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www.southenddrama.co.uk |
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The
official website of Southend Drama Society
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| *Last updated: 1st January 2006 | |
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Southend Drama Society was founded in 1946. Since that time, the Society has produced a vast array of plays, from Shakespeare, to period drama, to modern comedy TV adaptations, as well as a number of plays written by our own members. Over the years, various dedicated members of the Society have diligently collected memorabilia, photographs and production details for much of the Society's history. We would like to take this opportunity to thank those individuals for preserving our history from yesterday for our curiosity today. While there is some information missing from our 60 year history, there is still a lot of fascinating information contained below. There are a number of years that show one play or no plays at all. We accept that the archive is not complete and that there are a number of "lost" plays for which we have no detail. For Southend Drama Festival entries, click here. We hope you find the information below interesting...
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| PRODUCTIONS PRIOR FROM 1946 - 2001 | |
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| 1946 | |
| 1947 | |
| 1948 I Have Five Daughters by Margaret McNamara | |
| 1949 | |
| 1950 | |
| 1951 Bonaventure by Charlotte Hastings | |
| 1952 Berkely Square by John L Balderstone and J C Squire | |
| 1953 Death Takes a Holiday by Alberto Casella, An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, The Farmer's Wife by Eden Philpotts | |
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1954 His House in Order by Sir Arthur W Pinero, The Old Man of the Mountains by Norman Nicholson |
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1955 For Services Rendered by Somerset Maughaum, Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw |
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| 1956 Someone Waiting by Emlyn Williams | |
| 1957 A Well Remembered Voice by J M Barrie and Harlequinade by Terrance Rattigan | |
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| 1960 | |
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| 1963 | |
| 1964 Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw | |
| 1965 And So To Bed by J B Fagan | |
| 1966 Nude with Violin by Noel Coward, Trelawney of the Wells by Arthur W Pinero | |
| 1967 The Edwardians by Ronald Gow and Walter Greenwood, She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith | |
| 1968 The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz | |
| 1969 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | |
| 1970 The White Sheep of the Family by L'du Garde Peach and Ian Hay | |
| 1971 Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor | |
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| 1976 | |
| 1977 The Paper Chain by Falkland L Cary and Ivan Butler, A Bird in the Hand by Derek Benfield | |
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1978 Murder at Midnight by Peter Hoar |
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| 1979 Lord Arthur Saville's Crime by Constance Cox | |
| 1980 ... The Sweetest Thing (A Collection of Short Plays) by David Farrell, Alan Ayckbourn, Alun Owen, Lyndon Brook | |
| 1981 Absent Friends by Alan Ayckbourne, A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare | |
| 1982 Home and Beauty by Somerset Maugham, The Right Honourable Gentleman by Michael Bradley-Dyne | |
| 1983 Move Over Mrs Markham by Ray Cooney and John Chapman | |
| 1984 Fool's Paradise by Peter Coke | |
| 1985 A Nun's Tale, Charade and Poor Mr Shakespeare by Kenneth Bird, Phillip Johnson, Joy Anderson, Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon | |
| 1986 Cranford by Martyn Coleman/Mrs Gaskell, Dangerous Corner by J B Priestly | |
| 1987 Big Bad Mouse by Phillip King and Falkland L Cary, The Deep Blue Sea by Terrance Rattigan | |
| 1988 Murder in Company by Phillip King and John Boland, The White Sheep of the Family by L'du Garde Peach and Ian Hay, One For The Road by Willy Russell | |
| 1989 Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anoulih, Nightmare by Norman Robbins | |
| 1990 Fringe Benefits by Peter Yeldham and Donald Churchill, Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse, Murder Mistaken by Janet Green | |
| 1991 For the Sake of the Children, The Twelve Pound Look, The Card by Ralph Cox, J M Barrie, Steven Lowe, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, The Anastacisia File by Royce Ryton, Jack and the Beanstalk | |
| 1992 Lord Arthur Saville's Crime by Constance Cox, Time and Again by Alan Ayckbourne | |
| 1993 Turcaret by Alain Reigne Lesage and John Norman, Getting On by Alan Bennett | |
| 1994 The Day After the Fair by John Harvey | |
| 1995 Anna's Room by John Dryden, Waters of the Moon by N C Hunter, Charade and Playgoers by Philip Johnson, Arthur Pinero | |
| 1996 When We Are Married by J B Priestly | |
| 1997 The Trouble With Old Lovers by Angela Huth | |
| 1998 Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon, Absent Friends by Alan Ayckbourne, The Way The Gas Jets Sing on the Stairs by William Emrys | |
| 1999 Terrace Talk by G. MacEwan Green, Home and Beauty by Somerset Maughaum, Life Goes On by Adrian Hodges | |
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