Progressive Players Gateshead - All The Plays

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6 January 1945
Sunday Costs Five Pesos
Josephine Niggli
A girl, through jealousy, breaks up with her fiance and then, repentant, tries to win him back with the aid of well-meaning friends.
PP 149, LT 11, Play 122
Comedy, 1-Act. Junior Members Production.

6 January 1945
A Room In The Tower
T B Morris
Imprisoned for high treason in the Tower Of London and resigned to her fate, Lady Jane Grey is visited by Queen Mary.
PP 150, LT 12, Play 123
Drama, 1-Act. Junior Members Production.

6 January 1945
Dear Departed
Stanley Houghton
Hours after her father's death, a woman lays claim to his prized bureau before her sister arrives to discuss the inheritance, but a shock awaits them both.
PP 151, LT 13, Play 124
Comedy, 1-Act. Junior Members Production.

6 January 1945
Blow In The Dark
Harold Moreland
Synopsis not available
PP 152, LT 14, Play 125
Unknown Type, 1-Act. Junior Members Production.

31 January - 3 February 1945
London Wall
John Van Druten
The ups and downs of blossoming romance and unrequited love in the offices of a firm of solicitors in 1930's London.
PP 153, LT 15, Play 126
Comedy.

21 - 24 March 1945
The Kingdom Of God
Gregorio & Maria Martinez-Sierra
Synopsis not available
PP 154, LT 16, Play 127
Drama.
Translated by Harley & Helen Granville-Barker.

9 - 12 May 1945
When We Are Married
John Boynton Priestley
Three couples celebrate their Silver Weddings, but discover that due to a mix-up they have never actually been married.
PP 155, LT 17, Play 128
Comedy.
In celebration of the Progressive Players Silver Jubilee.

17 May 1945
Sunday Costs Five Pesos
Josephine Niggli
A girl, through jealousy, breaks up with her fiance then, repentant, tries to win him back with the aid of well-meaning friends.
PP 156, LT 18 (Previously produced in January 1945)
Comedy, 1-Act.
Drama Festival, Tyneside Association For Music, Drama And The Arts

18 - 21 July 1945
Distant Point
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov
Synopsis not available
PP 157, LT 19, Play 129
Drama.
Translated by Hubert Griffin.

10 - 13 October 1945
Once Upon A Time
John Knowles
In 1828 Germany, the academic lives of two brothers are disturbed by both the onset of marriage and changes to their beloved library.
PP 158, LT 20, Play 130
Comedy. First Performance Of A New Play.
Based on the true story of the Brothers Grimm.

3 - 6 December 1945
Living Room
Esther McCracken
Synopsis not available
PP 159, LT 21, Play 131
Comedy.

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