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1980

Hobson’s Choice - by Harold Brighouse - January 14 to 19

Mr Fothergill Joins the Angels - by William Dinner - January 31 and February 1

A Family Occasion - by Jill Glew & A C Thomas - January 31 and February 1

Come Blow Your Horn - by Neil Simon - February 18 to 23

The Desperate Hours - by Joseph Hayes - March 24 to 29

Dear Charles - by Alan Melville - April 28 to May 3

The Remarkable Mr Pennypacker - by Liam O'Brien - June 2 to 7

The Bespoke Overcoat - by Wolf Mankowitz - June 12

The Winslow Boy - by Terence Rattigan - July 7 to 12

Everybody Loves Opal - by John Patrick - September 8 to 13

Blithe Spirit - by Noel Coward - October 13 to 18

The Rainmaker - by N Richard Nash - November 10 to 15

Teahouse of the August Moon - by John Patrick - December 8 to 13

1981

Tom Jones - by Joan McAlpine - January 19 to 24

The Long Sunset - by R C Sherriff - February 16 to 21

Bedroom Farce - by Alan Ayckbourn - March 23 to 28

Journey’s End - by R C Sherriff - April 27 to May 2

The Matchmaker - by Thornton Wilder - June 1 to 6

Rebecca - by Daphne du Maurier - July 6 to 11

Murder at the Vicarage - by Moie Charles & Barbara Toy - September 7 to 12

Move Over, Mrs Markham - by John Chapman & Ray Cooney - October 12 to 17

The Anniversary - by Bill MacIlwraith - November 9 to 14

A Christmas Carol - by Shaun Sutton - December 7 to 12

1982

Gingerbread Lady - by Neil Simon - January 18 to 23

Cactus Flower - by Abe Burrows - February 15 to 20

A Man for All Seasons - by Robert Bolt - March 22 to 27

A Majority of One - by Leonard Speigelgass - April 27 to May 1

Whose Life Is It, Anyway? - by Brian Clarke - May 31 to June 5

Jane Eyre - by Helen Jerome - July 5 to 10

The Killing of Sister George - by Frank Marcus - September 6 to 11

The Cure For Love - by Walter Greenwood - October 11 to 16

Gaslight - by Patrick Hamilton - November 8 to 13

The Edwardians - by Ronald Gow - December 6 to 11

1983

The Whole Truth - by Phillip Mackie - January 17 to 22

Outside Edge - by Richard Harris - February 14 to 19

The Enquiry - by Charlotte Hastings - March 21 to 26

Private Lives - by Noel Coward - April 25 to 30

A View From the Bridge - by Arthur Miller - June 6 to 11

Pygmalion - by George Bernard Shaw - July 4 to 9

Spring at Marino - by Constance Cox - September 5 to 10

Under Milk Wood - by Dylan Thomas - October 10 to 15

The Servant - by Robin Maugham - November 7 to 12

When We Are Married - by J B Priestley - December 5 to 10

1984

Deathtrap - by Ira Levin - January 16 to 21

Trevor - by John Bowen - February 13 to 18

Black Comedy - by Peter Shaffer - February 13 to 18

The Accrington Pals - by Peter Whelan - March 19 to 24

Amber for Anna - by Arthur Watkyn - April 30 to May 5

A Doll’s House - by Henrik Ibsen - June 4 to 9

The Government Inspector - by Nikolai Gogol - July 2 to 7

Blue Murder - by Unknown Author - July 14

The Knave of Hearts - by Unknown Author - July 14

Rumpelstiltskin - by Unknown Author - July 14

Hay Fever - by Noel Coward - September 10 to 15

Bermondsey - by John Mortimer - September 21

Class Play - by David Selbourne - September 21

The Filleting Machine - by Tom Haddaway - September 21

The Final Movement - by Brian J Burton - September 22

Colour Bar - by Joe Corrie - September 22

The Ladies of Edinburgh - by Constance Smedley - September 22

You Never Can Tell - by George Bernard Shaw - October 8 to 13

Ladies in Retirement - by Edward Percy & Reginald Denham - November 5 to 10

Sailor Beware! - by Philip King & Falkland Carey - December 10 to 15

1985

And a Nightingale Sang - by C P Taylor - January 14 to 19

The Unexpected Guest - by Agatha Christie - February 11 to 16

Communication Cord - by Brian Friel - March 18 to 23

Inherit the Wind - by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E Lee - April 22 to 27

Waltz of the Toreadors - by Jean Anouilh - June 3 to 8

The Filleting Machine - by Tom Haddaway - June (dates unknown)

A Coat of Varnish - by Ronald Millar - July 8 to 13

Them Boots Ain’t Made for Walking - by Bill Owen - July 18

As Good as New - by David Perry - July 18

Fumed Oak - by Noel Coward - July 19

The Lady’s Bicycle - by David Stant - July 19

Operation Elvis - by C P Taylor - July 19

The Hound of the Baskervilles - by Tim Kelly - September 2 to 7

Pardon Me, Prime Minister - by Edward Taylor & John Graham - September 30 to October 5

The Man - by Mel Dinelli - October 28 to November 2

Robin Hood - by Jeff Waites - December 9 to 14

1986

She Stoops to Conquer - by Oliver Goldsmith - January 13 to 18

Filumena - by Eduardo De Filippo - February 10 to 15

See How They Run - by Philip King - March 17 to 22

Our Town - by Thornton Wilder - April 21 to 26

Crime on Goat Island - by Ugo Betti - June 2 to 7

The Ghost Train - by Arnold Ridley - July 7 to 12

All in Good Time - by Bill Naughton - September 1 to 6

The Imaginary Invalid - by Moliere - September 29 to October 4

A Question of Fact - by Wynyard Browne - October 27 to November 1

On the Razzle - by Tom Stoppard - December 8 to 13

1987

Local Affairs - by Richard Harris - January 12 to 17

Murder on the Nile - by Agatha Christie - February 5 to 10

Pack of Lies - by Hugh Whitemore - March (dates unknown)

The Odd Couple - by Neil Simon - April 27 to May 2

Poltergeist - by Frank Harvey - June 1 to 6

On Golden Pond - by Ernest Thompson - July 6 to 11

Relatively Speaking - by Alan Ayckbourn - September 7 to 12

This Happy Breed - by Noel Coward - October 12 to 17

Key for Two - by John Chapman & Dave Freeman - November 9 to 14

Goodnight Mrs Puffin - by Arthur Lovegrove - December 14 to 19

1988

Educating Rita - by Willy Russell - January 18 to 23

Busman’s Honeymoon - by Dorothy L Sayers & Muriel St Clare Byrne - February 15 to 20

84 Charing Cross Road - by James Roose-Evans - March 21 to 26

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime - by Constance Cox - April 25 to 30

Close the Coalhouse Door - by Alan Plater, lyrics by Alex Glasgow - June 6 to 11

Arsenic and Old Lace - by Joseph Kesselring - July 11 to 16

Wind in the Branches of the Sassafras - by Rene de Obaldia - September 5 to 10

Dangerous Corner - by J B Priestley - October 3 to 8

The Servant of Two Masters - by David Turner & Paul Lapworth - November 7 to 12

Deadly Nightcap - by Francis Durbridge - December 12 to 17

1989

Home and Beauty - by William Somerset Maugham - January 23 to 28

Wait Until Dark - by Frederick Knott - February 27 to March 4

Midsummer Mink - by Peter Coke - April 3 to 8

Dial ‘M’ for Murder - by Frederick Knott - May 8 to 13

Relative Values - by Noel Coward - June 12 to 17

The Dresser - by Ronald Harwood - July 10 to 15

Time and Time Again - by Alan Ayckbourn - September 4 to 9

A Letter From the General - by Maurice McLoughlin - October 2 to 7

Signpost to Murder - by Monte Doyle - November 6 to 11

The Heiress - by Ruth & Augustus Goetz - December 4 to 9