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1950
The Gioconda Smile -
by Aldous Huxley
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January 31 to February 4
Scandal at Barchester -
by Vera Wheatley
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March 14 to 18
The Pennine Way -
by Ruth Dodds
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March 27
A Bill of Divorcement -
by Clemence Dane
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May 9 to 13
Crab-Apple Harvest -
by Alida L Richardson
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July 11 to 15
The Pennine Way -
by Ruth Dodds
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September 19 to 23
The Lady from Alfaqueque -
by Serafin & Joachin Alvarez Quintero
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September 19 to 23
Prison Without Bars -
by Peggy Barwell
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October 31 to November 4
The Miser -
by Moliere
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December 12 to 16
1951
The Sacred Flame -
by William Somerset Maugham
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January 30 to February 3
Trelawny of the Wells -
by Arthur Wing Pinero
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March 13 to 17
Villa For Sale -
by Sacha Guitry
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March (dates unknown)
The Wedding at Pemberley -
by Anne & Arthur Russell
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March (dates unknown)
The Blue Suit -
by A E Bryan
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March (dates unknown)
The Wedding at Pemberley -
by Anne & Arthur Russell
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April 2
The Winslow Boy -
by Terence Rattigan
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May 8 to 12
Twelfth Night -
by William Shakespeare
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July 16 to 21
Bonaventure -
by Charlotte Hastings
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September 18 to 22
The House in Fern Road -
by Maud Cassidy & Peter Coke
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October 10
Ma Vatch -
by T B Morris
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October 10
Happiness My Goal -
by Norman Holland
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October 10
Jane Eyre -
by Helen Jerome
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October 29 to November 3
The Witch of Eye -
by Alida L Richardson
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November (dates unknown)
The Toad and the Poppy -
by Madeleine Hope Dodds
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November (dates unknown)
Sailors Beware -
by R F Delderfield
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November (dates unknown)
Storm in a Teacup -
by James Bridie
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December 11 to 15
1952
The Heiress -
by Ruth & Augustus Goetz
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January 29 to February 2
The Corn is Green -
by Emlyn Williams
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March 18 to 22
You Never Can Tell -
by George Bernard Shaw
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May 6 to 10
Ann Veronica -
by Ronald Gow
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July 15 to 19
Treasure Hunt -
by M J Farrell & John Perry
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September 16 to 20
Towie Castle -
by Gordon Bottomley
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October 14
Orange Blossom -
by Philip Johnson
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October 14
The Lovely Miracle -
by Philip Johnson
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October 14
The Guinea Pig -
by Warren Chetham-Strode
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October 28 to November 1
Great Expectations -
by Madeleine Hope Dodds
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December 16 to 20
1953
Distinguished Gathering -
by James Parish
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January 27 to 31
The Chair -
by Madeleine Hope Dodds
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February 25
A Comedy of Good and Evil -
by Richard Hughes
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March 17 to 21
The Chair -
by Madeleine Hope Dodds
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April 14
Everyman -
by Constance Cox
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April 14
Mr Fothergill Joins the Angels -
by William Dinner
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April 14
The Young and the Fair -
by N Richard Nash
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May 12 to 16
Queen Elizabeth -
by Hugh Ross Williamson
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July 14 to 18
To Live In Peace -
by Giovacchino Farzano
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September 15 to 19
Barbara -
by Jerome K Jerome
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September 29
Madame La Baronne -
by H Hurford Jones
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September 29
The Late Miss Cordell -
by Philip Johnson
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September 29
The Golden Fleece -
by J B Priestley
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October 27 to 31
The Merry Wives of Windsor -
by William Shakespeare
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December 15 to 19
1954
Spring at Marino -
by Constance Cox
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February 2 to 6
The Neighbours -
by Yves Cabrol
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March 12
Jupiter Laughs -
by A J Cronin
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March 23 to 27
Among Those Present -
by Aubrey Feist
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April 10
Master Dudley -
by Philip Johnson
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April 10
The Prattling Prentice -
by Norman Holland
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April 10
The Wingless Victory -
by Maxwell Anderson
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May 11 to 15
The Rivals -
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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July 13 to 17
The Romantic Young Lady -
by Gregorio & Maria Martinez-Sierra
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September 21 to 25
Retrospect -
by Pat Portus
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September 27
The Pedestal of Ozymandias -
by Brian Ridley
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September 27
The Laughing Mask -
by A Lowery, G Taylor & W Ward
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September 27
Thirty Pieces of Silver -
by Howard Fast
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November 2 to 6
Hobson’s Choice -
by Harold Brighouse
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December 14 to 18
1955
Therese -
by Thomas Job
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February 1 to 5
Too Clever By Half, or, The Diary of a Scoundrel -
by Rodney Ackland
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March 22 to 26
Joanna and the Candles -
by Joyce Denys
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April 29
Anastasia -
by Guy Bolton
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May 10 to 14
Quiet Weekend -
by Esther McCracken
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July 12 to 16
Ah, Wilderness -
by Eugene O'Neill
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September 20 to 24
The Living Room -
by Graham Greene
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November 1 to 5
Penny for a Song -
by John Whiting
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December 13 to 17
1956
The Dark is Light Enough -
by Christopher Fry
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January 31 to February 4
The Pigeon With the Silver Foot -
by Pamela Hansford Johnson & C P Snow
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February 27
White Blackmail -
by Edward Percy
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February 27
Ladder for Lucy -
by Delsie Darke
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February 27
Ladder for Lucy -
by Delsie Darke
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March 16
The Whiteheaded Boy -
by Lennox Robinson
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March 20 to 24
Skipper Next To God -
by Jan de Hartog
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May 8 to 12
The Mask and the Face -
by John Fernald
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July 10 to 14
The Orchard Walls -
by R F Delderfield
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September 11 to 15
The Hollow Crown -
by H V Kershaw
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October 1
Above Rubies -
by Harold Brighouse
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October 1
Pictures on the Wall -
by Ivor Brown
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October 1
Take Two From One -
by Gregorio & Maria Martinez-Sierra
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October 30 to November 3
Down Came a Blackbird -
by Peter Blackmore
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December 11 to 15
1957
Murder Story -
by Ludovic Kennedy
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February 5 to 9
Lucky Strike -
by Michael Brett
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March 19 to 23
The Frozen Heart -
by Ivory Brides
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April 1
The Laboratory -
by David Campton
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April 1
The Bride -
by Gertrude Jennings
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April 1
Home is the Hero -
by Walter Macken
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May 14 to 18
The Fan -
by Carlo Goldoni
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July 9 to 13
Uncertain Joy -
by Charlotte Hastings
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September 10 to 14
The Remarkable Mr Pennypacker -
by Liam O'Brien
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October 29 to November 2
The Whole Truth -
by Phillip Mackie
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December 10 to 14
1958
The Spider Ring -
by Mabel Constanduros & Howard Agg
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January 20
The Affairs of Madame Parpot -
by Yves Cabrol
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January 20
Waters of the Moon -
by Norman C Hunter
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February 4 to 8
The Little Dry Thorn -
by Gordon Daviot
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March 25 to 29
Relative Values -
by Noel Coward
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May 13 to 17
Cheapside -
by James Parish
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July 8 to 12
An Ideal Husband -
by Oscar Wilde
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September 9 to 13
Maid To Order -
by Marjorie Laws
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September 22
In the Mist -
by Anthony Gittins
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September 22
Orange Blossom -
by Philip Johnson
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September 22
Pillars of Society -
by Henrik Ibsen
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October 28 to November 1
All My Sons -
by Arthur Miller
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December 9 to 13
1959
The Diary of Anne Frank -
by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
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February 3 to 7
Small Hotel -
by Rex Frost
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March 17 to 21
The Roundelay Tradition -
by R F Delderfield
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April 13
Riders to the Sea -
by J M Synge
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April 13
Mrs Grundy Comes To Tea -
by L du Garde Peach
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April 13
The Sister Who Walked in Silence -
by Philip Johnson
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April 13
The House by the Lake -
by Hugh Mills
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May 5 to 9
Meet the Family -
by John J Melluish
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June 12 and 13
Summertime -
by Ugo Betti
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July 7 to 11
The Little Foxes -
by Lillian Hellman
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September 8 to 12
Michael -
by Miles Malleson
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October 5
Little Boy Lost -
by Horace Shipp
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October 5
The Mayerling Affair -
by R F Delderfield
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October 27 to 31
Twelfth Night -
by William Shakespeare
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December 15 to 19