Bradgate Drama Society : Previous Productions

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1948 - 1959

1948 Devil's day
Fresh Fields

1949: Quiet Weeekend
Hay Fever by Noel Coward

1950: Thirteenth Chair
Berkeley Square
A cuckoo in the Nest

1951:Tilly of Bloomsbury
The Girl who couldn't quite
A play for Ronnie

1952:When we are married by J.B. Priestley
The Happiest Days of your life

1953: The passing of the third floor black
Lord Richard in the pantry
Emmanuel

1954: The Ex Mrs Y
Bonaventure
Orange Blossom, Dark Road and Still Waters (Three one-act plays)

1955: Worm's Eye View
Leap in the Dark

1956: Jonny Belinda
Familiar Stranger, Wayside War, Birds of Passage (Three one-act plays)

1957: Alice in Wonderland
My three Angels
Ten little Niggers

1958: Rookery Nook
The Man in Grey
Spider's Web

1959: Pig in a Poke
Sailor beware

1960 - 1969

1960: Doctor in the House
Nude with Violin

1961: The Noble Spaniard
Goodness how Sad

1962: Charley's Aunt
The secret tent

1963: When we are married by J.B. Priestley (previously performed in 1952)

1964: See how they run
The Heiress

1965: Miranda
Ladies in Retirement

1966: Blythe Spirit by Noel Coward
The Farmer's Wife

1967:There's No Problem, The Monkey's Paw and Still Waters (3 one-act plays)

1968: Man Alive
Someone Waiting

1969:Lady Audley's Secret
Count your blessings

1970 - 1979

1970: The Rape of the Belt
The Murder of Maria Marten

1971: The Full Treatment
Night must fall

1972: No time for figleaves
Waiting for Gillian

1973: The Bride and the Batchelor
Gaslight

1974: No Productions???

1975 A letter from the General
Off the Deep End

1976: The Lady Jane returns
Pink String and Sealing Wax

1977: Ma Vatch and Still Waters (two one-act plays)
The late Edwina Black

1978: Cat among the Pigeons
George and Face the Music (two one-act plays)

1979: Mystery at Blackwater

1980 - 1989

1980: Strike Happy

1981: Murder in Company
The Reluctant Debutante

1982: Spring and Port Wine
Outside Edge

1983 The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan

1984 Dead on Nine
Man Alive

1985: Hobson's Choice
Separate Tables by Terence Rattigan

1986: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde

1987: Darling I'm Home
The Edge of darkness

1988: A Bedfull of Foreigners

1989: Panic Stations by Derek Benfield
The Geeese are getting fat

1990 - 1999

1990:The Linden Tree
Party to Murder

1991: Shut your eyes and think of England by John Chapman and Anthony Marriott
The Haunted .... Castle

1992: The Lady Purrs
When we are married by J.B. Priestley (previously performed in 1952 and 1963)

1993 Night must fall
Season's greetings

1994: Pull the Other One

1995: Cat's Cradle
How the Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourne

1996: A Murder has been arranged
September: Easy Stages by N J Warburton
(A One-Act play, produced by Colin Atkinson and featuring Derek Pinkney, John Sugden, Gillian Bates, Hilary Wilson, Felicity Fellows, Margaret Atkinson and Des Bates. The play was preceded by a performance by Shepshed Singers.)

1997: Two and Two make sex
And a Nightingale sang

1998: Play On

April 1999: Scarlet Ribbon by Rae Shirley
Produced by Brenda Hooper, and featured John Rolinson, Anita Gillingham, Sally Neath, Emma Turner, Yvonne Woodford, Charlie Springthorpe, John Williams and Gillian Bates. John and Anita stepped in at short notice after the original performers (Colin and Margaret Atkinson) had to drop out due to illness.
December 1999: A Month of Sundays by Bob Larby
This play was directed by John Williams, and the cast was John Rolinson, Tom Clarke, Hannah Johnson, Robert Willson, Yvonne Woodford and Emma Turner

2000 -

November/December 2000: Sing On by Rick Abbot
Directed by Alistair Cook. The cast was Yvonne Woodford, Janet Barnett, Gillian Bates, Wynn Morris, Anita Gillingham, Emma Turner, Alistair Cook, Robert Willson, Sally Neath, Lesley Baker, Des Bates, Sam Neath, Charlotte Willson and Bob Heath. Lesley, Wynn, Sam and Charlotte were making their maiden performances for the society.

March 2001: A Miscellany (poems and sketches) followed by "Show Business" (a one-act play)
Directed by Brenda Hooper, and featuring Anita Gillingham, Sally Richardson, Tom Clarke, Janet, Hilary and Emma

December 2001: They Call it Murder

May 2002: "From a Distance" and "Goodbye my Darling"
Two One-Act Plays by Barrie W Farnell, directed by Kevin Oliver. "From a Distance" starred Sammy Neath, Di Simmonds and Tom Clarke, while "Good-bye my Darling" starred Lesley Baker, Dave Bown, Gillian Bates, Janet Barnett, John Nixon, Sally Richardson, Kevin Oliver and Anita Gillingham

December 2002 "How the Other Half Loves" by Alan Ayckbourne (previously performed in 1995)

Easter 2003 Music Hall

May 2004 "Living Together" by Alan Ayckbourne.

Dec 2004 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, adapted by Guy Williams.

April 2005 "Black Comedy" by Peter Shaffer.

December 2005 "Jack and the Beanstalk"

March/April 2006 "Holiday Snap" by Michael Pertwee and John Chapman.

November/December 2006 "Red Riding Hood" by Steve Harrison.

March/April 2007 "The Winslow Boy" by Terrence Rattigan.

November/December 2007 Cinderfella, a Pantomime by Joe Costello.

April 2008 Two and Two Together by Derek Benfield.

December 2008 Radioacting - a revue directed by John Williams, assisted by Wynn Morris.

May 2009 Table Manners by Alan Ayckbourne, directed by Andi Hastie.

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