DATE FROM | DATE TO | PRODUCTION AND AUTHOR | PRODUCER/DIRECTOR |
Some time in 1937 | Davenham Church Players performed their first production in Davenham Church Hall in 1937 although the Society was not officially formed until 1941 | ||
May 1941 | DAVENHAM CHURCH PLAYERS FORMED | ||
Zeal of Thy House by Agatha Christie | |||
Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas | |||
Interference, a Play in Three Acts by Roland Pertwee and Ronald Dearden | |||
A Man’s House | |||
Middle Watch | |||
Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers | |||
The Cradle Song by Gregorio & Maria Martinez Sierra, translated by J Garrett Underhill | |||
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier | |||
09 May 1945 | 12 May 1945 | Nine Till Six by Aimee and Philip Stuart | |
The Blue Goose by Peter Blackmore | |||
10 September 1945 | 15 September 1945 | Women Aren’t Angels by Vernon Sylvaine | |
22 December 1945 | 29 December 1945 | Robinson Crusoe – Book by “J.H.” | Rev. John Heywood |
14 May 1946 | 18 May 1946 | The Rose Without a Thorn by Clifford Bax | |
10 September 1946 | 14 September 1946 | Tons of Money by Will Evans and Arthur Valentine | |
23 December 1946 | 28 December 1946 | The Sleeping Beauty – Written & Devised by “H.M.” | Percy Matthews |
Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith | Peter Riley? | ||
Barnet’s Folly | |||
25 November 1948 | 27 November 1948 | Heaven and Charing Cross by Aubrey Danvers-Walker | Rita Fryer |
15 February 1949 | 17 February 1949 | The Monkey’s Paw by W.W.Jacobs | Kenneth B. Minshall |
23 November 1949 | 26 November 1949 | The Sport of Kings by Ian Hay | Gerald W Croft |
The Chiltern Hundreds by William Douglas-Hume | |||
31 January 1951 | 03 February 1951 | A Play for Ronnie by W.C.Strode | Percy Matthews |
To Kill A Cat | |||
20 February 1952 | 23 February 1952 | A Lady Mislaid by Kenneth Horne | James Edge |
Hawk Island | |||
22 April 1953 | 25 April 1953 | Housemaster by Ian Hay and Dudley Leslie | James Edge |
02 October 1953 | 03 October 1953 | Hors-D’oeuvres (a miscellany of music and sketches) and Mr Twemlow is not Himself by Philip Johnson | Bernard Johnson |
18 November 1953 | 21 November 1953 | Intent to Murder by Leslie Sands | |
24 February 1954 | 27 February 1954 | Lord Richard in the Pantry by Sydney Blow and Douglas Hoare | Percy Matthews and Rita Fryer |
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith | |||
Many Happy Returns by Clare Kummer | |||
The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbett | |||
And this was Odd by Kenneth Horne | |||
Home at Seven | |||
Pre-1953 (King still on throne) | Dick Whittington and his Cat – Book by G.A.H & J.H. | ||
28 February 1957 | 02 March 1957 | Toad in the Hole by Maurice McLoughlin | Jean Elson |
Strictly Business | |||
24 April 1958 | 26 April 1958 | Uncertain Joy by Charlotte Hastings | Peter Pendlebury |
13 November 1958 | 15 November 1958 | If This be Error by Rachel Grieve | James Edge |
Love’s a Luxury | |||
12 November 1959 | 14 November 1959 | Towards Zero by Agatha Christie | Jean Elson |
04 May 1960 | 07 May 1960 | Two Dozen Red Roses by Kenneth Horne | Michael Kavanagh |
10 November 1960 | 12 November 1960 | The Gardens of Adonis by Peter Watling | Harry Harper |
20 April 1961 | 22 April 1961 | Beside the Seaside by Leslie Sands | Harry Harper |
16 November 1961 | 18 November 1961 | A Sense of Guilt by Andrew Rosenthal | Harry Harper |
26 April 1962 | 28 April 1962 | Watch It, Sailor by Philip King and Falkland L Cary – 21st Anniversary Production of the Davenham Church Players | James Edge |
15 November 1962 | 17 November 1962 | Double Yolk by Hugh and Margaret Williams | James Edge and Prudence Hough |
21 February 1963 | 23 February 1963 | Here we Come Gathering by Philip King and Anthony Armstrong | Peter Riley |
28 November 1963 | 30 November 1963 | Brush with a Body by Maurice McLoughlin | Peter Riley |
29 April 1964 | 01 May 1964 | Rock-a-Bye Sailor by Philip King and Falkland L Cary | Thomas Stott |
November 1964 | Man Alive an Unusual Story by John Dighton | Peter Riley | |
05 May 1965 | 08 May 1965 | The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde | Jack Hetherington |
18 November 1965 | 20 November 1965 | Quiet Weekend by Esther McCracken | Jessie Monaghan |
21 April 1966 | 23 April 1966 | Hobson’s Choice by Harold Brighouse | Harry Harper |
End of 1966 | DAVENHAM PLAYERS FORMED | ||
27 April 1967 | 29 April 1967 | Dead on Nine by Jack Popplewell | Jessie Monaghan |
Nov 1967? | The Long and the Short and the Tall by Willis Hall | Peter Riley | |
01 May 1968 | 04 May 1968 | Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime by Constance Cox (Arr. from Oscar Wilde) | Jessie Monaghan |
12 November 1968 | 16 November 1968 | Celebration by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall | Jack Hetherington |
March 1969 | 59 CHURCH STREET PREMISES PURCHASE COMPLETED | ||
24 April 1969 | 26 April 1969 | Love on the Dole by Ronald Gow and Walter Greenwood | Peter Riley |
1970? | Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall | Peter Riley | |
03 May 1971 | 08 May 1971 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Presson Allen (Novel by Muriel Spark) | Jack Hetherington |
14 November 1972 | 18 November 1972 | FIRST FULL-LENGTH PRODUCTION IN 59 CHURCH STREET Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas |
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07 August 1973 | 10 March 1973 | The Caretaker by Harold Pinter | Derek Morris |
25 March 1974 | The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrish & Albert Hackett | Chris Wych | |
06 June 1974 | 08 June 1974 | Three for the Price of One – Mill Hill by John Mortimer, The Bespoke Overcoat by Wolf Mankowitz and The Cinderella Story by Kenneth Lillington | Bob Gardner, Joyce Moore and Bernie Hughes |
07 October 1974 | 12 October 1974 | Our Town by Thornton Wilder | Jen Hughes |
10 February 1975 | Not Now, Darling by Cooney & Chapman | Chris Wych | |
05 May 1975 | 10 May 1975 | Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams | Sheila Wych |
17 November 1975 | 22 November 1975 | Semi-Detached by David Turner | Chris Wych |
19 November 1975 | OFFICIAL OPENING OF THEATRE EXTENSION (FOYER,LIGHTING,LOUNGE) | ||
01 March 1976 | 06 March 1976 | Voyage Round My Father by John Mortimer | Jack Hetherington |
10 May 1976 | 15 May 1976 | Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward | Malcolm Bowden |
08 November 1976 | 13 November 1976 | My Fat Friend by Charles Laurence | Sheila Wych |
21 mar 1977? | 26/03/? | Stringer’s Last Stand by Stan Bairstow and Alfred Bradley | |
27 February 1978 | 04 March 1978 | Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn | Peter Solan |
Apr 1978? | The Hollow Crown devised by John Barton | ||
22 May 1978 | 27 May 1978 | The Anniversary by Bill MacIlwraith | Moreen Morron |
16 October 1978 | 21 October 1978 | Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti and Beverley Cross | Josie Daniels |
05 March 1979 | 10 March 1979 | Bitter Sanctuary by Rosemary Anne Sisson | Chris Wych |
23 March 1979 | 24 March 1979 | Junior Bits and Pieces (Junior Davenham Players) | Paulette Anderson/Mo Morron |
14 May 1979 | 19 May 1979 | Round and Round the Garden by Alan Ayckbourn | Chad Shaw |
15 October 1979 | 21 October 1979 | The Day After the Fair by Frank Harvey | Sheila Wych |
18 February 1980 | 23 February 1980 | Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh | Jack Hetherington |
12 May 1980 | 17 May 1980 | Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett | Chris Wych |
20 October 1980 | 25 October 1980 | Look Back in Anger by John Osborne | Jason Coulter |
16 February 1981 | 21 February 1981 | All In Good Time by Bill Naughton | Don Anderson |
06 July 1981 | 11 July 1981 | Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon | Chris Wych |
09 November 1981 | 14 November 1981 | The Enquiry by Charlotte Hastings | Virginia Seddon |
11 October 1982 | 16 October 1982 | Same Time Next Year by Bernard Slade | Chad Shaw |
May 1983 | Present Laughter by Noel Coward | Barbara Crellin | |
Nov 1983 | Outside Edge by Richard Harris | Chris Wych | |
March 1984 | Living Together by Alan Ayckbourn | Celia Johnson | |
July 1984 | Deathtrap by Ira Levin | Lynn Marshall | |
October 1984 | Come as you Are by John Mortimer | Keith Merrett | |
March 1985 | Sisterly Feelings by Alan Ayckbourn | Chad Shaw | |
July 1985 | Wait until Dark by Frederick Knott | Chris Wych | |
Nov 1985 | Breezeblock Park by Willy Russell | Barbara Crellin | |
May 1986 | Trap for a Lonely Man by Robert Thomas | Chris Jones | |
02 March 1987 | 07 March 1987 | You Should See Us Now by Peter Tinniswood | Lynn Marshall |
23 November 1987 | 28 November 1987 | Table Manners by Alan Ayckbourn | Grace Johnston |
18 April 1988 | 23 April 1988 | The Collection and The Lover both by Harold Pinter | Joan Carter/ Virginia Hunt |
27 June 1988 | 02 July 1988 | They Came from Mars…Farndale Avenue by McGillivray & Zerlin | Barbara Crellin |
17 October 1988 | 22 October 1988 | An Inspector Calls by J.B.Priestley | John Shepherd |
27 February 1989 | 04 March 1989 | Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas | Lynn Marshall |
03 July 1989 | 08 July 1989 | Chorus of Disapproval by Alan Ayckbourn | Barbara Crellin |
20 November 1989 | 25 November 1989 | Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime by Constance Cox (Arr. from Oscar Wilde) | Celia Johnson |
February 1990 | Valentine’s Evening | ||
27 April 1990 | 28 April 1990 | Cabaret Evening | |
25 June 1990 | 30 June 1990 | Educating Rita by Willy Russell | Stuart Dornford-May |
12 November 1990 | 17 November 1990 | The Drunkard by Brian J. Burton | Tony Spilsbury & John Smith |
25 February 1991 | 02 March 1991 | Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter | Barbara Crellin |
15 July 1991 | 20 July 1991 | The Killing of Sister George by Frank Marcus | Chris Wych |
09 September 1991 | 50th Anniversary (of forming Davenham Church Players) Gala Evening | ||
18 November 1991 | 23 November 1991 | Local Affairs by Richard Harris | Ray Cowdall/Alex Major |
24 February 1992 | 29 February 1992 | Not Now, Darling by Cooney & Chapman | Don Anderson |
14 March 1992 | Pleasure & Repentance an evening anthology | Barbara Crellin? | |
18 May 1992 | 23 May 1992 | Blood Brothers by Willy Russell | Stuart Dornford-May |
16 November 1992 | 21 November 1992 | Trafford Tanzi by Claire Luckham | Stuart Dornford-May |
18 March 1992 | 20 March 1992 | Irish Stew an anthology with folk music and hotpot | |
18 May 1992 | 23 May 1992 | Blood Brothers by Willy Russell | Stuart Dornford-May |
12 July 1993 | 17 July 1993 | Dangerous Corner by J.B. Priestley | Margaret Thomas |
15 November 1993 | 20 November 1993 | Bazaar & Rummage by Sue Townsend | Ray Cowdall |
07 March 1994 | 12 March 1994 | My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlotte Keatley | Gordon Hamlin |
16 May 1994 | 20 May 1994 | Mr Whatnot by Alan Ayckbourn | Stuart Dornford-May |
06 July 1994 | 07 July 1994 | A Midsummer Night’s Scream an anthology | |
11 October 1994 | 15 October 1994 | Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell | Stuart Dornford-May? |
27 February 1995 | 04 March 1995 | The Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan | Ray Cowdall |
29 June 1995 | 01 July 1995 | Sizzling Summer Show a cabaret evening | Angie Orme? |
09 October 1995 | 14 October 1995 | When We Are Married by JB Priestley | Margaret Thomas |
12 March 1996 | 16 March 1996 | After Easter by Anne Devlin | Barbara Crellin |
27 May 1996 | 01 June 1996 | Coarse Acting Show by Michael Green | Ray Cowdall |
13 June 1996 | 15 June 1996 | The Enthusiasts by Phil Lightfoot | Visiting Company |
07 October 1996 | 12 October 1996 | Sailor Beware! by Philip King & Falkland Cary | Margaret Thomas |
16 December 1996 | 21 December 1996 | A Christmas Carol arr. Ray Cowdall | Visiting Company |
13 January 1997 | 18 January 1997 | Dick Turpin by Paul Reakes | Angie Orme |
03 March 1997 | 08 March 1997 | The Island by James Saunders | Barbara Crellin |
18 June 1997 | 20 June 1997 | If You’re Glad I’ll be Frank by Tom Stoppard and Halfway up the M3 on the Way to Basingstoke by BA Kitchen | David Kenworthy/ Margaret Thomas |
19 November 1997 | 21 November 1997 | A Slight Ache by Harold Pinter and A Boxer’s Shout by Phil Lightfoot | Phil Lightfoot |
26 January 1998 | 31 January 1998 | Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Michael Buchanan-Smart | Angie Orme & David Kenworthy |
09 March 1998 | 14 March 1998 | The Trial by Steven Berkoff | David Kenworthy |
26 May 1998 | 30 May 1998 | The Rapier & the Rose by Maureen Neild | Ray Cowdall |
18 June 1998 | 19 June 1998 | An Acceptable Loss by Christine Marshall | Laura Williams & David Kenworthy |
18 January 1999 | 23 January 1999 | Something to Hide by Leslie Sands | Margaret Thomas |
22 March 1999 | 26 March 1999 | Dead Guilty by Richard Harris (first joint production of Davenham & Sandiway Players) | Chris Toohey |
04 October 1999 | 09 October 1999 | Groping for Words by Sue Townsend | Ray Cowdall |
09 December 1999 | 11 December 1999 | Last Tango & Last Panto in Davenham by David Tristram | Bob Almquist & Keith Hogwood |
17 January 2000 | 22 January 2000 | Attempts on her Life by Martin Crump | David Kenworthy |
15 March 2000 | 16 March 2000 | A Boxer’s Shout and The Enthusiasts both by Phil Lightfoot | Phil Lightfoot |
01 May 2000 | 06 May 2000 | Ladies Night by Stephen Sinclair and Anthony McCarten | Angie Orme |
20 November 2000 | 25 November 2000 | Not with a Bang by Mike Harding | Graham Hough |
12 January 2001 | 17 January 2001 | The Daughter-In-Law by DH Lawrence | Ray Cowdall |
02 May 2001 | 05 May 2001 | Ladies Night by Stephen Sinclair and Anthony McCarten | Angie Orme |
13 November 2001 | 17 November 2001 | Passion Play by Peter Nichols | Jim Mole |
23 April 2002 | 27 April 2002 | Nunsense by Dan Goggin | Ray Cowdall |
05 November 2002 | 09 November 2002 | Allo ‘Allo by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft | Ray Cowdall |
13 December 2002 | A Christmas Miscellany – an anthology in aid of RNLI | Don Anderson | |
12 February 2003 | 15 February 2003 | Talking Heads by Alan Bennett (Bed Among the Lentils, A Lady of Letters, A Chip in the Sugar) | Ray Cowdall |
01 April 2003 | 05 April 2003 | Way Upstream by Alan Ayckbourn | Jim Mole |
04 September 2003 | 06 September 2003 | The Extraordinary Revelations of Orca the Goldfish by David Tristram | ? |
02 December 2003 | 06 December 2003 | Farndale Avenue…Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, David McGillivray & Walter Zerlin Jr. | Bob Almquist |
16 March 2004 | 19 March 2004 | A Night Out by Frank Vickery and Swan Song by Vanessa Brooks | Bob Almquist and Judy Carter |
08 June 2004 | 12 June 2004 | I Have Been Here Before by JB Priestley | Margaret Thomas |
19 October 2004 | 23 October 2004 | Which Service, Please? by Simon Jones | Simon Jones |
09 March 2005 | 11 March 2005 | What’s for Pudding and Joining the Club both by David Tristram | Judy Carter and Sue Tamblin |
23 April 2005 | 24 April 2005 | Shakespeare’s Women by William Shakespeare, Arr. Libby Appel and Michael Flachmann | Gordon Hamlin |
08 March 2006 | 11 March 2006 | The Musicians by Patrick Marber | John Kerr |
21 September 2006 | Season Launch Event 40th Anniversary of the Davenham Players 1966-2006 | Various | |
21 March 2007 | 24 March 2007 | Vampyre! By Tony Moore | Graham Hough |
16 October 2007 | 20 October 2007 | Peggy For You by Alan Plater | Sheila Hetherington |
17 June 2008 | 20 June 2008 | Hello, Is There Any Body There? by Nick Hornby | Graham Hough |
23 September 2008 | 26 September 2008 | Talking Heads by Alan Bennett (Her Big Chance, Soldiering On, A Woman of No Importance) | Jon Kerr & others |
12 November 2008 | 15 November 2008 | Rough Justice by Terence Frisby | Barbara Crellin |
26 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | Visiting Hour by Richard Harris | Paulette Anderson |
16 September 2009 | 19 September 2009 | When a Man Knows by Alan Richardson and Mrs Cage by Nancy Barr | ? |
10 November 2009 | 14 November 2009 | Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones | Barbara Crellin |
16 April 2010 | 17 April 2010 | Laugh Out Loud – A Comedy miscellany | Paulette Anderson |
15 June 2010 | 19 June 2010 | Cemetery Club by Ivan Menchell | Sheila Hetherington |
16 November 2010 | 20 November 2010 | A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Joint production with and at the Grange School | Phil Perry |
15 March 2011 | 19 March 2011 | Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse | Paulette Anderson |
31 October 2011 | 05 November 2011 | The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh | Barbara Crellin |
27 January 2012 | 28 January 2012 | Laugh Out Loud – A Comedy miscellany | Paulette Anderson |
16 May 2012 | 19 May 2012 | Farndale Avenue…Macbeth by David McGillivray & Walter Zerlin Jr. | Graham Hough |
28 November 2012 | 01 December 2012 | Playhouse Creatures by April De Angelis | Tom & Flic Barry |
15 January 2013 | 19 January 2013 | God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza | Barbara Crellin |
10 April 2013 | 13 April 2013 | The Curious Savage by John Patrick | Jerry Park |
06 November 2013 | 09 November 2013 | Breathing Corpses by Laura Wade | Graham Hough/Ed Green |
19 February 2014 | 22 February 2014 | Steaming by Nell Dunn | Jerry Park |
20 May 2014 | 24 May 2014 | Moonshine by Jim Nolan | Barbara Crellin |
20 September 2014 | Laugh Out Loud – A Comedy miscellany | Paulette Anderson | |
10 March 2015 | 14 March 2015 | The Price to Pay by Ian Hornby | Graham Hough |
12 May 2015 | 16 May 2015 | Cognitive Therapy by Mrs Pete Bromage | Denise Barry |
16 July 2015 | 18 July 2015 | Who’s Joe? Etc. Joint Production with Moulton | Paulette Anderson & Sheila Hetherington |
17 November 2015 | 21 November 2015 | Entertaining Angels by Richard Everett | Sheila Hetherington |
15 March 2016 | 19 March 2016 | In the Company of Women (with Tin Shed) | Ed Green |
07 July 2016 | 11 July 2016 | Farndale…Murder Mystery by David McGillivray & Walter Zerlin Jr. | Graham Hough |
11 September 2016 | COMMUNITY MOSAIC UNVEILING BY COMEDIAN JOHN BISHOP | ||
10 October 2016 | 14 October 2016 | Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson | Denise Barry |
17 March 2017 | 18 March 2017 | Tonight on the Wireless – Anthology of Radio Plays & Sketches | Tom Barry |
11 May 2017 | 13 May 2017 | Are You Sitting Comfortably? – Anthology of Readings & Sketches | Paulette Anderson |
16 October 2017 | 20 October 2017 | Motherhood by Felicity Goodman | Denise Barry |
13 February 2018 | 17 February 2018 | Self-Catering by Andrew Cullen | Graham Hough |
15 March 2018 | 16 March 2018 | Tonight on the Wireless:Mystery! – Anthology of Radio Plays & Sketches | Tom Barry |
01 May 2018 | 05 May 2018 | Dirty Dusting by Ed Waugh & Trevor Wood | Maggie Innes |
09 October 2018 | 13 October 2018 | The Day After the Fair by Frank Harvey | Paulette Anderson |
16 January 2019 | 19 January 2019 | Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Persons by Peter Nuttall | Graham Hough |
12 April 2019 | 13 April 2019 | Spectrum by Andy Hutchings | |
24 May 2019 | 25 May 2019 | Hidden Gem at No. 59 by Ourselves | Tom Barry |
22 October 2019 | 26 October 2019 | The Steamie by Tony Roper | Sheila Hetherington |
03 December 2019 | 07 December 2019 | Davenham Debuts by Kath Lamb & Jodie Sale | Kath Lamb / Jodie Sale |
24 March 2020 | 29 March 2020 | Waiting for Gateaux by Ed Waugh & Trevor Wood | Maggie Innes |
DATES AWAITING CONFIRMATION – CAN YOU HELP? | |||
Spring 83? | Whose Life is it Anyway? | ||
19-24 Nov 73? | The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley | Cyril Richardson | |
Relatively Speaking by Alan Ayckbourn | Graham Rowe | ||
See How They Run by Philip King | Peter Riley | ||
Both Ends Meet by Arthur Macrae | Jessie Monaghan | ||
Spring and Port Wine by Bill Naughton | Jessie Monaghan | ||
Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith | Peter Riley | ||
Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams | Sheila Wych | ||
24 Oct ? | 29 Oct ? | The Lion in Winter by James Goldman | Joyce Moore |
Person Unknown by David Butler | Lynn Marshall | ||
The Heiress by Ruth & Augustus Goetz (Novel by Henry James) | Barbara Crellin | ||
1 dec ? | 3 dec ? | Toad of Toad Hall by A.A.Milne | Junior dp |
? | ? | Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith | Peter Riley |
24/5/? | Butterflies are Free by Leonard Gershe | Chris Wych |