The Halifax Thespians: Productions



This play list of all main stage productions of the Halifax Thespians, total theatre and festival plays, was kindly provided by The President of the Thespians and Chris Baldock, the Publicity Manager



1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943


1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949 / 1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956 / 1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962


1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979


1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996


1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

1927


     The Stepmother
     Riders to the Sea
     The Grand Cham's Diamond
     Dear Brutus
     Outward Bound

1928


     Lonesome like
     Excerpts Henry VI & Richard III [Revival]
     E.& O.E.
     F. the Silver Box
     The Ship
     Dr. Knock
     The Dover Road
     Sounding Brass

1929


     The Crier By Night
     Sounding Brass [Revival]
     Vindication
     Wife to a Famous Man
     The Proposal
     E. & O.E [Revival]
     The Grand Cham's Diamond [Revival]
     The Admiral Crichton
     Thirty Minutes in a Street
     Possession
     The Man in a Bowler Hat
     The Pelican
     Fanny's First Play

1930


     Torvie Castle
     The Maker of Dreams
     The Man Who Wouldn't Go To Heaven
     Hindle Wakes
     Fire of Vanity
     The Return of the Soldier
     The Romantic Young Lady
     Adam the Creator
     Clara Gibbings

1931


     Hobson's Choice
     Milestones
     Arms and the Man
     Father Noah
     1066 And All That
     The Fourth Wail

1932


     To See Ourselves
     Rizzio's Boots
     The Man Who Ate The Popomack
     The Bride
     The World of Light
     Passion, Poison and Petrification
     The Rose Without a Thorn
     Trifles
     Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure
     Playgoers
     Escape

1933


     The Lady With the Lamp
     You Never Can Tell
     The Crime at Blossoms
     Smoke-Screens
     Mary Rose
     The Road to Rome
     Symphony in Illusion
     Tobias and the Angel

1934


     The Rumour
     Quality Street
     The Arrow by Day
     The Magistrate
     Sixteen
     Lady Precious

1935


     St Joan
     The Distaff Side
     Service
     Dr. Knock [Revival]
     Village Wooing
     Laburnum Grove
     Wild Decembers

1936


     Abraham Lincoln
     Take Two From One
     Too True To Be Good
     Children in Uniform
     A Man's House
     Mary Mary Quite Contrary

1937


     Pride and Prejudice
     The Devil's Disciple
     Mystery at Greenfingers
     Journey's End
     The Kingdom of God
     Storm in s Teacup

1938


     And So To Bed
     Ah, Wilderness
     Major Barbara
     The Dominant Sex
     Power and Glory
     The Late Christopher Bean

1939


     I Have Been Here Before

1940


     When We Are Married
     Quiet Wedding
     Jane Eyre
     Spring Tide
     Candida

1941


     Wingless Victory
     Robert's Wife
     The Breadwinner
     Thunder Rock
     He Was Born Gay

1942


     When We Are Married [1st revival]
     The Cradle song
     Ladies in Retirement
     In Good King Charles's Golden Days

1943


     Bird in the Hand
     Night Must Fall
     The First Mrs.Fraser
     Ghosts – At the Grand Theatre for the Red Cross P.O.W. fund
     Night Must Fall & Quiet Wedding

1944


     The Importance of Being Earnest
     They Came To A City
     Living Room
     Dear Octopus

1945


     The Barrets of Wimpole Street
     The Corn is Green
     Mr. Bolfry
     Time and the Conways

1946


     This Happy Breed
     The Circle
     Pink String and Sealing Wax
     Distant Point
     Poison Pen
     Call It A Day

1947


     The Sacred Flame
     The Druids Rest
     Music At Night
     Quiet Wedding
     Jacob's Ladder

1948


     An Inspector Calls
     This Happy Breed [Revival]
     When We Are Married [2nd revival]

1949 / 1950

Opening Production at the Halifax Playhouse: The Man Who Came to Dinner
     The Merry Wives of Windsor
     The Linden Tree
     Dog for Delmont
     The Constant Wife
     The Moon in the Yellow River
     The Story of Madeleine Smith
     The Showing-up of Bianco Posant
     Androcles and the Lion
     London Wall

1951


     The Light of Heart
     Old Acquaintance
     Treasure Island
     Caroline
     Our Town
     Playbill
     Lady Audley's Secret
     Everyman

1952


     Captain Carvallo
     You Can't Take It With You
     Claudia
     Housemaster
     Juno and the Paycock
     Black Chiffon
     Spring 1600
     Life With Father
     Hay Fever

1953


     His Excellency
     Nine 'till Six
     The Cocktail Party
     Beauty and the Beast
     Dear Octopus [Revival]
     Twelfth Night
     Payment Deferred
     Theatre Cavalcade (Devised by Phyllis Bentley

1954


     The Ladies Not For Burning
     O Valiant Heart
     A Cradle of Willow
     Figure of Fun
     Arsenic and Old Lace
     The River Line
     The Winslow Boy
     Treasure on Pelican
     Rookery Nook
     Pygmalion
     Relative Values
     The Holly and the Ivy

1955


     Ring Round the Moon
     Return to Tyassi
     To Dorothy a son
     Waters of the Moon
     Jobs for the Boys
     The Ghost Train
     The Deep Blue Sea
     To Live in Peace
     Affairs of State
     Witness For The Prosecution
     Blithe Spirit
     Time Remembered
     The Heiress
     Flat Spin
     Winter Journey
     I am a Camera
     The Whole Truth

1956 / 1957


     The Puppet Prince
     Anastasia
     Waiting for Gillian
     Summer and Smoke
     Hobson's Choice [Revival]
     The Voice of the Turtle
     The Love of Four Colonels
     The Same Sky
     Arms and the Man

1958


     September Tide
     Seagulls Over Sorrento
     The Happy Marriage
     Separate Tables
     The Women
     Short Story
     The Teahouse of the August Moon
     Hindle Wakes [Revival]
     Libel

1959


     Bell, Book & Candle
     Gaslight
     The Cain Mutiny Court Martial
     Present Laughter
     Look Back In Anger
     The Reluctant Debutante
     A Midsummer Night's Dream
     The Chalk Garden
     Charley's Aunt

1960


     Any Other Business
     Epitaph for George Dillon
     The Shadow of Doubt
     The Mayerling Affair
     Sabrina Fair
     March Mayors
     Romeo and Juliet
     Sleeping Partnership
     Towards Zero

1961


     The Long, The Short and the Tall
     Plaintiff in a Pretty Hat
     Spark in Judea
     Breath of Spring
     Confidential Clerk
     The Grass is Greener
     The Taming of the Shrew
     The More the Merrier
     Rape of the Belt

1962


     Summer of the Seventh Doll
     Silver Wedding
     Jacob's Ladder
     Roar Like A Dove
     Romanoff and Juliet
     Gilt and the Gingerbread
     Celebration
     The Aspern Papers
     The Pleasure of his Company

1963


     Billy Liar
     The Amorous Prawn
     Five Finger Exercise
     Angels In love
     The Caretaker
     Fool's Paradise
     The Sleeping Prince
     Waiting In The Wings
     The Gazebo

1964


     When We Are Married [3rd revival]
     Murder Mistaken
     Shakespeare 400
     Double Yolk
     Roots
     Tons of Money
     Dinner With the Family
     The Private Ear and the Public Eye
     The Princess and the Swineherd

1965


     Miss Pell is Missing
     Hot Summer Night
     Goodnight Mrs. Puffin
     Where Angels Fear to Tread
     The Little Hut
     The Happiest Days of Your Life
     She Stoops to Conquer
     A Letter from the General
     Dandy Dick

1966


     Murder On Arrival
     One More River
     Mary, Mary
     Semi-Detached
     Igloo
     Gigi
     The Circle [Revival]
     The Birthday Party
     King Patch and Mr. Simpkins

1967


     Busybody
     The Tiger and the Horse
     The Importance of Being Earnest [Revival]
     Ask Me Tomorrow
     Person Unknown
     Midsummer Mink
     Private Lives
     The Corn is Green
     The Glass Menagerie

1968


     The Killing of Sister George
     A Friend Indeed
     The Fire Raisers
     Barefoot in the Park
     The Little Foxes
     Blithe Spirit [Revival]
     An Ideal Husband
     The Diary of Anne Frank
     Say Who You Are

1969


     Amber for Anna
     My three Angels
     A Taste of Honey
     Hobson's Choice [Revival]
     The Tulip Tree
     Doctor in the House
     Wait Until Dark
     Sailor Beware
     On Approval

1970


     Macbeth
     Boeing Boeing
     You Never Can Tell
     Spring and Port Wine
     The Anniversary
     Salad Days
     The Daughter-in-Law
     Relatively Speaking

1971


     Night Must Fall
     The Odd Couple
     Rattle of a Simple Man
     Home and Beauty
     The Matchmaker
     The Boyfriend
     Chase Me Comrade
     The Rose Without a Thorn [Revival]
     The Enquiry

1972


     The Man Most Likely To
     All in Good Time
     Antigone
     Fallen Angels
     Free As Air
     The Dumb Waiter & Black Comedy
     The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
     Who killed Santa Claus

1973


     All Things Bright and Beautiful
     The Snow Queen
     Journey's End [Revival]
     Don't Start Without Me
     Separate Tables [Revival]
     Plaza Suite
     Charley's Aunt [Revival]
     A Man For All Seasons
     Out of the Crocodile

1974


     Com Laughing Home
     The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner
     What Shall We Tell Caroline / The Real Inspector Hound
     The Day in the Death of Joe Egg
     The Secretary Bird
     Rookery Nook [Revival]
     An Inspector Calls [Revival]
     There's a Girl in my Soup
     Dial M for Murder
     Not Now Darling

1975


     Gaslight
     Toad of Toad Hall
     How the Other Half Loves
     Suddenly At Home
     A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
     The Flipside
     Eden End
     Diplomatic Baggage
     A Christmas Carol

1976


     My Fat Friend
     The Owl and the Pussycat
     The Day After the Fair
     Say Goodnight to Grandma
     Oh What a Lovely War
     Time and Time Again
     A Streetcar Named Desire
     The Linden Tree
     Move Over Mrs. Markham

1977


     The Crucible
     The Wizard of Oz
     And A Little Love Besides
     Forget-Me-Not Lane
     Crown Matrimonial
     Celebration
     Habeas Corpus
     When We Are Married [4th revival]
     The Patrick Pearce Motel

1978


     The Dame of Sark
     Hans, the Witch and the Goblin
     There goes the Bride
     Hindle Wakes [Revival]
     Living Together
     Lloyd George Knew My Father
     The Gingerbread Lady
     Close the Coalhouse Door
     See How They Run

1979


     Breezeblock Park
     Beauty and the Beast
     Blithe Spirit [Revival]
     The Poker Session
     Taking Our Time
     Fools Paradise
     Spring and Port Wine
     Double Edge
     Jane Eyre

1980


     Butterflies Are Free
     The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew
     Sailor Beware [Revival]
     Play It Again Sam
     Children's Day
     No More Sitting on the Old School Bench
     In Praise of Love
     The Importance of Being Earnest [2nd revival]

1981


     Hobson's Choice [2nd revival]
     Quest for a Golden Key
     Wait Until Dark [Revival]
     Love on the Dole
     Equus
     The Cure For Love
     Something's Afoot
     The Miracle Worker

1982


     Billy Liar
     The Gingerbread Man
     Whose Life Is It Anyway
     Outside Edge
     Bedroom Farce
     Stringer's Last Stand
     Last of the Red Hot Lovers
     And A Nightingale Sang

1983


     Marriage-Go-Round
     Pinocchio
     Sleuth
     Rebecca
     Trinity Tales
     Once A Catholic
     Cat's Cradle
     A Christmas Carol [Revival]

1984


     Duet For One
     The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner [Revival]
     The Happiest Days of Your life
     The Lion In Winter
     Abigail's Party
     Accrington Pals
     Educating Rita
     The Man Who Came to Dinner [Revival]

1985


     Fur Coat and No Knickers
     The Man in the Moon
     The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie [Revival]
     Deathtrap
     Same Time Next Year
     Two and Two Make Sex
     St Joan
     Season's Greetings

1986


     One For the Road
     Alice in Wonderland
     Big Bad Mouse
     Passion Play
     Tom Jones
     The Seven Year Itch
     Blood Brothers
     The Holly and the Ivy [Revival]

1987


     Me Mam Sez
     The Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington
     Pack of Lies
     Key for Two
     The Dresser
     Not With A Bang
     On Golden Pond
     Celebration [Revival]

1988


     Shut your Eyes and Think of England
     The Wind in the Willows
     The Killing of Sister George [Revival]
     Filumena
     A Night on the Tiles
     Taking Steps
     A Month of Sundays
     The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Age 133/4

1989


     A Chorus of Disapproval
     The Railway Children
     Up and Under
     Cider With Rosie
     Daisy Pulls It off
     A Coat of Varnish
     Stepping Out
     A Christmas Carol [2nd revival]

1990


     No Sex Please, We're British
     The Sunshine Boys
     Arsenic and Old Lace [Revival]
     Habeas Corpus [Revival]
     Roses
     Noises Off
     Saturday, Sunday, Monday
     The Snow Queen [Revival]

1991


     Wife Begins at Forty
     Beyond Reasonable Doubt
     The Anastasia Files
     A Midsummer Night's Dream [Revival]
     Pardon Me Prime Minister
     All My Sons
     Happy Families
     The Merry Gentlemen

1992


     When Did You Last See your Trousers
     House Guest
     My Mother Said I Never Should
     Brighton Beach Memoirs
     Trivial Pursuit
     The Children's Hour
     Relatively Speaking
     Mr. Macaroni and the Exploding Pie

1993


     Not Now Darling
     The Royal Baccarat Scandal
     Steel Magnolias
     Dangerous Obsession
     When We Are Married [5th Revival]
     Another Time
     Murder on the Nile
     Absurd Person Singular

1994


     Run For Your Wife
     Deep Blue Sea [Revival]
     Prin
     Amadeus
     My Fat Friend [Revival]
     Lettice and Lovage
     A View From the Bridge
     Blithe Spirit [Revival]

1995


     Out of Order
     Shadow Lands
     Last Tango in Whitby
     The Business of Murder
     Post Cards from Rome
     An Inspector Calls [Revival]
     All Things Bright and Beautiful [Revival]
     Season's Greetings

1996


     Anyone for Beakfast
     Jane Eyre
     Getting On
     Holiday Snap
     Hobson's Choice [2nd Revival]
     2nd from the Last in the Sack Race
     Lost in Yonkers
     Lady Windermere's Fan

1997


     Fur Coat and No Knickers [Revival]
     Educating Rita [Revival]
     The Importance of Being Earnest [2nd revival]
     Chorus of Disapproval [Revival]
     Spring and Port Wine [Revival]
     On Golden Pond [Revival]
     Witness for the Prosecution [Revival]
     Stepping Out [Revival]

1998


     Will you Still Love Me in the Morning
     Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
     The Fifteen Streets
     Broadway Bound
     Man of the Moment
     Theft
     The Cracked Pot
     Dial M for Murder

1999


     Don't Dress for Dinner
     The Tale of the Red Dragon (Total Theatre) 
     Let's Pretend
     Nunsense
     The Anniversary
     Agnes of God (Total Theatre) 
     Hay Fever
     The Handyman
     Talking Heads
     A Christmas Carol [2nd revival]

2000


     Funny Money
     The Secret Garden (Total Theatre) 
     Dead Guilty
     It Could Be Anyone of Us
     Pool of Bethesda
     A Man For All Seasons
     Crown Matrimonial
     Straight and Narrow
     The Exorcism
     The Winslow Boy [Revival]

2001


     A Rise in the Market
     The Railway Children (Total Theatre) 
     Murder by Misadventure
     Chapter Two
     Sylvia's Wedding
     Kindertransport (Total Theatre) 
     Present Laughter
     Amy's View
     Ten Times Table
     Comfort and Joy

2002


     Nobody's Perfect
     The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner [Revival]
     The Turn of the Screw
     Carumba's Revenge
     You Have the Right to Remain Dead
     Shylight
     The Herbal Bed
     Benefactors
     School For Scandal : 75th Anniversary
     Silly Cow

2003


     Quartet
     Anne of Green Gables (Total Theatre) 
     Far from the Madding Crowd
     The Last Gamble
     Relative Values
     Me and My Friend
     Bone Chiller
     Elsie and Norm's Macbeth
     I Claudius

2004


     The Salvage Shop (Festival) 
     Beauty and the Beast (Total Theatre) 
     Caught in the Net
     Murderer
     This Happy Breed [2nd revival]
     Day of Reckoning
     In Flame (Festival) 
     Haunted
     An Ideal Husband [Revival]

2005


     Popcorn (Festival) 
     Honeymoon at Graveside Manor
     Haywire
     Dolly West's Kitchen
     Noises Off
     Kiss of Death
     The Haunting of Hill House
     The Noble Spaniard

2006


     Loot
     Hans the Witch and the Goblin (Total Theatre) 
     Blithe Spirit [2nd revival]
     Say Something Happened (Festival) 
     Dangerous Corner
     The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
     Art / Skirmishes
     Conjugal Rights
     Much Ado About Nothing
     Farndale Avenue – Murder Mystery

2007


     Lion in Winter [Revival]
     Tom's Midnight Garden (Total Theatre) 
     Frozen (Festival) 
     How the Other Half Loves
     The Rivals
     The Chastitute
     The Secret Lives of Henry and Alice
     When We Are Married [6th revival]
     Hedda Gabler
     Masquerade

2008


     Talking Heads [Revival]
     Wait Until Dark [Revival] (Festival) 
     Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
     Moon Over Buffalo
     The Lady In The Van
     Beauty Queen of Leenane
     Albert Make Us Laugh

2009


     Laying The Ghost
     Gaslight [Revival]
     Home (Festival) 
     Ladies Day
     Cider With Rosie [Revival]
     Hobson's Choice [3rd revival]
     Humble Boy
     Twelfth Night

2010


     September In the Rain
     Sailor Beware [Revival]
     Flamingoland (Festival) 
     Private Lives [Revival]
     A Streetcar Named Desire [Revival]
     Tons of Money [Revival]
     The Graduate
     Great Expectations

2011


     Inside Job
     The Titfield Thunderbolt
     Men of the World (Festival) 
     My Boy Jack
     Ladies down Under
     A Woman of No importance
     Broken Glass
     We're Strangers Here

2012


     Nightmare
     Hi-De-Hi
     Blue Remembered Hills (Festival) ?
     The Dresser
     On Your Honour
     Calendar Girls
     Going Postal



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