List of Plays

PRODUCTION HISTORY ..  1938 – PRESENT

As “HARTWELL PRESBYTERIAN MERRYMAKERS”

1938          THE ISLE OF DREAMS (by Fay Hornby Evans & Mabel Down) Dir: Irene Appleton

1947          PYGMALION & GALATEA (by W.S. Gilbert) Dir: Irene Appleton

1948          PYGMALION & GALATEA (by W.S. Gilbert) Dir: Irene Appleton  (2)

As “THE HARTWELL PLAYERS”

1952          PRISON WITHOUT BARS (by Peggy Barwell)

1953          CHARITY BEGINS Dir: Heather Fraser

1953          ON A SPRING MORNING (One Act Play)

1954          LADIES IN WAITING Dir: Heather Fraser

1954          NO THOROUGHFARE Dir: Heather Fraser

1954          ONE ACT PLAYS: Anti-Clock Wise/ Brooch for the Bride / Mrs Methuselah

1955          MURDER WITHOUT MEN Dir: Heather Fraser

1956          NINE TIL SIX (by Aimee & Philip Stuart) Dir: Heather Fraser

1957          BON AVENTURE (by Charlotte Hastings) Dir: Heather Fraser

1957          WHEN WE ARE MARRIED (by J.B. Priestley) Dir: Heather Fraser

1957          THE HOLLY & THE IVY (by Wynyard Brown) Dir: Heather Fraser

1958          LACE ON HER PETTICOAT (by Aimee Stuart) Dir: Heather Fraser

1958          CUCKOO IN CONNEMARA (by Kate Lindsay) Dir: Ken Climas

1958          A MURDER HAS BEEN ARRANGED (by Emlyn Williams) Dir: Heather Climas

1959          THE SECRET TENT (by Elizabeth Addyman) Dir: Heather Climas

1959          THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (by Oscar Wilde) Dir: Heather Climas

1959          BUT ONCE A YEAR (by Falkland L. Cary) Dir: Heather Climas

1960          WATERS OF THE MOON (by N.C. Hunter) Dir: Hugh Templeton

1960          INTERVAL (by Summer Locke-Elliott) Dir: Robert Shroeder

1961          FOR PETE’S SAKE (by Leslie Sands) Dir: Hugh Templeton

1961          THE TOUCH OF SILK (by Betty Roland) Dir: Lois Smith

1962          BESIDE THE SEASIDE (by Leslie Sands) Dir: Beth Matthews

1962          WISHING WELL (by E. Eynon Evans) Dir: Beth Matthews

1962          THE PARPOT ASSASSINATION (by Yves Cabrol) Dir: Shirley James

1963          TREASURE HUNT (by M.J Farrell & John Perry) Dir: H. Michael Robinson

1963          THIS HAPPY BREED (by Noel Coward) Dir: H. Michael Robinson

1963          TOAD IN THE HOLE (by Maurice McLoughlin) Dir: Beth Matthews

1964          SEPARATE TABLES (by Terence Rattigan) Dir: H. Michael Robinson

1964          BREATH OF SPRING (by Peter Coke) Dir: Hugh Templeton

1964          THE LINDEN TREE (by J.B. Priestley) Dir: H. Michael Robinson

1965          QUIET WEDDING (by Ester McCracken) Dir: H. Michael Robinson

1965          YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (by Hart & Kaufman) Dir: Heather Climas

1965          DEAR OCTOPUS (by Dodie Smith) Dir: H. Michael Robinson

1966          SABRINA FAIR (by Samuel Taylor) Dir: Shirley James

1966          IT’S NEVER TOO LATE (by Felicity Douglas) Dir: Hugh Templeton

1966          SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL (by Ray Lawler) Dir: Shirley James

1967          LADIES IN RETIREMENT (by Edward Percy & Reginald Denham) Dir: Hugh Templeton

1967          THE BRIDE & THE BACHELOR (by Ronald Millar) Dir: Alex Foster

1968          THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE (by William Douglas Home) Dir: Ron Paddon

1968          MAN ALIVE (by John Dighton) Dir: Alex Foster

1969          DEAR OCTOPUS (by Dodie Smith) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey (2)

1969          LIFE WITH THE GIRLS (by John Woolridge) Dir: Ron Paddon

1970          SHADOW IN THE SUN (by Maurice McLoughlin) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey

1970          OUT OF THE QUESTION (by Ira Wallach) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey

1971          NIGHT OF THE DING DONG (by Ralph Peterson) Dir: Alex Foster

1971          FOOL’S PARADISE (by Peter Coke) Dir: Cyril Thompson

1972          THE GARDEN OF ADONIS (by Peter Watling) Dir: Alex Foster

1972          HERE WE COME GATHERING (by Philip King & Anthony Armstrong) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey

1973          THE CURIOUS SAVAGE (by John Patrick) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey

1973          ONE ACT PLAYS: In A Nursing Home (Dir: Merle Brown) / AT MRS JONES’ (Dir: Graeme Moore) / THE OLD HARRY (Dir: Hugh Templeton)

1973          APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH (by Agatha Christie) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey

1974          THE MATCHMAKER (by Thornton Wilder) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey

1974          TRESPASS (by Emlyn Williams) Dir: Heather Climas

1975          SABRINA FAIR (by Samuel Taylor) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey (2)

1975          PYGMALION (by George Bernard Shaw) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey

1976          GOODNIGHT MRS PUFFIN (by Arthur Lovegrove) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey

1976          ONE ACT PLAYS: This Boy, Connor (by Anthony Booth) Dir: Graeme Moore / LOVE & HOW TO CURE IT (by Thornton Wilder) Dir: Ronald Paddon

1976          YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (by Hart & Kaufman) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey (2)

1977          REBECCA (by Daphne Du Maurier) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey

1977          THE GOLDEN LEGION OF CLEANING WOMEN (by Alan Hopgood) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey

1978          MAN ALIVE (by John Dighton) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey & Robert Schroeder (2)

1978          MY THREE ANGELS (by Sam & Bella Spewack) Dir: Ron Paddon

1979          THE HOLLOW (by Agatha Christie) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey

1979          THE HEIRESS (by Ruth & Augustus Goetz) Dir: Ruth Nicholls

1980          OUR TOWN (by Thornton Wilder) Dir: Max Grant

1980          ON MONDAY NEXT (by Philp King) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey

1981          BIRDS ON THE WING (by Peter Yeldham) Dir: Edna Jones

1981          THE SLAUGHTER OF ST. TERESA’S DAY (by Peter Kenna) Dir: Heather Climas

1982          THE DEEP BLUE SEA (by Terence Rattigan) Dir: Robert Schroeder

1982          YOUNG WIVES’ TALE (by Ronald Jears) Dir: Heather Climas

1982          THE MATCHMAKER (by Thornton Wilder) Dir: Rosabelle Kinsey (2)

1983          WATERS OF THE MOON (by N.C. Hunter) Dir: Graeme Fletcher (2)

1983          BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (by Neil Simon) Dir: Edna Jones

1983          A Xmas Revue (in association with Camberwell Youth Theatre)

1984          LIVING TOGETHER (by Alan Ayckbourn) Dir: Hilda Ortland

1984          BELL, BOOK & CANDLE (by John van Druten) Dir: Laura Brinson

1984          THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (by Hart & Kaufman) Dir: Ron Paddon

1985          THE GOOD DOCTOR (by Neil Simon) Dir: Barbara O’Sullivan & Mhairi Docherty

1985          PRIDE & PREJUDICE (by Jane Austen, adapted by Helen Jerome) Dir: Heather Climas

1985          THE GINGERBREAD LADY (by Neil Simon) Dir: Hilda Ortland

1985          HAY FEVER (by Noel Coward) Dir: Graeme Moore

1985          SCROOGE (by Charles Dickens, adapted by Steve Gagen) Dir: Helena Gunderson

1986          AUNTIE MAME (by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E Lee) Dir: Ron Paddon

1986          THE BOYFRIEND (by ? Wilson)

1987          THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (by William Shakespeare) Dir: Di Gagen

1987          THE FURTIVE FORTUNES OF FICKLE FATE (by Nevil Thurgood)

1987          AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (by Agatha Christie)

1987          SONS OF CAIN (by David Williamson)

1988          JACK & THE BEANSTALK (by Ric McInerny)

1988          LIFE WITH FATHER (by Lindsay/Crouse)

Between 1989 & 2001 archives were not well kept, old posters of shows (at Eddy St Hall) include:

                   OLIVER TWIST (by Charles Dickens, adapted by Nigel Bryant)

                   TEN TIMES TABLE (by Alan Ayckbourn)

                   ANTIGONE (by Sophocles, translated by E.F. Watling) Dir: Dianne & Steve Gagen

                   THE TEMPEST (by William Shakespeare)

                   THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE (adapted by Joseph Robinette)

                   KING LEAR (by William Shakespeare) Dir: Steven Schiller

                   I HATE HAMLET (by Paul Rudnick)

                   THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13¾ (by Sue Townsend)

                   ONE ACT PLAYS: Short ‘n’ Sharp Dir: Helen Rogers & FelicitÉ Keeble

                   ONE ACT PLAYS: Adult Concepts Dir: Helen Rogers, Kellie Raymond, Barbara Syme

                  THE WIZARD OF OZ (by L Frank Baum) Dir: Helen Rogers & Kellie Raymond

2001          DON’S PARTY (by David Williamson) Dir: Kellie Raymond & Cam Van Steel

2002          ??

2003          PETER PAN

2003          THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (by William Shakespeare) (2)

2003          ONE ACT PLAYS

2003          FUNNY MONEY

2004          TOAD OF TOAD HALL  Dir: Joanne Watt & Dee Whittington

2004          ROMEO & JULIET (by William Shakespeare)

2004          ONE ACT PLAYS

2004          ARCADIA

2005          THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE (2)

2005          RICHARD III (by William Shakespeare) dir: Richard pappas

2005          ONE ACT PLAYS: Homegrown @ Hartwell

2005          DEAD WHITE MALES Dir: Roderick Chappel

2006          ALICE IN WONDERLAND

2006          AS YOU LIKE IT (by William Shakespeare) Dir: Cam Van Steel

2006         ONE ACT PLAYS: Flights of Fantasy Dir: Andrew Jacobs & Katherine Payne, Zilly Smith, FelicitÉ Keeble, David O’Meara

2007          CINDERELLA

2007          THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (by William Shakespeare) Dir: N. Jones

2007          ONE ACT PLAYS: Perceptions DIR: Robert TUTTLEBY, PAT ALCOCK,

2007          A DOLLS HOUSE (by Ibsen) Dir: Katherine Payne

2008          SNOW WHITE & FRIENDS (by FelicitÉ Keeble & ROBERT TUTTLEBY) DIR: PAT ALCOCK

2008          BLACKROCK (by Nick Enright) Dir: Kellie Raymond

2008          JULIUS CAESAR (by William Shakespeare) Dir: Sharon Maine

2009          THE ORDINARY PRINCESS (by ?) Dir: Kate Deavin

2009          TWELFTH NIGHT (by William Shakespeare) DIR: COLIN ROCHFORD

2009          ONE ACT PLAYS: Women’s Writes Dir: Sasha Kerdel, Kate Deavin, N. Jones, Helen Rogers

2010          THE COUNTRY OF PAPER CASTLES (by John Tilbrook) Dir: LINDSAY KREMLER

2010          THE TEMPEST (by William Shakespeare) Dir: Phoebe Taylor (2)

2010          ONE ACT PLAYS: Four Plays & No Funeral Dir: Laura Bradley, Emmett Redding, N. Jones, FelicitÉ Keeble

2011          ROBIN HOOD IN 3D (by Colin Donald) Dir: Fiona Lilley

2011          HAMLET (by William Shakespeare) Dir: Phoebe Taylor

2011          ONE ACT PLAYS: Murder & Mirth Dir: Laura Bradley, Anne Marie O’Neill, Michaela Smith

2011          THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE (by ?) Dir: Bruce Cochrane

2012          THE REAL STORY OF PUSS IN BOOTS (by David Foxton) Dir: Joanne Watt

2012          MACBETH (by William Shakespeare) Dir: Samuel Chappel

2012          ONE ACT PLAYS: Four Slices of Funcake Dir: Joanne Watt, Gordon Bedlow, Marcus Ingleby, Julian Camara

2012          DAISY PULLS IT OFF (by Denise Deegan) Dir: Laura Bradley

2013          TINY THUMBELINA (by Vera Morris) Dir: Dee Whittington & Michaela Smith

2013          ONE ACT PLAYS: Fractured Fairytales Dir: Michaela Smith, Peter Sims, Andrew Vial

2014          SNOW WHITE & FRIENDS (by FelicitÉ Keeble & ROBERT TUTTLEBY) Dir: David Lawson-Smith (2)

2014          THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (by William Shakespeare) Dir: CARL WHITESIDE

2014          HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? (by Geoff Bamber) Dir: Fiona Clayton

2015          THE SNOW QUEEN (by Hayley Lawson-Smith) Dir: David Lawson-Smith

2015          ONE ACT PLAYS: Crossed Wires Dir: Michaela Smith, N. Jones, Kate Deavin

2015          THE DINING ROOM (by A.R. Gurney) Dir: Laura Bradley

2016          ONE ACT PLAYS: Mind Games Dir: Laura Bradley, Tamara Dahmen, George Benca

2017          LOVE, LOSS & WHAT I WORE (by Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron) Dir: Bruce Cochrane

2017          THE LARAMIE PROJECT (by Moises Kaufmann & Tectonic Theatre Co) Dir: Kellie Tweeddale

2018         ONE ACT PLAYS (Strange Love, Dir: Chris O’Neill, Kellie Tweeddale and Dominic Watt)

2018         REALISM (by xx) Dir: Samuel Chappel

2019         LOVE/SICK (by John Cariani) Dir: Laura Bradley

2019         ONE ACT PLAYS (AFTER LIFE. Dir: Jennifer Bite, Paul Wanis, David Collins)

2019         CORIOLANUS (by William Shakespeare) Dir: Tam Dahmen-O’Neill

2020         WOMEN PLAYING HAMLET (by William Missouri Downs) Dir: Jodi Sanders