Past Productions 1921 to 1981

season

No

The Play

Author

 

1921

1

Bunch of Violets

Sydney Grundy

2

Jedbury Junior

Madeleine Ryley

3

Facing the Music

Henry Darnley

 

1921/22

4

Quinneys

A A Vachell

5

Uncle Ned

Douglas Murray

 

1922/23

6

Mr Pim Passes By

A A Milne

7

The Silver Box

John Galsworthy

 

1923/24

8

Tilly of Bloomsbury

Ian Hay

9

Nothing but the Truth

James H Montgomery

 

1924/25

10

The Opportunist

N/A

11

Belinda

A.A. Milne

 

1925/26

12

Lord Richard in the Pantry

Sydney Blow and Douglas Hoare

13

The Jeffersons

Vincent Douglass

 

1926/27

14

Eliza Comes to Stay

H V Esmond

15

Daddy Long Legs

Jean Webster

16

The Thirteenth Chair

Bayard Veiller

 

1927/28

17

Admirable Crichton

J M Barrie

18

I'll Leave It to You

Noel Coward

19

Old EngIish

John Galsworthy

 

1928/29

20

The Unfair Sex

Eric Hudson

21

The Rising Generation

Wyn Weaver and Laura Leycester

22

The Ship

St John Ervine

 

1929/30

23

The Farmer's Wife

Eden Philpotts

24

The Romantic Age

A A Milne

25

These Fathers

N/A

 

1930/31

26

Passing Brompton Road

Jevan Brandon-Thomas

27

Triple Bill

Various authors

28

The Man at Six

Jack Celestin

 

1931/32

29

Rookery Nook

Ben Travers

30

Sport of Kings

Ian Hay

 

1932/33

31

Hawk Island

Howard Irving Young

32

Grumpy

Merton Hodge and Edward Percy

 

1933/34

33

Bird in Hand

John Drinkwater

34

Mrs. Dane's Defence

Harvey Granville-Barker

 

1934/35

35

If Four Walls Told

Edward Percy

36

She Passed Through Lorraine

Lionel Hale

 

1935/36

37

The Distaff Side

John Van Druten

38

The Shining Hour

Keith Winter

 

1936/37

39

Once A Gentleman

Armitage Owen

40

Distinguished Gathering

James Parish

 

1937/38

41

Full House

Ivor Novello

42

The Unguarded Hour

Bernard Merivale

 

1938/39

43

The Wind and the Rain

Merton Hodge

44

The Strange Case of Blondie White

Bernard Merivale and Jeffrey Dell

45

Children to Bless You

Doris Thorpe

1939/40

 

(Chads Staged no plays during this season)

1940/41

46

Tony Draws a Horse

Lesley Storm

 

1941/42

47

People in Love

J B Priestley

48

When We Are Married

J B Priestley

1942/43

49

The Two Mrs Carrolls

Martin Vale

 

50

Yes and No

William Douglas Home

 

1943/44

51

Nine Till Six

Aimée McHardy Stuart

52

Quiet Wedding

Esther McCracken

 

1944/45

53

Murder at the Ministry

Falkland L Cary

54

Spring Meeting

John Perry and M J Farrell

 

1945/46

55

Flare Path

Terence Ratigan

56

Living Room

Graham Greene

 

1946/47

57

Quiet Wedding

Esther Mc Cracken

58

This Happy Breed

Noel Coward

59

While the Sun Shines

Terence Rattigan

 

1947/48

60

Ladies in Retirement

Edward Perry and Reginald Denham

61

Mrs Moonlight

Benn Levy

62

Play for Ronnie

Warren Chetham-Strode

 

1948/49

63

Miranda

Peter Blackmore

64

Shop at Sly Corner

Edward Percy

65

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde

 

1949/50

66

The Guinea Pig

Warren Chetham-Strode

67

The Light of Heart

Emlyn Willams

68

Life with Father

Clarence Day

 

1950/51

69

I Remember Mama

John Van Druten

70

On Monday Next

Philip King

71

Dark Summer

Wynyard Browne

 

1951/52

72

Night was our Friend

Michael Pertwee

73

Bonaventure

Charlotte Hastings

74

The Circle

W Somerset Maugham

 

1952/53

75

Travellers` Joy

Charlotte Hastings

76

Black Chiffon

Lesley Storm

77

Here We Come Gathering

Philip King and Anthony Armstrong

 

1953/54

78

Ring Round the Moon

Jean Anouilh

79

Jinny Morgan

Howard Spring

80

Murder Happens

Arnold Ridley

 

1954/55

81

Spring at Marino

Constance Cox

82

Madame Tic Tac

Falkland Cary & Philip Weathers

83

Myself A Stranger

Caro & Hugh Burden

 

1955/56

84

Escapade

Roger McDougall

85

A Question of Fact

Wynyard Browne

86

Sabrina Fair

Samuel Taylor

 

1956/57

87

Witness for the Prosecution

Agatha Christie

88

Affairs of State

Louis Verneuil

89

Relative Affairs

Noel Coward

 

1957/58

90

My Three Angels

Sam and Bella Spewack

91

The Third Visitor

Gerald Anstruther

92

Cat Among the Pigeons

Duncan Greenwood

 

1958/59

93

The Reluctant Debutante

William Douglas Home

94

Subway in the Sky

Ian Main

95

Running Riot

Derek Benfield

 

 

1959/60

96

Dinner with the Family

Jean Anouilh

97

Dial M for Murder

Frederick Knott

98

The Giaconda Smile

Aldous Huxley

99

Breath of Spring

Peter Coke

 

 

1960/61

100

An Ideal Husband

Oscar Wilde

101

Anastasia

Marcelle Maurette, adapted by Guy Bolton

102

The Matchmaker

Thornton Wilder

103

Uncertain Joy

Charlotte Hastings

1961/62

104

The Long and the Short and the Tall

Willis Hall

105

Hotel Paradiso

Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvalliers English adaptation by Peter Grenville

106

Traveller Without Luggage

Jean Anouilh

107

When We Are Married

J B Priestley

1962/63

108

The Rainmaker

Nathan Richard Nash

109

An Italian Straw Hat

Eugène Labiche & Marc Michel

110

Women of Twilight

Sylvia Rayman

111

Aren't We All

Frederick Lonsdale

1963/64

112

Celebration

Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall

113

Inherit the Wind

D H Lawrence

114

Matilda Shouted Fire

Janet Green

115

Rollo

Marcel Achard

1964/65

116

A Kind of Folly

Owen Holder

117

The Bastard Country

Anthony Coburn

118

Semi-Detached

David Turner

119

Summer and Smoke

Tennessee Williams

1965/66

120

Man with a Load of Mischief

Ashley Dukes

121

Breaking Point

William Fairchild

122

Portrait of Murder

Robert Bloomfield

123

Mary Mary

Jean Kerr

1966/67

124

Hobson's Choice

Harold Brighouse

125

Look After Lulu

Noel Coward after Georges Feydeau

126

The Rehearsal

Jean Anouilh

127

The House of Bernarda Alba

Federico Garcia Lorca

1967/68

128

Came the Dawn

John Aldridge

129

Guilty Party

George Campbell

130

The Crucible

Arthur Miller

131

Gilt and Gingerbread

Lionel Hale

1968/69

132

Your Obedient Servant

Diana Morgan

133

Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw

134

Boeing Boeing

Marc Camoletti translated by Beverley Cross

135

The House by the Lake

Hugh Mills

136

The Imaginary Invalid

Moliere

1969/70

137

The Daughter in Law

D H Lawrence

138

Come into the Garden Maud &

Black Comedy

Noel Coward &

Peter Shaefer

139

Out of the Crocodile

Giles Cooper

1970/71

140

Tom Jones

Joan Macalpine

141

Hay Fever

Noel Coward

142

Close the Coalhouse Door

Alan Plater

143

Halfway up the Tree

Peter Ustinov

 

 

1971/72

144

The Aspern Papers

Story by Henry James, adapted by Michael Redgrave

145

The Anniversary

Bill Macilwraith

146

The Lion in Winter

James Goldman

147

Let's Get A Divorce

Angela & Robert Goldsby

1972/73

148

All My Sons

Arthur Miller

149

Birds on the Wing

Peter Yeldham

150

Hadrian VII

Peter Luke

151

You Can't Take it With You

Moss Hart and George Kaufman

1973/74

152

Relatively Speaking

Alan Ayckbourn

153

A Bequest to the Nation

Terence Rattigan

154

Who Killed Santa Claus

Terence Feely

155

A Flea in Her Ear

Georges Feydeau

1974/75

156

Wait Until Dark

Frederick Knott

157

The Right Honourable Gentleman

Michael Bradley-Dyne

158

Present Laughter

Noel Coward

159

The Millionairess

Bernard Shaw

1975/76

160

Say Who You Are

Keith Waterhouse

161

Blood Wedding

Federico Garcia Lorca

162

The Wizard of Oz

L Frank Baum

163

Night Watch

Lucille Fletcher

164

The Provoked Wife

John Vanburgh

1976/77

165

Time and Time Again

Alan Ayckbourn

166

The Militants

Norman Holland

167

Listen to the Wind

Original book by Angela Ainley Jeans revised by Peter Morris from an adaptation by Humphrey Carpenter.  Music and lyrics by Vivian Ellis

168

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf

Edward Albee

169

The Government Inspector

Nikolai Gogol

1977/78

170

Everybody Loves Opal

John Patrick

171

Someone Waiting

Emlyn Williams

172

Toad of Toad Hall

A A Milne

173

The Killing of Sister George

Frank Marcus

174

The Stirrings in Sheffield

Alan Cullen

1978/79

175

Play it Again Sam

Woody Allen

176

Journeys End

R C Sherriff

177

Hans, the Witch and the Gobbin

Alan Cullen

178

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

Peter Nichols

179

She Stoops to Conquer

Oliver Goldsmith

1979/80

180

Sleuth

Anthony Shaffer

181

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare

182

The Owl and the Pussycat

Bill Manhoff

183

The Murder of Maria Marten

E J Burton

184

The Gingerbread Lady

Neil Simon

1980/81

185

The Price

Arthur Miller

 

186

The Sleeping Prince

Terence Rattigan

 

187

Oliver

Lionel Bart

 

188

How The Other Half Loves

Alan Ayckbourn

 

189

A Man for All Seasons

Robert Bolt

 

190

Abigail's Party

Mike Leigh