TOWN PLAYERS OF NEWTOWN
List of Plays 1935 - 1958
1935
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Ten Nights in a Barroom
East Lynne
1936
Matinata
Legend of the Lovely Lady and the Beguiling Burglar
The Florist’s Shop
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
Captain Applejack [first three-act play]
1937
Farewell Villion
Enter the Hero
Trifles
The Good and Obedient Young Man
The Royal Family
The Late Christopher Bean
(First play on the big stage downstairs
at Town Hall]
1938
Summer Song
Candlelight
When Ladies Meet
The Ghost Train
Dear Brutus
Arms and the Man
Why the Chimes Rang
1939
You Can’t Take It With You
Petticoat Fever
Another Language
He Who Gets Slapped
1940
Our Town
The Bishop Misbehaves
Night Must Fall
The Drunkard
Three Men on a Horse
Family Portrait
1941
Family Portrait
[benefit for Belgians in Britain]
Holiday
Her Master’s Voice
1942
The Rope
If the Shoe Pinches
The Devil and Daniel Webster
1943-1944
The War Years - No formal productions
1945
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1946
Kill and Tell
Shadow and Substance
Anna Christie
The Twelve-Pound Look
1947
I Remember Mama
The Late George Apley
The Little Foxes
Blithe Spirit
1948
The Show-Off
Outward Bound
Highway
Ladies in Retirement
1949
Juno and the Paycock
A Well Remembered Voice
Alice in Wonderland
Parlor Story
1950
The Admirable Crichton
Light Up the Sky
An Inspector Calls
Stage Door
Craig’s Wife
1951
The Wisteria Trees
Hutchinson Heyday [first musical]
Harvey
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1952
Gramercy Ghost
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Voice of the Turtle
Cry Havoc
1953
Papa Is All
The Play’s the Thing
Summer Talent
Winterset
1954
Pygmalion
The Great Big Doorstep
The Torch-Bearers
Bell, Book and Candle
1955
You Can’t Take It With You
Mr. Roberts [first production in
new theatre on Orchard Hill Road]
1956
The Moon Is Blue
The Rainmaker
Dear Brutus
1957
Candida
Angel Street
Melody Jones
Night Must Fall
1958
Born Yesterday
Morning’s at Seven
The Yellow Jacket
The Happiest Millionaire