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 |
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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