National Festival of Community Theatre
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The NFCT, established in 1927, is a celebration of amateur theatre at local, national and UK level. Each year, the national amateur organisations in the home nations promote a series of one-act play festivals and, through various eliminating rounds, take part in the final stage, the British Final Festival of One Act Plays, when companies and enthusiasts from all over the United Kingdom. A Standing Committee of representatives of the four countries has overall control of the Festival, with each country in turn taking the responsibility for organising it.The four partners in the NFCT are:
- All-England Theatre FestivalAll-England Theatre FestivalThe All-England Theatre Festival organises the only country-wide eliminating contest for one-act plays in performance throughout England. It provides an opportunity for Amateurs to compete against like-minded groups and to benefit from the adjudication they receive to improve the quality of their...
(AETF) - Association of Ulster Drama Festivals (AUDF)
- Drama Association of Wales (DAW)
- Scottish Community Drama Association (SCDA)
The festivals provide an opportunity for amateur companies to appear in new and varying venues before widely differing audiences, to receive constructive criticism from a qualified adjudicator (GODA
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), and to compare the standard of their own work with that of the other companies taking part. For audiences, the public adjudication of performances offers a deeper understanding and appreciation of theatre.
The productions from Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland will all have been publicly adjudicated at each stage. The overall winner receives the Howard de Walden Ewer award.
Structure
Local festivals lead selected companies to a National Final Festival in each country, from which one company is selected to represent its country at the British Final Festival. All four annual rotating host countries of the Final remain in contact throughout the eliminating competition.- England - All-England Theatre FestivalAll-England Theatre FestivalThe All-England Theatre Festival organises the only country-wide eliminating contest for one-act plays in performance throughout England. It provides an opportunity for Amateurs to compete against like-minded groups and to benefit from the adjudication they receive to improve the quality of their...
- Wales - Final Festival of One Act Plays
- Scotland - SCDA Festival
- Northern Ireland - Ulster One-Act Finals
British Final Festival of One Act Plays - Results
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Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...  |
Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...  |
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| 2010 | Lurig Drama Group Cushendall | Oasis Youth Theatre (One Million To Stop The Traffik by Mark Wheeller) |
Lurig Drama Group Cushendall (Melody Melody A melody , also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones which is perceived as a single entity... by Deirdre Kinahan) |
Thistle Theatre Company (The Hitch-Hiker(play) by Lucille Flecther) |
The Unknown Theatre Company (Cotton Girls by Scott Tobin) |
The Village Theatre | Pitlochry Pitlochry Pitlochry , is a burgh in the council area of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, lying on the River Tummel. Its population according to the 2001 census was 2,564.... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
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| 2009 | Kirkton Players | Total Arts Community Theatre (Moll Flanders by J Machen) |
The Clarence Players (A Little Something For The Ducks by Jean Lennox Toddle) |
Kirkton Players (Two by Jim Cartwright Jim Cartwright Jim Cartwright is an English dramatist, born at Farnworth, Lancashire, England. Cartwright's first play, Road, won a number of awards before being adapted for TV and broadcast by the BBC.... ) |
New "Tabs" Theatre (But Yesterday by Jimmy Chinn Jimmy Chinn Jimmy Chinn was an actor and most notably a playwright.-Personal Info:Jimmie was born in Middleton,Lancashire on March 30th 1940, the only son of his beloved mother,Edie. His early years in Oldham and Manchester were to shape his writing in future years... ) |
Ardhowen Theatre Ardhowen Theatre Ardhowen Theatre is a theatre in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It was opened in 1986 and is run by Fermanagh District Council... |
Enniskillen Enniskillen Enniskillen is a town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is located almost exactly in the centre of the county between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,599 in the 2001 Census... , Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west... |
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| 2008 | Stewarton Drama Group | St Paul's Drama Group (Happy Jack by John Godber John Godber John Harry Godber is an English dramatist, known mainly for his observational comedies. In the 'Plays and Players Yearbook' for 1993 he was calculated as the third most performed playwright in the UK behind William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. He has a wife and 2 children.-Biography:Godber was... ) |
The Holywood Players (The Bay at Nice by David Hare David Hare (dramatist) Sir David Hare is an English playwright and theatre and film director.-Early life:Hare was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, the son of Agnes and Clifford Hare, a sailor. He was educated at Lancing, an independent school in West Sussex, and at Jesus College, Cambridge... ) |
Stewarton Drama Group (One Good Beating by Linda McLean Linda McLean Linda McLean is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. McLean has released an album on Bongo Beat Records and her second on her own Mandolin Records.- Early life :... ) |
Blackwood Little Theatre (Last Tango in Blackwood by David Tristram David Tristram David Tristram is an English comic playwright. He has published nineteen plays and a comedy novel. Widely performed by amateur and professional groups, his plays have parodied such pop-culture genres as soap operas and detective stories.Educated at Dudley Grammar School and Birmingham University,... ) |
Taliesin Arts Centre Taliesin Arts Centre The Taliesin Arts Centre is owned and managed by the University of Wales, Swansea and is located on the university campus. The venue hosts a broad programme of events including cinema screenings, an average of ten visiting exhibitions per year, and a variety of live performances, from dance and... , Swansea University Swansea University Swansea University is a university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Swansea University was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes... |
Swansea Swansea Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands... , Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²... |
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| 2007 | Total Arts Community Theatre | Total Arts Community Theatre (Find Me by Olwen Wymark Olwen Wymark Olwen Wymark is an American writer and playwright.-Early life:Olwen Margaret Buck was born on February 14, 1932 in Oakland, California her parents being Philip W. and Barbara Buck... ) |
Theatre 3, Newtownabbey (The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter Harold Pinter Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to... ) |
Wick Players (The Pushcart Peddlers by Murray Schisgal Murray Schisgal Murray Schisgal is an American playwright and screenwriter.Native New Yorker Schisgal won his first recognition for the 1963 off-Broadway double-bill The Typists and The Tiger, which won him the Drama Desk Award. His 1965 Broadway debut, Luv, earned him Tony Award nominations for Best Play and... ) |
The Players Theatre (Gelligaer) (The Bridge by Gabe Torrens) |
Solihull Arts Complex, Solihull Solihull Solihull is a town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 94,753. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre... |
Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... , England |
Scott Marshall GODA | |
| 2006 | Holywood Players | St. Ursula Players (Me and My Friend (Act 1) by Gillian Plowman) |
Holywood Players (The Invisible Man by Jennifer Johnston Jennifer Johnston Jennifer Johnston is an Irish novelist, winner of the Whitbread Book Award for The Old Jest in 1979, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1977... ) |
Kirkintilloch Players (Shakers Re-Stirred by John Godber & Jane Thornton) |
Phoenix Theatre Company (Mediocrity by Anton Robert Krueger Anton Robert Krueger Born in Phalaborwa, South Africa on 28 September 1971, Anton Robert Krueger is a South African playwright, poet and academic. His plays have been staged in South Africa, as well as in England, Wales, Australia, the U.S.A., Monaco, Venezuela, Argentina and Chile. He has published under the... ) |
Perth Theatre Perth Theatre Perth Theatre is a Victorian playhouse situated at 185 High Street, Perth, Scotland. It was opened in 1901 and extended in 1991.A memorial foundation stone was laid on 6 October 1889 by George Alexander, actor and manager of the St James's Theatre, London. The building is category B listed by... , Perth Perth, Scotland Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire... |
Perth, Scotland Perth, Scotland Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire... |
Brian Marjoribanks | |
| 2005 | Another Theatre Company | Another Theatre Company (After Liverpool by James Saunders) |
Kirkton Players (Plaza Suite (Act 111) by Neil Simon Neil Simon Neil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has written numerous Broadway plays, including Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and The Odd Couple. He won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Lost In Yonkers. He has written the screenplays for several of his plays that... ) |
Tenby Players (Interior Designs ) |
Riverside Theatre Riverside Theatre, Coleraine The Riverside Theatre is located at the University of Ulster at Coleraine, Northern Ireland. It was opened in 1976 and is the fifth-largest professional theatre in Northern Ireland. It is architecturally unique in Ireland for its flexible staging facilities... , Coleraine Coleraine Coleraine is a large town near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is northwest of Belfast and east of Derry, both of which are linked by major roads and railway connections... |
Coleraine Coleraine Coleraine is a large town near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is northwest of Belfast and east of Derry, both of which are linked by major roads and railway connections... , Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west... |
Michael O'Hara | ||
| 2004 | The Young Theatre (at Beaconsfield) | The Young Theatre (at Beaconsfield) (Ball Boys by David Edgar David Edgar (playwright) David Edgar is a British playwright and author who has had more than sixty of his plays published and performed on stage, radio and television around the world, making him one of the most prolific dramatists of the post-1960s generation in Great Britain.He was resident playwright at the Birmingham... ) |
Theatre 3, Newtownabbey (Elegy for a Lady by Arthur Miller Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,... ) |
Tryst Theatre (Travels with my Aunt Travels with My Aunt (play) Travels with My Aunt is a 1989 comedy adapted by Scottish dramatist by Giles Havergal from the Graham Greene novel of the same title. The play was first staged at Citizens Theatre in Glasgow on 10 November 1989 with Havergal, Derwent Watson, Patrick Hannaway, and Christopher Gee, and has since been... by Graham Greene Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene, OM, CH was an English author, playwright and literary critic. His works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world... ) |
New Tabernacle Players (Asylum by Alex Baum) |
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth Arts Centre is one of Wales' busiest and largest arts centres, based on Aberystwyth University's Penglais campus Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales... , |
Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Aberystwyth is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. Often colloquially known as Aber, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol.... , Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²... |
Chris Yeager | |
| 2003 | Kirkton Players | St. Austell Players (On the Road Again by Lawrence Allan) |
Theatre 3, Newtownabbey (The Rats The Rats (play) "The rats" is a stage drama in five acts by Gerhart Hauptmann , which premiered in 1911, one year before the author won the Nobel Prize for Literature... ) |
Kirkton Players (The Steamie abridged version by Tony Roper Tony Roper Anthony Dean "Tony" Roper was a NASCAR driver. He was born in Springfield, Missouri, to Dean Roper and Shirley Medley. Growing up his family was heavily involved in auto racing. Roper started racing in 1986. For the next six years Tony raced in IMCA Modifieds and late models on Midwest dirt and... ) |
Players Anonymous (The Bespoke Overcoat ) |
Gaiety Theatre Gaiety Theatre, Ayr Built in 1902, the Gaiety Theatre is a category B listed performing arts venue in Ayr, Scotland. It is noted for its interior rococo features, its atmosphere and its acoustics.... , |
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| 2002 | Kirkton Players | Runnymede Drama Group Runnymede Drama Group Runnymede Drama Group is a community theatre group based in Chertsey, Surrey that is notable for not only for its longevity, but also for its success both at a national and international level being one of the few groups to have won every major festival in the United Kingdom and having also been... (Bed by Jim Cartwright Jim Cartwright Jim Cartwright is an English dramatist, born at Farnworth, Lancashire, England. Cartwright's first play, Road, won a number of awards before being adapted for TV and broadcast by the BBC.... ) |
Kirkton Players ('Bouncers' abridged version by John Godber John Godber John Harry Godber is an English dramatist, known mainly for his observational comedies. In the 'Plays and Players Yearbook' for 1993 he was calculated as the third most performed playwright in the UK behind William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. He has a wife and 2 children.-Biography:Godber was... ) |
New Tabernacle Players (The Train ) |
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| 2001 | Wick Players | Riverside Players |
Wick Players (A Bench at the Edge by Luigi Jannuzi) |
Car Boot Theatre Company (Extraordinary Revelations of Orca ) |
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| 2000 | Runnymede Drama Group Runnymede Drama Group Runnymede Drama Group is a community theatre group based in Chertsey, Surrey that is notable for not only for its longevity, but also for its success both at a national and international level being one of the few groups to have won every major festival in the United Kingdom and having also been... |
Runnymede Drama Group Runnymede Drama Group Runnymede Drama Group is a community theatre group based in Chertsey, Surrey that is notable for not only for its longevity, but also for its success both at a national and international level being one of the few groups to have won every major festival in the United Kingdom and having also been... (Lear's Daughters by Elaine Feinstein Elaine Feinstein Elaine Feinstein is a poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, biographer and translator.-Biography:... and The Woman's Theatre Company) |
Kirkton Players (Laundry and Bourbon by James McLure James McLure James Miller McLure, Jr. was an American playwright. He was born in Alexandria, Louisiana and grew up in Shreveport where he was educated by the Jesuits. He became interested in acting in high school, performing in Shakespearean plays... ) |
Players Theatre (Return Journey ) |
North Wales Theatre, Llandudno Llandudno Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy County Borough, Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community... |
Llandudno Llandudno Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy County Borough, Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community... , Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²... |
Irene Rostron | ||
| 1999 | Kirkton Players | Total Arts Community Theatre Co. |
Kirkton Players (The Dumb Waiter' by Harold Pinter Harold Pinter Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to... ) |
Phoenix Theatre Company (Blah Blah Blah ) |
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| 1998 | Wick Players | Pump House Theatre Company |
Wick Players (Lone Star by James McLure James McLure James Miller McLure, Jr. was an American playwright. He was born in Alexandria, Louisiana and grew up in Shreveport where he was educated by the Jesuits. He became interested in acting in high school, performing in Shakespearean plays... ) |
Phoenix Theatre Company (The Donahue Sisters ) |
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| 1997 | Kirkintilloch Players | Broseley Amateur Dramatic Society |
Kirkintilloch Players (The Dancing Fusilier (Original Play) by Mike Tibbetts) |
Phoenix Theatre Company (Low Comedy Woman ) |
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| 1996 | Barn Theatre Club, Welwyn Garden City | Barn Theatre Club, Welwyn Garden City (Plaza Suite [Act III] by Neil Simon Neil Simon Neil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has written numerous Broadway plays, including Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and The Odd Couple. He won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Lost In Yonkers. He has written the screenplays for several of his plays that... ) |
Stromness Drama Club (The Measures Taken by Brecht Brecht Brecht is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Brecht proper, Sint-Job-in't-Goor and Sint-Lenaarts. On January 1, 2006 Brecht had a total population of 26,464... ) |
Telstars Theatre Company (Albert ) |
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| 1995 | Dewsbury Arts Group | Dewsbury Arts Group (The Last Yankee by Arthur Miller Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,... ) |
Tryst Theatre (September in the Rain by John Godber John Godber John Harry Godber is an English dramatist, known mainly for his observational comedies. In the 'Plays and Players Yearbook' for 1993 he was calculated as the third most performed playwright in the UK behind William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. He has a wife and 2 children.-Biography:Godber was... ) |
Telstars Theatre Company (A New Interest In Life ) |
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| 1994 | Reigate Amateur Theatrical Society | Reigate Amateur Theatrical Society (Ball Boys by David Edgar David Edgar (playwright) David Edgar is a British playwright and author who has had more than sixty of his plays published and performed on stage, radio and television around the world, making him one of the most prolific dramatists of the post-1960s generation in Great Britain.He was resident playwright at the Birmingham... ) |
Lochcarron ADS (From Here to the Library by Jimmie Chinn) |
Players Anonymous (Count Albany ) |
Arts Guild Theatre (Greenock) Arts Guild Theatre (Greenock) The Arts Guild Theatre is located in Greenock, Scotland. The idea for the theatre was conceived by a group of local drama enthusiasts in 1946. The building contains two theatres, the Wallace Bennett Theatre and the Main Auditorium, and was previously a disused Victorian swimming pool... |
Greenock Greenock Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
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| 1993 | Dunaverty Players | Runnymede Drama Group Runnymede Drama Group Runnymede Drama Group is a community theatre group based in Chertsey, Surrey that is notable for not only for its longevity, but also for its success both at a national and international level being one of the few groups to have won every major festival in the United Kingdom and having also been... (Fragments by Murray Schisgal Murray Schisgal Murray Schisgal is an American playwright and screenwriter.Native New Yorker Schisgal won his first recognition for the 1963 off-Broadway double-bill The Typists and The Tiger, which won him the Drama Desk Award. His 1965 Broadway debut, Luv, earned him Tony Award nominations for Best Play and... ) |
Dunaverty Players (A Slight Ache by Harold Pinter Harold Pinter Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to... ) |
Castaway, Aberystwyth (Three More Sleepless Nights ) |
Ardhowen Theatre Ardhowen Theatre Ardhowen Theatre is a theatre in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It was opened in 1986 and is run by Fermanagh District Council... , |
Enniskillen Enniskillen Enniskillen is a town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is located almost exactly in the centre of the county between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,599 in the 2001 Census... , Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west... |
Roma Tomelty | ||
| 1992 | Castaway, Aberystwyth | Dewsbury Arts Theatre |
George Square Players (The Donahue Sisters by Geraldine Aron) |
Castaway, Aberystwyth (After Liverpool by James Saunders) |
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| 1991 | Bangor Drama Club | Players Theatre, Skelmersdale |
Bangor Drama Club (The Donahue Sisters by Geraldine Aron) |
Tryst Theatre (Teechers by John Godber John Godber John Harry Godber is an English dramatist, known mainly for his observational comedies. In the 'Plays and Players Yearbook' for 1993 he was calculated as the third most performed playwright in the UK behind William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. He has a wife and 2 children.-Biography:Godber was... ) |
Castaway, Aberystwyth (The Maids by Jean Genet Jean Genet Jean Genet was a prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but later took to writing... ) |
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| 1990 | The Headley Players, Bristol | The Headley Players, Bristol (Bouncers by John Godber John Godber John Harry Godber is an English dramatist, known mainly for his observational comedies. In the 'Plays and Players Yearbook' for 1993 he was calculated as the third most performed playwright in the UK behind William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. He has a wife and 2 children.-Biography:Godber was... ) |
Old Grammarians ADS (Kissed with a Loving Seal by Eric Paice) |
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| 1989 | East Essex Players, Southend on Sea | East Essex Players, Southend on Sea (Day of the Dog by Graham Swannell) |
Crossmichael Drama Club (Can You Hear the Music by David Campton David Campton David Campton was a prolific British dramatist who wrote plays for the stage, radio, and cinema for thirty-five years... ) |
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| 1988 | Old Grammarians ADS | Players Theatre, Skelmersdale |
Old Grammarians ADS (The Birthday Party The Birthday Party (play) The Birthday Party is the first full-length play by Harold Pinter and one of Pinter's best-known and most-frequently performed plays... by Harold Pinter Harold Pinter Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to... ) |
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| 1987 | Heath Players, Box Hill, Surrey | Heath Players, Box Hill, Surrey (Private Lives [Act II] by Noel Coward Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy... ) |
Tryst Theatre (Childhood ) |
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| 1986 | Players Theatre, Rhondda | Headley Players, Bristol |
Lochcarron ADS (Once Upon a Seashore ) |
Players Theatre, Rhondda (The Forced Marriage by Molière Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature... ) |
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| 1985 | Riverside Players, Heswall | Riverside Players, Heswall (Skirmishes by Catherine Hayes Catherine Hayes Catherine Hayes [married name Bushnell] was the first Irish-born opera diva to achieve international acclaim.... ) |
Falkirk Players (The American Dream The American Dream (play) The American Dream is an early, one-act play by American playwright Edward Albee. It was first staged 24 January 1961 at the York Playhouse in New York City. The play, a satire on American family life, concerns a married couple and their elderly mother... by Edward Albee Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright who is best known for The Zoo Story , The Sandbox , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , and a rewrite of the screenplay for the unsuccessful musical version of Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's . His works are considered well-crafted, often... ) |
Parc and Dare Theatre Company (One O’clock From The House ) |
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| 1984 | Bangor Drama Club | Barn Theatre Club, Welwyn |
Liberton Kirk Drama Group (Rise and Shine by Elda Magill Cadogan) |
Bangor Drama Club (Winners by Brian Friel Brian Friel Brian Friel is an Irish dramatist, author and director of the Field Day Theatre Company. He is considered to be the greatest living English-language dramatist, hailed by the English-speaking world as an "Irish Chekhov" and "the universally accented voice of Ireland"... )Note 1 |
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| 1983 | Bournemouth Little Theatre club Bournemouth Little Theatre club Bournemouth Little Theatre Club was founded in 1919 as The Bournemouth Dramatic and Orchestral Club and is the oldest amateur drama club in the Bournemouth / Poole / Christchurch area.... |
Bournemouth Little Theatre club Bournemouth Little Theatre club Bournemouth Little Theatre Club was founded in 1919 as The Bournemouth Dramatic and Orchestral Club and is the oldest amateur drama club in the Bournemouth / Poole / Christchurch area.... (Little Eyolf by Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre... ) |
Eastwood Entertainers (The Mayor of Torontal by Gwenyth Jones) |
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| 1982 | Players Theatre, Rhondda | Barn Theatre Club, Welwyn |
Tryst Theatre (The Scheming Lieutenant by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Irish-born playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. For thirty-two years he was also a Whig Member of the British House of Commons for Stafford , Westminster and Ilchester... ) |
Players Theatre, Rhondda (Sganarelle by Molière Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature... ) |
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| 1981 | Harodian Theatre, London | Harodian Theatre, London (Playing With Fire by Barbara Field Barbara Field Barbara Field is a playwright whose work has been seen at theaters across North America and Europe. Currently a resident of Minneapolis, Ms. Field is a co-founder of The Playwrights' Center, and served as playwright-in-residence at the Guthrie Theater for eight years... ) |
Eastwood Entertainers (The Fish ) |
Berwyn Amateur Theatre Club (A Night Out A Night Out (play) A Night Out is a play written by Harold Pinter in 1959.- Plot and overview :Albert Stokes, a loner in his late twenties lives with his emotionally-suffocating mother and works in an office... ) |
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| 1980 | Old Grammarians ADS | Maidenhead Players |
Old Grammarians ADS (The Brute by Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics... ) |
Ynysybwl Theatre Group (The Real Inspector Hound ) |
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| 1979 | Tryst Theatre | Barn Theatre Club, Welwyn |
Tryst Theatre (Equus [Act I] by Peter Shaffer Peter Shaffer Sir Peter Levin Shaffer is an English dramatist and playwright, screenwriter and author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed.-Early life:... ) |
Ynysybwl Theatre Group (Visitor From Forest Hills ) |
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| 1978 | Extension Theatre Company | Extension Theatre Company (Lessons To Be Learned by Dave Lodge) |
George Square Players (The Orchestra ) |
Players Theatre (See You Tomorrow ) |
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| 1977 | Players Theatre, Rhondda | Riverside Players, Heswall |
Broadford Drama Group (A Respectable Wedding by Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the... ) |
Players Theatre, Rhondda (After I'm Gone by Frank Vickery Frank Vickery Frank Vickery is a Welsh playwright.He was born at Blaencwm village, near Treorchy, in the Rhondda, South Wales.He has written plays for both stage and radio, including Family planning, All's fair, and Errogenous Zones.... ) |
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| 1976 | Slemish Players, Ballymena | St Ursula Players, Bristol |
Slemish Players, Ballymena (No Why by Unknown) |
Thurso Players (The Lady Aoi by Yukio Mishima Yukio Mishima was the pen name of , a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor and film director, also remembered for his ritual suicide by seppuku after a failed coup d'état... ) |
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| 1975 | Maidenhead Players [Christian Council] | Maidenhead Players [Christian Council] (Was He Anyone by N. F. Simpson N. F. Simpson Norman Frederick Simpson was an English playwright closely associated with the Theatre of the Absurd. To his friends he was known as Wally Simpson, in comic reference to the abdication crisis of 1936.-Early years:... ) |
Dunaverty Players (Rise and Shine by Elda Magill Cadogan) |
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| 1974 | Clarence Players, Belfast | Maidenhead Players |
Clarence Players, Belfast (Doreen by Unknown) |
Larbert High School F P D S (One Season's King by George MacEwan Green) |
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| 1973 | Claverley ? | Claverley Theatre Club (The Miracle Worker The Miracle Worker (play) The Miracle Worker is a three-act play by William Gibson adapted from his 1957 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name. It is based on Helen Keller's autobiography The Story of My Life.-Plot:... by William Gibson William Gibson William Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:-Association football:*Will Gibson , Scottish footballer... ) |
George Square Players (Barnstable ) |
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| 1972 | Wye Players, Hereford | Wye Players, Hereford (Trevor by Unknown) |
The Florians, Inverness (Mutatis Mutandis by David Campton David Campton David Campton was a prolific British dramatist who wrote plays for the stage, radio, and cinema for thirty-five years... ) |
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| 1971 | Wye Players, Hereford | Wye Players, Hereford (How's the World Treating You by Roger Milner) |
Old Grammarians ADS (Hey Johnnie Cope by Jimmy Logan Jimmy Logan Jimmy Logan OBE, FRSAMD , born as James Allan Short, Dennistoun, Glasgow, was a Scottish performer, producer, impresario and director.-Family:... ) |
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| 1970 | Greenock Players | Whitley Bay Theatre Club |
Greenock Players (A Shilling For The Beadle by James Scotland) |
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| 1969 | Pontllanfraith W I | Sands Players (USA Airforce) |
Troon Players (Philipp Hotz's Fury by Max Frisch Max Frisch Max Rudolf Frisch was a Swiss playwright and novelist, regarded as highly representative of German-language literature after World War II. In his creative works Frisch paid particular attention to issues relating to problems of human identity, individuality, responsibility, morality and political... ) |
Pontllanfraith W I (The Nine Fathers by Unknown) |
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| 1968 | Old Grammarians ADS | Y.M.C.A. Players, Hereford |
Old Grammarians ADS (The Proposal by Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics... ) |
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| 1967 | Stirling Amateur Dramatic Society | South Norwood A.T.W.G. |
Stirling Amateur Dramatic Society (The Birthday Party The Birthday Party (play) The Birthday Party is the first full-length play by Harold Pinter and one of Pinter's best-known and most-frequently performed plays... by Harold Pinter Harold Pinter Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to... ) |
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| 1966 | George Square Players | Rickmansworth Players |
George Square Players (The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder Thornton Wilder Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.-Early years:Wilder was born in Madison,... ) |
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| 1965 | Edinburgh Graduate Theatre | Stewart & Lloyds A.D.S. |
Edinburgh Graduate Theatre (Getting and Spending by Michael J. Chepiga) |
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| 1964 | Llynsafaddan Players | Harlequins Theatre Co. Carshalton |
Stirling Amateur Drama Club (Himself When Young ) |
Llynsafaddan Players (They Simply Fade Away by T C Thomas) |
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| 1963 | Belfast Drama Circle | Southampton Student Players |
Belfast Drama Circle (Heaven Is An Island by Unknown) |
Kirkwall Arts Club (The Long and the Short and the Tall The Long and the Short and the Tall (play) The Long and the Short and the Tall is a play written by British playwright Willis Hall. Set in World War II, the play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in January 1959; it was directed by Lindsay Anderson and starred Peter O'Toole and Robert Shaw. It was Anderson's first major... by Willis Hall Willis Hall Willis Hall was an English playwright and radio and television writer who drew on his working class roots in Leeds for much of his writings.... ) |
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| 1962 | Greenock Players | Link Players, Manchester |
Greenock Players (Tail-Piece by Unknown) |
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| 1961 | Oxford House Players | Oxford House Players (God Is My Mountain by Sybil Hollingdrake) |
Riverside Former Pupils D C, Stirling (What Every Woman Knows - Act I by J.M. Barrie) |
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| 1960 | St Dunstan's Players, Bristol | St Dunstan's Players, Bristol (In the Zone by Eugene O'Neill Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish... ) |
George Square Players (The Crucible - Act III by Arthur Miller Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,... ) |
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| 1959 | Belfast Drama Circle | Y.M.C.A. Players, Hereford |
Belfast Drama Circle (Liberation by Unknown) |
Nairn Drama Club (Idea for a Play by Richard Tydeman) |
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| 1958 | Edinburgh People's Theatre | Edinburgh People's Theatre (Who Loves Moraig [Act I] by Jack Ronder) |
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| 1957 | Grangetown Boys' Club D G, Middlesbrough | Grangetown Boys' Club D G, Middlesbrough (Sordid Story by J.A.S Coppard) |
Greenock Players (Ae Market Nicht ) |
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| 1956 | Greenock Players | Greenock Players (The Reve's Tale by Unknown) |
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| 1955 | Llynsafaddan Players | Huntly Gordon School F P D C (Still Waters by Delsie Darke) |
Llynsafaddan Players (Davy Jones Dinner by T.C.Thomas) |
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| 1954 | Octave Theatre Club, Northwood | Octave Theatre Club, Northwood (The Wedding Morning by Arthur Schnitzler Arthur Schnitzler Dr. Arthur Schnitzler was an Austrian author and dramatist.- Biography :Arthur Schnitzler, son of a prominent Hungarian-Jewish laryngologist Johann Schnitzler and Luise Markbreiter , was born in Praterstraße 16, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian... ) |
Torch Theatre Club (A Surgeon for Lucinda by Jimmy Scotland) |
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| 1953 | Barrhead Players' Club | Barrhead Players' Club (The Masterfu' Wife by Agnes Adam) |
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| 1952 | Sutton Amateur Dramatic Club | Sutton Amateur Dramatic Club (The Heiress [Act II] by Augustus Goetz & Ruth Goetz) |
Glasgow Jewish Institute Players (Lucrezia Borgia's Little Party by A J Talbot) |
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| 1951 | Barrhead Players' Club | Barrhead Players' Club (Displaced Persons by Elizabeth Milne Elizabeth Milne Elizabeth Caylee Milne is a New Zealand association football player who represented her country.Milne was a member of the New Zealand squad in the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup playing all 3 group games; a 2-3 loss to Nigeria, a 4-3 win over hosts Chile and a 1-1 draw with England... ) |
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| 1950 | West Hertfordshire Players' Club | West Hertfordshire Players' Club (The Proposal by Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics... ) |
Paisley Old Grammarians A D S (The Changeling The Changeling (play) The Changeling is a Jacobean tragedy written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley. Widely regarded as "among the best" tragedies of the English Renaissance, the play has accumulated a significant body of critical commentary.... by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley) |
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| 1949 | Birmingham International Centre | Birmingham International Centre (Pullman Car Hiawatha by Thornton Wilder Thornton Wilder Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.-Early years:Wilder was born in Madison,... ) |
Paisley St John's Church Dramatic Club (Wind Along the Waste by Thomas Maclachlan Watson) |
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| 1948 | Little Theatre, Aberdare | Barrhead Players' Club (A Bit of Land by Agnes Adam) |
Little Theatre, Aberdare (Birds of a Feather by Thomas Doran) |
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| 1947 | Newport Civil Defence Dramatic Society | Torch Theatre Club (Possession Possession (play) Possession is a play by Lyle Kessler. It was directed by James Hammerstein at the Ensemble Studio Theatre on March 25, 1976 .It was included in "The Best Plays of 1975-1976" by Otis Guernsey... ) |
Newport Civil Defence Dramatic Society (Jephthah's Daughter by Elma Levinger) |
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| 1939 | Unity Theatre Club, London | Unity Theatre Club, London (Plant in the Sun by Ben Bengal) |
Stirling Amateur Dramatic Club (Shells ) |
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| 1938 | Midland Bank Dramatic Society, London | Midland Bank Dramatic Society, London (Count Albany by Donald Carswell Donald Carswell Donald Carswell was a Scottish barrister, journalist and author. He married 1915 Catherine Roxburgh Macfarlane in 1915; their only child, a son, was J. P. Carswell .- References :... ) |
Ardeer Recreation Club Drama Section (In The Zone by Eugene O'Neill Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish... ) |
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| 1937 | Newcastle Central Y W C A Drama Club | Newcastle Central Y W C A Drama Club (The Willing Spirit by Unknown) |
Newbattle Burns Club Dramatic Society (Hewers of Coal by Joe Corrie Joe Corrie Joe Corrie was a Scottish miner, poet and playwright.He was born in Slamannan, Stirlingshire in 1894. His family moved to Cardenden in the Fife coalfield when Corrie was still an infant and he started work at the pits in 1908.... ) |
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| 1936 | Guild of Abbey Players, Abingdon | Guild of Abbey Players, Abingdon (The Spartan Girls by Unknown) |
Forfar Dramatic Society (The Dreamer ) |
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| 1935 | Welwyn Thalians | Welwyn Thalians (Not This Man by Unknown) |
Edinburgh Elocution Club (Martha ) |
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| 1934 | Barr & Stroud Dramatic Society, Glasgow | Barr & Stroud Dramatic Society, Glasgow (What Every Woman Knows [Act I] by J.M. Barrie) |
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| 1933 | Birkenhead Institute Old Boys Drama Society | Birkenhead Institute Old Boys Drama Society (The Road of Poplars by Vernon Sylvaine) |
Golspie Women's Rural Institute (Glensheugh by Joe Corrie Joe Corrie Joe Corrie was a Scottish miner, poet and playwright.He was born in Slamannan, Stirlingshire in 1894. His family moved to Cardenden in the Fife coalfield when Corrie was still an infant and he started work at the pits in 1908.... ) |
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| 1932 | The Players' Club, Beaconsfield | The Players' Club, Beaconsfield (On the High Road by Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics... ) |
Edinburgh Women's Athletic Club (Symphony in Illusion by James Wallace Bell) |
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| 1931 | Falkirk High School F P D C | Falkirk High School F P D C (Ardvorlich's Wife by Gordon Bottomley Gordon Bottomley Gordon Bottomley was an English poet, known particularly for his verse dramas. He was partly disabled by tubercular illness. His main influences were the later Victorian Romantic poets, the Pre-Raphaelites and William Morris.- Background :... ) |
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| 1930 | Hampstead Play & Pageant Union | Hampstead Play & Pageant Union (The Man Who Wouldn't Go To Heaven by F. Sladen-Smith) |
Falkirk High School F P D C (Singing Sands ) |
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| 1929 | Liverpool Playgoers | Liverpool Playgoers (The Devil Among the Skins by Ernest Goodwin) |
Edinburgh Elocution Club (The Wooin' O't by W.D. Cocker) |
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| 1928 | Ardrossan & Saltcoats Players | Ardrossan & Saltcoats Players (The Old Lady Shows her Medals by J.M. Barrie) |
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| 1927 | Welwyn Garden City Society | Welwyn Garden City Society (Mr Sampson by John Sherman John Sherman John Sherman may refer to:* John Sherman , U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio* John Sherman , American Unitarian pastor* John Sherman , English cricketer... ) |
Blaigowrie & Rattray A O D S (Campbell of Kilmhor by J.A. Ferguson) |
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