St. Austell Players' Productions to date (e. & o.e.)
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1946
Fresh Fields by Ivor Novello

Dangerous Corner - 1947
1947
Dangerous Corner by J.B. Priestley
1948
No Medals by Esther McCracken
1949
Behind the Lace Curtains by Esther McCracken
Holiday Eve by Philip King and F.L. Cary
Ladies in Retirement
            by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham
 
1950
Mr Hunter by Stuart Ready
Jane Steps Out by Kenneth Horne
The Chiltern Hundreds by William Douglas Home
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1951
See How They Run by Philip King
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
A Murder has been Arranged by Emlyn Williams
Quiet Weekend by Esther McCracken
Grand National Night
                            
by Dorothy and Campbell Christie
The Happiest Days of Your Life by John Dighton

 
1952
The Anniversary by Anton Chekhov
Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith
On Monday Next by Philip King
The Sacred Flame by W. Somerset Maugham
Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams
 
1953
The Proposal by Anton Chekhov
Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare
To See Ourselves by E. M. Delafield
Ten Little Niggers by Agatha Christie
Thark by Ben Travers
 
1954
The Trial of Mary Dugan by Bayard Veiller
The Mayor of Torontal by Gwenyth Jones
Remains to be Seen by N. Robinson
Easy Money by Arnold Ridley
The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Turkey Time by Ben Travers
 
1955
What Dreams May Come by Nora Ratcliff
If Four Walls Told by Edward Percy
Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
Interference by Roland Pertwee and Harold Dearden
And This Was Odd by Kenneth Horne
 
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
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
 
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
 
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
1961
Something to Hide by Leslie Sands
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Tartuffe by Molière / Miles Malleson
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
The Vain Precaution
(The Barber of Seville by Beaumarchais),
                            tr. by Ray Lincoln    
Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott
The Cherry Orchard - 1969
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
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
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
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

 
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
   
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
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
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
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
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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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
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
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
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
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
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
1990
Stepping Out by Richard Harris
Deadly Nightcap by Francis Durbridge
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend
The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
Dramagala Revue, including:
        Thinking Aloud by Emlyn Williams
        At the Changing of the Year by Malcolm Young
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
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
 
1993
After the Lions by Ronald Harwood
Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn
What Dreams May Come by Nora Ratcliff
Richard III by Shakespeare
 
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
 
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
 
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
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
 
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
 
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
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


2002
Amy's View
    by David Hare
Les Misérables
   by Tim Kelly, adapted from 
   Victor Hugo's novel.

Hay Fever
    by Noël Coward
The Cherry Orchard
    by Anton Chekhov
tr. by Stephen Mulrine.

 

Les Misérables - May 2002
 


2003

A Hat-trick of One-Act Plays:
        The Other Side of the Mountains
                                      by Mabel Facey
      On The Road Again* by Laurence Allan
       Audience by Michael Frayn
Trilby by Paul Potter from
               George du Maurier's Novel.
Nobody's Perfect by Simon Williams
The Rivals by Richard Sheridan

 

On the Road Again 2003
 
* 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.
2004
The Edge of Darkness

      by Brian Clemens
The Constant Wife
      by Somerset Maugham


Dry Rot
by John Chapman

Night Must Fall
            by Emlyn Williams
                      The Constant Wife 2004
The Edge of Darkness 2004
                          
                         Dry Rot 2004
 
 
2005

Red Riding Hood
by Eric Fowler

On Golden Pond 2005

Sweeney Todd 2005

Vanity Fair 2005
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
adapted by Declan Donnellan.
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.
2006
 Cinderella 2006
Misery 2006

The Cemetery Club 2006
Cinderella by Eric Fowler
Misery by Stephen King,
adapted by Simon Moore
The Cemetery Club
by Ivan Menchell
 Sailor Beware
 by Phillip King with
 Falkland Cary

Romeo and Juliet 2006
 
 Smike - The Musical
 by Roger Holman and
 Simon May
 Romeo and Juliet
 by William Shakespeare
2007  

Sinbad by Jim Sperinck

Between Worlds by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson

Live (But Not) at Her Majesty's - Revue


Present Laughter by Noël Coward

The Little Shop of Horrors Musical by Howard Ashman & Alan Menkin.

The Secret Tent by Elizabeth Addyman

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The Memory of Water - 2007
 

2008 DickWhittington
Dick Whittington 2008
Dnagerous Obsession
Dangerous Obsession 2008
 
Dick Whittington by Eric Fowler

Dangerous Obsession by N J Crisp
 
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