THE PRODUCTIONS - The Charles Vance Years
1987 SEASON
THE COMPANY
Peter Moules, Susan Gwyn, Ron O’Neil, Jo Anderson, Susan Jeffrey, Martin Kingston, Richard Rawson,
Suki Bunker, Nicholas Hawell, G Maeer, Kim Pearse, Terry O’Sullivan, Anthony Keeble.
THE PRODUCTIONS
(alphabetical order)
BREAK-OUT – Bill Owen
DEATHTRAP by Ira Levin
DOUBLE EDGE by Leslie Darbon & Peter Whelan
EDUCATING RITA by Willy Russell
GASLIGHT by Patrick Hamilton
IN PRAISE OF LOVE by Terence Rattigan
THE KINGFISHER by William Douglas Home
THE MAN MOST LIKELY TO…by Joyce Rayburn
RELATIVELY SPEAKING by Alan Ayckbourn
TIME & TIME AGAIN by Alan Ayckbourn
WHO SAW HIM DIE? by Tudor Gates
1988 SEASON
THE COMPANY
Imogen Moynihan, Jackie Howe, Brian Blakey, Betty Cardno, Nicholas Hawell, Peter Moules, Ken Davis, Richard Socket, Victoria Kempton, Sandra Birnie,
Susan Jeffrey, Andrew Soloman, Terry ‘Sullivan, Emma Cload, Daniel Barett, Simon Trewin, Hilda Howson, Vernon Thompson
THE PRODUCTIONS
(alphabetical order)
ABIGAIL’S PARTY by Mike Leigh
A BEDFULL OF FOREIGNERS by Dave Freeman
BREAKDOWN – ?
FAMILY PLANNING by Frank Vickery
THE HOUSE ON THE CLIFF by George Batson
HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES by Alan Ayckbourn
AN INSPECTOR CALLS by J B Priestley
THE LATE EDWINA BLACK by William Dinner & William Morum
POOLS PARADISE by Philip King
TABLE MANNERS by Alan Ayckbourn
TRAP FOR A LONELY MAN by Robert Thomas
THE UNEXPECTED GUEST by Agatha Christie
1989 SEASON
THE COMPANY
Mark Alexander, Sandra Birnie, Clive Greenwood, Nicholas Hawell, Victoria Kempton, Imogen Moyniham, Tarquin Shaw-Young, Vernon Thompson,
Charles Vance, Daphne Waring, Georgina Winbourne, Edna Wingraph, Becky Topsom, Malcolm Young, Jeffrey Kidner, Ken Davis, Joan Shore
THE PRODUCTIONS
(alphabetical order)
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK by Neil Simon
BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE by Leonard Gershe
THE CREEPER by Pauline Macauley
DUET FOR TWO HANDS by Mary Hayley Bell
HIDE AND SEEK by Guy Bolton
THE HOLLOW by Agatha Christie
I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE by J B Priestley
MURDER MISTAKEN by Janet Green
RATTLE OF A SIMPLE MAN by Charles Dyer
TAKING STEPS by Alan Ayckbourn
TWO & TWO MAKE SEX by Leslie Darbon & Richard Harris
WHILE THE SUN SHINES by Terence Rattigan
WHO’S WHO – ?
1990 SEASON
THE COMPANY
Sophie Cook, Chris Gillespie, Clive Greenwood, Laurel McGowan, Julie Naybour, Vernon Thompson, Hilda Howson, Daphne Waring,
Michael Coglan, Ken Davis, Nicholas Hawell, Stuart Scott, Rebecca Lloyd, Ray Pickworth, Ann Emery
THE PRODUCTIONS
(alphabetical order)
BEDROOM FARCE by Alan Ayckbourn
THE BUSINESS OF MURDER by Richard Harris
DANGEROUS CORNER by J B Priestley
DIAL M FOR MURDER by Frederick Knott
HOME AT SEVEN by R C Sherriff
IN FOR THE KILL by Derek Benfield
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS by Neil Simon
MISS ADAMS WILL BE WAITING by Arthur Lovegrove
OUTSIDE EDGE by Richard Harris
ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN by Alan Ayckbourn
THE SECRETARY BIRD by William Douglas Home
VERDICT by Agatha Christie
1991 SEASON
THE COMPANY
Vernon Thompson, Rebecca Lloyd, Peter Carr, Clive Greenwood, Paul Fuller, Rachel Kearsley, Sandra Birnie, Tessa Hosking, Nick Barclay,
Stacey Symons, Victoria Kempton, Ken Davis, Roland Howson, John Eborn, Peter Giles, David Pook, Hilda Howson, John Yeates
THE PRODUCTIONS
1-3 July – DEAD OF NIGHT by Peter Whalley
4-10 July – TWO DOZEN RED ROSES by Kenneth Horne
11-17 July -ANYBODY FOR MURDER by Brian Clemens & Dennis Spooner
18-24 July – BEDSIDE MANNERS by Derek Benfield
25-31 July – THE MAN OUTSIDE by Jane Allen
1-14 August – LIVING TOGETHER by Alan Ayckbourn
15-21 August – MURDER AT QUAY COTTAGE by Simon Amberley
22-28 August – MY COUSIN RACHEL by Daphne du Maurier
29 August – 4 September – THE GRASS IS GREENER by Hugh Williams & Margaret Williams
5-11 September – WE MUST KILL TONI by Ian Stuart Black
12-18 September – BIRDS ON THE WING by Peter Yeldham
19-25 September – MURDER ON THE NILE by Agatha Christie
26-28 September – THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT by Bill Mahoff
1992 SEASON
THE COMPANY
Victoria Kempton, Clive Greenwood, Stephen Copp, Rebecca Topsom, Vernon Thompson, Nick Barclay, Shereen Brierton,
Matthew Rowbottom, Jeffrey Kidner, Ken Davis, David Pook, Mary Collins, Russ Haynes, Victoria McFarlane
THE PRODUCTIONS
EDUCATING RITA by Willy Russell
ON APPROVAL by Frederick Lonsdale
RELATIVELY SPEAKING by Alan Ayckbourn
SECOND SIGHT by Eve Doro
CASTLE IN THE AIR by Alan Melville
THE KIDNAP GAME by Tudor Gates
A TOE IN THE WATER by Derek Benfield
THE SMALL HOURS by Francis Durbridge
DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE by Richard Gordon
JOB FOR THE BOY by Dennis Driscoll
A TASTE OF HONEY by Shelagh Delaney
THE MAN IN GREY by Barbara Toy & Moie Charles
1993 SEASON
THE COMPANY
Victoria MacFarlane, Vernon Thompson, Nick Barclay, David Frederickson, Ruth Carr, David Lawson Lean, Clare Garnett, Martin Ash Isbister,
Richard Mullins, Heather Skermer, Sara-Louise Ackrill, Matthew Rowbottom, John Eborn, Hilda Sharp, Mary Collins, Hilda Howson, William Perry
THE PRODUCTIONS
SUSPECTS by Giles Cole
FOUR IN HAND by Michael Brett
TIME AND TIME AGAIN by Alan Ayckbourn
MURDER BY MISADVENTURE by Edward Taylor
PLAINTIFF IN A PRETTY HAT by Hugh Williams & Margaret Williams
DEAR DELINQUENT by Jack Popplewell
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS by Austin Steele
A SHRED OF EVIDENCE by R C Sherriff
SAILOR BEWARE by Philip King
THE UNEXPECTED GUEST by Agatha Christie
PRIVATE LIVES by Noel Coward
ON GOLDEN POND by Ernest Thompson
1994 SEASON
THE COMPANY
Dennis Spencer, Nick Barclay, Nicholas Briggs, Valerie Newbold, Jeremy Hart, David Lawson Lean, Sara-Louise Ackrill, Zena Bedford, Karen Henson,
Jane Lambert, Hilda Sharp, Vernon Thompson, Heather Skermer, Richard Mullins, Ken Davis, Alice Bates, Mary Collins, Betty Cardano, Paul Mead,
Angela Boxall, Laura Webb, David Jonathan, Lindsay-Jane Kennerell, Abigail Norman, Charles Vance, Jane Backlog
THE PRODUCTIONS
1-6 July – SLEUTH by Anthony Shaffer
7-13 July – THE LITTLE HUT by Andre Roussin
14-20 July – NIGHTMARE by Roger S Moss
21-27 July – MIRANDA by Peter Blackmore
28/29 July & 6-10 August – TABLE MANNERS by Alan Ayckbourn
11-17 August – LOVE FROM A STRANGER by Agatha Christie & Frank Vosper
18-24 August – POOLS PARADISE by Philip King
25-31 August – SUDDENLY AT HOME by Francis Durbridge
1-7 September – WATCH IT SAILOR by Falkland L Cary & Philip King
8-14 September – SEPTEMBER TIDE by Daphne du Maurier
15-21 September – THE SHOT IN QUESTION by Michael Gilbert
22-30 September – SALAD DAYS by Dorothy Reynolds & Julian Slade
1995 SEASON
A double Christie year; ‘VERDICT’ getting a second outing under Charles Vance. Falkland Cary & Philip King’s third play in a row together and King’s fourth. Returns also for Terence Rattigan, Daphne du Maurier and Francis Durbridge. Vance also presented his own adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre.
Janet Farrow would make her debut as part of the Summer Season as Miss Brent in ‘AND THEN THERE WERE NONE‘; she would share the stage with other local ‘guest artists’, David Pook, John Eborn and Harry Page. The production was described as ‘rip-roaring’ and ‘great fun’ by the local press.
THE COMPANY
Andrew Fettes, Heather Skermer, Nick Barclay, Zena Bedford, Claire Harding, Gary McKay, Vicky Russell, Claire Fisher, James Campbell, David Pook,
Henry Gooding, Duncan Inglis, Richard Mullins, Betty Cardno, Mary Collins, Hilda Howson, John Eborn, Harry Page, Janet Farrow, Katy Fisher
THE PRODUCTIONS
1-5 July – THE MURDER GAME by Constance Cox
6-12 July – CRYSTAL CLEAR by Falkland L Cary & Philip King
13-19 July – MURDER ON ARRIVAL by George Baston
20-26 July – ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN by Alan Ayckbourn
21 July – 2 August – HOUSE GUEST by Francis Durbridge
3-4 August & 12-16 August – ABIGAIL’S PARTY by Mike Leigh
17-23 August – REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier
24-30 August – VERDICT by Agatha Christie
31 August – 6 September – THE DEEP BLUE SEA by Terence Rattigan
7-13 September – LADIES IN RETIREMENT by Reginald Denham & Edward Perry
14-21 September – AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie
23 – 30 September – JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte, adapted by Charles Vance
1996 SEASON
Having closed the 1995 Season with his adaptation of ‘Jane Eyre’. Charles Vance brought 1996 to a conclusion with his adaptation of Emily Bronte’s ‘Wuthering Heights’. The press praised his achievement in transferring the novel to the stage and plaudits were also given to Nicholas Briggs and Claire Harding for their portrayals as Heathcliffe and Kathy Earnshaw respectively.
THE COMPANY
Victoria Kempton, Nicholas Pegg, Marc Trotman, Nicholas Briggs, Verona Chard, Laura Harris, Hilda Howson, Heather Skemer, Claire Harding,
Maggie Stables, Nicholas J Rose, Harry Page, Rebecca Landridge, David Pook, John Eborn, Michael Wade, Janet Farrow