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Austell Players' Productions to date
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| 1956 Night Was Our Friend by Michael Pertwee Triple bill: Shall We Join the Ladies? by J.M. Barrie Riders to the Sea by John M. Synge The Dear Departed by Stanley Houghton Book of the Month by Basil Thomas Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie |
![]() Witness for the Prosecution - 1956 |
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| 1957
Here We Come Gathering by Philip King and Anthony Armstrong The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare Miranda by Peter Blackmore |
![]() The Merry Wives of Windsor 1957 |
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| 1958
Triple bill: Happy Journey by Thornton Wilder First Gleam by Frederick Lidstone The Devil Amongst the Skins by Ernest Goodwin Spider's Web by Agatha Christie Man Alive by John Dighton |
![]() Spider's Web 1958 |
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| 1959
Triple bill: The Dark Lady of the Sonnets by George Bernard Shaw Jephthah's Daughter by Wilfrid Grantham Villa for Sale by Sacha Guitry Dead on Nine by Jack Popplewell |
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| 1960
A Trip to Scarborough by Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
![]() Tartuffe - 1961 |
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| 1961
Something to Hide by Leslie Sands The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Tartuffe by Molière / Miles Malleson |
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| 1962
Trespass by Emlyn Williams The Cocktail Party by T.S. Eliot Triple bill: Things that go Bump by Edward Murch The Playmakers The Sword is Double-edged by Arthur Swinson Friends and Neighbours by Austin Steele The Shop at Sly Corner by Edward Percy |
![]() Trespass 1962 |
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| 1963
Five Finger Exercise by Peter Shaffer Michael by Miles Malleson The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare Wild Goose Chase by Derek Benfield Sweeney Todd by Brian J. Burton |
![]() Sweeney Todd 1963 |
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| 1964
Quadricentennial Shakespeare Festival: (Othello & The Merry Wives of Windsor) The Sky is Overcast by Anthony Booth Strike Happy by Duncan Greenwood The Captives by Charlotte Hastings Not on your Nellie by Ron Betts |
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| 1965 Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe / D. and A. Barker The Rape of the Belt by Benn W. Levy Love's a Luxury by Guy Paxton and Edward V. Hoile Towards Zero by Agatha Christie Post Horn Gallop by Derek Benfield |
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| 1966
Two Faces of Murder by George Batson When We Are Married by J.B. Priestley As Long as They're Happy by Vernon Sylvaine One-act play festival: The Home-coming by Gwen Powell-Jones Suppressed Desires by Susan Glaspell Something to Talk About by Eden Philpotts El Campesino by Anthony Booth |
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| 1967
Twelfth Night by Shakespeare Duet for Two Hands by Mary Hayley Bell The Love Match by Glenn Melvyn Murder Without Crime by F. Lee Thompson The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett |
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| 1968 Thark by BenTravers Celebration - The Wedding by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw Triple Bill: The Rats by Agatha Christie In Camera by Jean-Paul Sartre Through a Glass Lightly by Robert Gittings The Killing of Sister George by Frank Marcus Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen Turkey Time by Ben Travers |
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1969 The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov Tony Draws a Horse by Lesley Storm The Match Maker by Thornton Wilder Boeing-Boeing by Marc Camoletti / Beverley Cross |
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Vain Precaution (The Barber of Seville by Beaumarchais), tr. by Ray Lincoln Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott |
The
Cherry Orchard - 1969
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| 1970
I'm Talking About Jerusalem by Arnold Wesker Relatively Speaking by Alan Ayckbourn Dear Brutus by J.M. Barrie Every Other Evening by François Campaux / Jack Popplewell A Measure of Cruelty by Steve Passeur, tr. Yvonne Mitchell Up Brown Willie - Christmas Revue |
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| 1971
Macbeth by Shakespeare Double bill: The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco Night School by Harold Pinter Crime on Goat Island by Ugo Betti Loot by Joe Orton A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau Double bill: A Phoenix too Frequent by Christopher Fry Come Live with Me - poetry and prose |
![]() Not Now, Darling 1972 |
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| 1972 Miss Julie by August Strindberg Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn by Brian J. Burton Not Now, Darling by Ray Cooney and John Chapman |
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| 1973
Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw Hay Fever by Noël Coward Flowering Cherry by Robert Bolt After Magritte by Tom Stoppard Double bill: When the Bough Breaks by G. Clark A Resounding Tinkle by N.F. Simpson |
![]() Blithe Spirit - 1974 |
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| 1974
Double bill: Box and Cox by J.M. Morton Lady Audley's Secret by Brian J. Burton Don't Start Without Me by Joyce Rayburn Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward The Disorderly Women by John Bowen How We Held the Square by David Cregan |
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| 1975
Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton How the Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn I Am a Camera by John Van Druten The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne / Cecile Anderson |
![]() London Assurance 1976 |
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| 1976
London Assurance by Dion Boucicault The Naughty Nineties - Revue The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Presson Allen Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley Mad Dogs and Englishmen - Revue The Present by Ron Betts |
![]() Ghost Train 1976 |
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| 1977
Double bill: The Enchanted Night by Slawomir Mrozek The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard Move Over, Mrs. Markham by Ray Cooney and John Chapman A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn A Supernatural Saga |
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| 1978 The Seagull by Anton Chekhov Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett Hotel Paradiso by Georges Feydeau Bequest to the Nation by Terence Rattigan Scrambled Panto by Eric Banks |
![]() Old Father Time - 1979 |
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| 1979
Suddenly at Home by Francis Durbridge After the Fair by Thomas Hardy There Goes the Bride by Ray Cooney and John Chapman Old Father Time by David Wood |
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| 1980
Semi-detached by David Turner Jigsaw by Derek Hoddinott Birds on the Wing by Peter Yeldham Abelard and Heloise by Ronald Millar |
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| 1981 Ten Times Table by Alan Ayckbourn Mrs Dane's Defence by Henry Arthur Jones Charlie's Aunt by Brandon Thomas The Enquiry by Charlotte Hastings |
![]() A Doll's House - 1982 |
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| 1982
Clumpeter by Ron Betts Double Bill: Chase the Ace by Ron Rubin Festival Nightmare by N. W. Hooke A Tomb with a View by Norman Robbins Fringe Benefits by Peter Yeldham A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Whose Life is it Anyway? by Brian Clark |
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| 1983
Double bill: Mooney and his Caravans by Peter Terson The Cagebirds by David Campton The Irregular Verb to Love by Hugh and Margaret Williams Born in the Gardens by Peter Nichols The Dresser by Ronald Harwood |
![]() Time & Time Again 1984 |
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| 1984984
Time and Time Again by Alan Ayckbourn House Guest by Francis Durbridge Caught on the Hop by Derek Benfield Getting On by Alan Bennett The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum |
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| 1985
Othello by Shakespeare Relative Values by Noël Coward Key for Two by John Chapman Deathtrap by Ira Levin Toad of Toad Hall by Kenneth Grahame |
![]() Othello - 1985 |
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| 1986
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff / James Roose Evans Amadeus by Peter Shaffer Something to Hide by Leslie Sands Christmas Incorporated by Peter Horsler |
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| 1987
Bennetto, His Life and Crimes by Ron Betts Pack of Lies by Hugh Whitemore One for the Pot by Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton Verdict by Agatha Christie |
![]() Bennetto, His Life and Crimes - 1987 'Allo, 'Allo - 1989 |
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| 1988
Medium Rare by Ron Betts Forty Years On by Alan Bennett Look, No Hans by John Chapman and Michael Pertwee The Understanding by Angela Huth Triple bill: Benjamin Goodright's Bedtime Story by Ron Betts Two Plays for Coarse Actors by Michael Green: Streuth The Cherry Sisters |
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| 1989
Dawson's Folly by Ron Betts Wolfsbane by Georgina Reid 'Allo, 'Allo by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft Hamlet by Shakespeare |
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![]() A Voyage Round My Father - 1991 |
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| 1991
Woman in Mind by Alan Ayckbourn Wild Goose Chase by Derek Benfield Autumn Rhapsody - a Mozart evening A Voyage Round My Father by John Mortimer The Bride Comes Back by Ronald Millar |
![]() Thérèse Raquin - 1992 |
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| 1992
Thérèse Raquin by Emile Zola / Leslie Sands The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard See How They Run by Philip King The Good Companions by J.B. Priestley / Ronald Harwood / Johnny Mercer / André Previn |
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| 1993
After the Lions by Ronald Harwood Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn What Dreams May Come by Nora Ratcliff Richard III by Shakespeare |
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| 1994
Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer Triple Bill: The Ugly Duckling by A. A. Milne A Sense of the Ridiculous by Rae Terence The Merchant by Plautus Kindly Leave the Stage by John Chapman Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw The Exorcism by Don Taylor |
![]() The Exorcism 1994 |
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| 1995
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Laclos / Christopher Hampton Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan Theatre Day Entertainment |
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| 1996 Waiting in the Wings by Noël Coward Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie Happy Birthday by Marc Camoletti / Beverley Cross Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee / Nick Darke |
![]() Happy Birthday - 1996 |
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| 1997
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë / Charles Vance Time of My Life by Alan Ayckbourn Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier / Mike Hasshill Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Jeffrey Archer |
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| 1998
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens / Matthew Francis Happy Families by John Godber The Darling Buds of May by H. E. Bates A Chorus of Disapproval by Alan Ayckbourn |
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| 1999
Murder by Natural Causes by Tim Kelly Double bill - Different Lives: In Clay Country by Mike Turner The Lover by Harold Pinter Outside Edge by Richard Harris Tom Jones by Henry Fielding / Joan Macalpine |
![]() Outside Edge - 1999 |
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| 2000
Variation on a Theme by Terence Rattigan Visiting Hour by Richard Harris Noises Off by Michael Frayn She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith |
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| 2001 Triple bill: Spider in the Clay (Clayplays Production) by Mike Turner Man of Letters by Tim Firth Still Life (a.k.a. Brief Encounter) by Noël Coward The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goëtz The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 by John Bishop Wüthering Heights by Emily Brontë, adapted by Guen Daws |
![]() The Heiress - 2001 |
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![]() On the Road Again 2003 |
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This production was entered in the All England One Act Play Festival and,
after rounds at St. Austell, Falmouth and Rugeley,
went on to win the All England Festival at the Finals in Port Sunlight,
June 2003. It also represented England in the All Britain Finals at Douglas,
Isle of Man, July 2003. See On the Road Again for more. |
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| 2005 Red Riding Hood by Eric Fowler |
![]() On Golden Pond 2005 Sweeney Todd 2005 |
![]() Vanity Fair 2005 |
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| Vanity
Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray adapted by Declan Donnellan. |
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| On
Golden Pond
by Ernest Thompson Rough Crossing by Tom Stoppard Sweeney Todd The Barber by Brian J. Burton, adapted from George C. Pitt's Victorian version. |
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| Sailor
Beware by Phillip King with Falkland Cary |
![]() Romeo and Juliet 2006 |
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| Smike
- The
Musical by Roger Holman and Simon May |
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| Romeo
and Juliet by William Shakespeare |
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