PLAY READING 1 - LIST OF PLAYS READ IN DATE ORDER
MONTH | PLAY | PLAYWRIGHT |
October 2013 | Ladies Who Lunch | |
November 2013 | At the sign of the Crippled Harlequin | Norman Robbins |
January 2014 | Ghost Train | Arnold Ridley |
February 2014 | Flare Path | Terence Rattigan |
March 2014 | The Prodigious Snob | Moliere’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme |
April 2014 | Wyrd Sisters | Stephen Briggs from Terry Pratchett |
May 2014 | A Month in the Country | Brian Friel (after Turgenev) |
June 2014 | The Admirable Crichton | JM Barrie |
July 2014 | Blue Stockings | Jessica Swale |
August 2014 | Go Back for Murder | Agatha Christie |
Sept 2014 | Lady Windermere’s Fan | Oscar Wilde |
October 2014 | Waiting in the Wings | Noel Coward |
November 2014 | Pride and Prejudice | Constance Cox from Jane Austen |
January 2015 | We Happy Few | Imogen Stubbs |
February 2015 | All My Sons | Arthur Miller |
March 2015 | Sweet Revenge | Francis Durbridge |
April 2015 | The Rivals | Sheridan |
May 2015 | Brides are not for burning | Dina Mehta |
June 2015 | And this was odd | Kenneth Horne |
July 2015 | The Woman in White | Constance Cox from |
Aug 2015 | This happy breed | Noel Coward |
Sept 2015 | Whose life is it anyway? | Brian Clark |
Oct 2015 | Plaza Suite | Neil Simon |
Nov 2015 | The Habit of Art | Alan Bennett |
Dec 2015 | The Six Queens of Henry | Marjorie Price |
Jan 2016 | Crown Matrimonial | Royce Ryton |
Feb 2016 | Body Language | Alan Ayckbourn |
March 2016 | Lettice & Lovage | Peter Shaffer |
April 2016 | The Judge | John Mortimer |
May 2016 | Because of the Lockwoods | Constance Cox from Dorothy Whipple |
June 2016 | The Unexpected Guest | Agatha Christie |
July 2016 | Dangerous Corner | JB Priestley |
Aug 2016 | Separate Tables | Terence Rattigan |
Sept 2016 | Suddenly at Home | Francis Durbridge |
Oct 2016 | The Five Wives of Maurice Pinder | Matt Chalmer |
Nov 2016 | Antigone | Anouilh |
Dec 2016 | 12 Sketches & Monologues | |
Jan 2017 | Cold Comfort Farm | Paul Doust from the novel by Stella Gibbons |
Feb 2017 | When We Are Married | JB Priestley |
Mar 2017 | Dial M for Murder | Frederick Knott |
April 2017 | No Sex Please We’re British | Alistair Foot & Anthony Marriott |
May 2017 | Four Sherlock Holmes plays | |
June 2017 | Brief Encounter | Noel Coward |
July 2017 | Donkeys’ Years | Michael Frayn |
Aug 2017 | Henceforward | Alan Ayckbourn |
Sept 2017 | Animal Farm | George Orwell |
Oct 2017 | Dad’s Last Family Do | Will Butters |
Nov 2017 | Key for Two | John Chapman & Dave Freeman |
Dec 2017 | Fiddlers Three | Eric Chappell |
Jan 2018 | Yes Prime Minister | Anthony Jay & Jonathan Lynn |
Feb 2018 | I Capture the Castle | Dodie Smith |
Mar 2018 | Murder Weapon | Brian Clemens |
April 2018 | Thursday’s Ladies | |
May 2018 | Jane Eyre | Charles Vance |
June 2018 | A Convenient Murder | David Summers |
July 2018 | Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench | JA Penzotti |
August 2018 | The Tea Party & Other Plays | Harold Pinter |
Sept 2018 | Who Calls | D Campton |
Oct 2018 | Time and the Conways | JB Priestley |
Nov 2018 | Surprises | Alan Ayckbourn |
Dec 2018 | Six Miniatures | Dan Sutherland |
Jan 2019 | A Bunch of Amateurs | Ian Hislop & Nick Newman |
Feb 2019 | Write Me a Murder | Frederick Knott |
March 2019 | Stepping Out | Richard Harris |
April 2019 | French Without Tears | Terence Rattigan |
May 2019 | A Murder is Announced | Agatha Christie |
June 2019 | My Cousin Rachel | Daphne Du Maurier |
July 2019 | God's Favourite | Neil Simon |
August 2019 | Pitmen Painters | Lee Hall |
Sept 2019 | Importance of being Earnest | Oscar Wilde |
Oct 2019 | Prescription for Murder | Norman Robbins |
Nov 2019 | Two Weeks with the Queen | May Morris |
Dec 2109 | Say Something Happened | Alan Bennett |
Jan 2020 | The History Boys | Alan Bennett |
Feb 2020 | Rumours | Neil Simon |
March 2020 | Brief Suspicion | Patricia Gordon |
April 2020 | A woman of Honor | |
May 2020 | A Woman of No Importance | Oscar Wilde |
June 2020 | Agatha Crusty and the Village Hall Murders | Derek Webb |
July 2020 | Grandma’s Secret | Jane Hilliard & Paul AJ Rudelhoff |
Sept 2020 | Gods of the Adelphi | Julie Balloo |
Oct 2020 | Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde |
Nov 2020 | Can I Ask You a Question? | Steve Tolmie |
Dec 2020 | Social with members personal readings | |
Jan 2021 | Agatha Crusty & the Pantomime Murders | Derek Webb |
Feb 2021 | An Honourable Life | Tom Casling |
March 2021 | An Inspector Calls | J B Priestley |
April 2021 | Pygmalion | George Bernard Shaw |
May 2021 | Mrs Warren’s Profession | George Bernard Shaw |
June 2021 | There’s a Girl in my Soup | Terence Frisby |
July 2021 | Mail Order Bride | James Robson |
Sept 2021 | Straight and Narrow | Jimmie Chinn |
Oct 2021 | Billy Liar | Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall |
Nov 2021 | Cause Celebre | Terence Rattigan |
Jan 2022 | Collaborators | John Mortimer |
Feb 2022 | A Convenient Murder | David Summers |
March 2022 | The Sunshine Boys | Neil Simon |
April 2022 | The Deep Blue Sea | Terrence Rattigan |
May 2022 | The Odd Couple | Neil Simon |
June 2022 | Barefoot in the Park | Neil Simon |
July 2022 | Time to Kill | Diana Morgan |
Sept 2022 | Sweet Revenge | Francis Durbridge |
Oct 2022 | The Heretic | Richard Bean |
Nov 2022 | Pride & Prejudice | Brian J Burton adaptation |
Dec 2022 | Sherlock Holmes plays | Michael & Mollie Hardwick |
Jan 2023 | Blithe Spirit | Noel Coward |
Feb 2023 | Making History | Brian Friel |
Plays shown in italics were downloaded from the internet during Covid restrictions