca |
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Shakespeare |
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Nichols |
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1989 |
Dickens |
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Clark |
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Cannan |
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Rookery Nook |
Travers |
Ken Collins |
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Campton |
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1990 |
Devised by cast |
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Miller |
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Wilde |
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Major Barbara |
Shaw |
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Ayckbourn |
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1991 |
Dickens |
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Boucicault |
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Jonson |
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Clark |
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Bernard |
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1992 |
Cervantes |
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Anoullh |
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Gogol |
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Holberg |
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Havel |
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1993 |
Collins |
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Mortimer |
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Chekov |
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Ladies in Retirement |
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1994 |
Arden & D'Arcy | Jon McNamara | |
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| Crompton Adapted Tony Davey | Tony Davey | ||
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Merry Wives of Windsor |
Shakespeare | Jack Mitchley | |
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T RUR |
Capek Trans & adapted M Branwell | Michael Branwell | |
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The Birthday Party |
Pinter | Tony Edwards & Gordon Hewlett | |
| Browne | Jack Mitchley | ||
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Music at Night |
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Under Milk Wood |
Thomas | Bett Hewlett | |
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1996 |
Flickr Photos | ||
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Caucasian Chalk Circle |
Brecht | Bett Hewlett | |
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Half Life |
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Racing Demon |
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Snow Queen |
Andersen Adapted Jon McNamara | Jon McNamara | |
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1997 |
Cherry Orchard |
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My Mother Said |
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(T*on the bridge- |
Michael Branwell | ||
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The Captains Clock |
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1998 |
Dorfman | Ian Beckett | |
| Wilder | Jon McNamara | ||
| A A Milne | Bett Hewlett | ||
| Chekov | Jack Mitchley | ||
| Fry | Jack Mitchley | ||
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HITE Tour to Hronov |
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| HITE Pages on Stortfolk Site ( Linked to the Beerfordbury Barrel Tappers ) | |||
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1999 |
Ayckbourn | Jon McNamara | |
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chechov charivari |
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our town |
Flickr Photos | ||
| Wood | Bett Hewlett | ||
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HITE tour to NSW |
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2000 |
*Alice thro the looking glass |
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*everyman |
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A Phoenix to frequent |
Christopher Fry |
Tony Edwards |
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Family Reunion |
T S Eliot |
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How the other half loves |
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Moot Points |
Charles Hill | Jack Mitchley | |
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2001 |
E Nesbit Adapted Bett Hewlett |
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twelfth night |
Shakespeare | Flickr Photos |
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Suite in Three Keys |
Coward | Jack Mitchley | |
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Ten Times Table |
Ayckbourn |
Jon McNamara |
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When We Are Married |
Priestley |
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2002 |
Hansel & Gretel / The Golden Goose |
Brothers Grimm adapted by Bett Hewlett |
Bett Hewlett |
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Jon McNamara |
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Translations |
Brian Friel |
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The House of Bernarda Alba |
Lorca |
Tony Edwards |
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| Larkrise | Dewhurst | Jack
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2003 |
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The Lion in Winter |
John Childs | ||
| Dancing at Lughnasa | TBC Photos |
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2004 |
Jack Mitchley | ||
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Shadow of a Gunman |
Jack Mitchley | ||
| Beauty and the Beast | Flickr Photos | ||
| Ivanov | Flickr Photos | ||
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Wyrd Sisters |
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House of Regrets |
Ustinov | Flickr Photos | |
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ComicPotential 5-05 |
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John Mortimer plays 7-05 |
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2006 |
Communicating Doors 2006 |
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Puss in boots |
Bett Hewlett | Flickr Photos | |
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2007 |
2007-03-House of Regrets |
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Campton |
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Fathers Day |
Flickr Photos | ||
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dead guilty |
Flickr Photos | ||
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Tour to Donzdorf |
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2008 |
Bett Hewlett | Flickr Photos | |
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| 08-05 The Gin Game | Flickr Photos | ||
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2009 |
R 2009_03_Home |
Tony Edwards | |
| Bett Hewlett | Bett Hewlett | ||
| Rosemary Caswell | |||
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N 2009-11-Wicked Woods |
Bett Hewlett | Flickr Photos | |
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2010 |
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2010-03-Art |
Tony Edwards | ||
| Rosemary Caswell | |||
| Ayckbourn | Jon McNamara | ||
| Ustinov | Flickr Photos | ||
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2011 |
Bett Hewlett | ||
| Geoff Leeds | |||
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R 2011-05-Whose Life is it anyway |
Brian Clarke | Flickr Photos | |
| Hamida Ait el Hadj & Farid Bennour | Michael Branwell | ||
| Paul Regeli | Flickr Photos | ||
| Tour to Donzdorf | |||
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2012 |
Developed by the cast | Dan Powell | |
| Ayckbourn | JonMcnamara | ||
| Charlotte Keatley | Geoff Leeds and Bett Hewlett | ||
| Ken Campbell | Geoff Leeds | ||
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N The New MP |
Michael Branwell | Michael Branwell | |
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Tour To Abtenau - The Booty |
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2013 |
Roger Mortimer-Smith | Flickr Photos | |
| Aykbourn | Flickr Photos | ||
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MusicHall - Full of Joys Revival! |
poster | Flickr Photos | |
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Side Effects |
Eric Chappell | Flickr Photos | |
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2014 |
Jon McNamara | ||
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The Devil at Midnight |
Brian Clemens | Dan Powell | |
| Wilde | H Branwell | ||
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T Milan |
Veronika Pernthaner, trans Michael Branwell | M Branwell Flickr Photos Milan |
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R On The Bridge |
Klicpera | Flickr Photos OTB | |
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Tour To Abtenau |
Programme (Others) Post Mortem |
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2014-11- Woyzeck |
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2015-01- Full Of Joys |
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Kerry Rowland |
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| 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 |
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| 2016-07 The Effect | Lucy Prebble | Harry Tennison | |
( = 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