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1940

The Professor From Peking - by S I Hsiung - December 11

1941

Third Time Lucky - by Arnold Ridley - April 24

Gretna Green - by W D Cocker - November 18

1942

1943

A Girl For the Hall - by Margery Nugent - May 21

The Gifts of the Old Women - by Stanley Norman - May 21

Reynold Fox - by Madeleine Hope Dodds - May 21

A Midsummer Night’s Dream - by William Shakespeare - October 13 to 16

The Late Christopher Bean - by Emlyn Williams - December 8 to 11

1944

The Gifts of the Old Women - by Stanley Norman - January 22

Ladies and Hussars - by Alexander Fredro - February 16 to 19

Pygmalion - by George Bernard Shaw - April 12 to 15 and 22

The Foeman - by Alida L Richardson - May (date unknown)

Traveller’s Pride - by Alida L Richardson - May 31 to June 3

The Foeman - by Alida L Richardson - July 21

RUR - by Karel Kapek - August 23 to 26

Emma - by Madeleine Hope Dodds - October 18 to 21

Thunder Rock - by Robert Ardrey - December 6 to 9

1945

Dear Departed - January 6

A Room in the Tower - by T B Morris - January 6

Sunday Costs Five Pesos - by Josephine Niggli - January 6

A Blow in the Dark - by Harold Moreland - January 6

London Wall - by John Van Druten - January 31 to February 3

The Kingdom of God - by Gregorio & Maria Martinez-Sierra - March 21 to 24

When We Are Married - by J B Priestley - May 9 to 12

Sunday Costs Five Pesos - by Josephine Niggli - May 17

Sunday Costs Five Pesos - by Josephine Niggli - July 6

Distant Point - by Aleksandr Afinogenov - July 18 to 21

Once Upon a Time - by John Knowles - October 10 to 13

Living Room - by Esther McCracken - December 3 to 6

1946

Berkeley Square - by John L Balderston & J C Squire - February 5 to 9

An Enemy of the People - by Henrik Ibsen - March 26 to 30

The Taming of the Shrew - by William Shakespeare - May 14 to 18

The White Cockade - by Alida L Richardson - June 6

The White Cockade - by Alida L Richardson - July 3

The Far Off Hills - by Lennox Robinson - July 16 to 20

The Barretts of Wimpole Street - by Rudolf Besier - October 8 to 12

She Stoops to Conquer - by Oliver Goldsmith - December 10 to 14

1947

Our Lady With the Basket - by Ruth Dodds - February 21 and 22

The Doctor’s Dilemma - by George Bernard Shaw - March 18 to 22

At ‘The Coach and Horses’ - by Anthony Armstrong - April 25

The Little Foxes - by Lillian Hellman - May 13 to 17

The Silver Cord - by Sidney Howard - July 15 to 19

Maid To Order - by Marjorie Laws - July 22 and 23

The Intelligent Toymaker - by Marjorie Laws - July 22 and 23

The Prince’s Page - by Marjorie Laws - July 22 and 23

This Happy Breed - by Noel Coward - September 23 to 27

The Day of Glory - by H E Bates - November 4 to 8

My Neighbour - by Alida L Richardson - December 16 to 20

1948

Spring 1600 - by Emlyn Williams - February 3 to 7

Uncle Harry - by Thomas Job - March 17 to 20

Dangerous Way - by Eden Philpotts - April 5

The Shoemaker’s Holiday - by Thomas Dekker - May 11 to 15

Time and the Conways - by J B Priestley - July 13 to 17

An Inspector Calls - by J B Priestley - September 21 to 25

The Typewriter - by Jean Cocteau - November 2 to 6

Wives and Daughters - by Margaret Macnamara - December 14 to 18

1949

The Government Inspector - by Nikolai Gogol - February 1 to 5

The Farmer’s Wife - by Eden Philpotts - March 15 to 19

The White Steed - by Paul Vincent Carroll - May 17 to 21

Macbeth - by William Shakespeare - July 12 to 16

Friends and Relations - by St John Ervine - September 20 to 24

The Millionairess - by George Bernard Shaw - November 1 to 5

The Importance of Being Earnest - by Oscar Wilde - December 13 to 17