Progressive Players Gateshead - All The Plays

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30 January - 3 February 1951
The Sacred Flame
William Somerset Maugham
After a recently married colonel in the Royal Flying Corps is horribly injured in a crash, his wife finds herself falling in love with his brother.
PP 202, LT 64, Play 167
Drama.

13 - 17 March 1951
Trelawny Of The Wells
Arthur Wing Pinero
In 1860s England, an actress gives up the stage to marry her sweetheart, but finds family life dull and so runs back to the theatre.
PP 203, LT 65, Play 168
Comedy.

March 1951 (Precise date unknown)
Villa For Sale
Sacha Guitry
A couple buy a villa on the south coast of France, and immediately sell it again at a fantastic profit.
PP 204, LT 66, Play 169
Drama, 1-Act.
Translated from the play "Villa a Vendre" by Virginia & Frank Vernon. "Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

March 1951 (Precise date unknown)
The Wedding At Pemberley
Anne & Arthur Russell
In 19th Century England, wedding preparations are interrupted when the bride's wayward sister turns up with blackmail in mind.
PP 205, LT 67, Play 170
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays". A sequel to the novel "Pride And Prejudice" by Jane Austen.

March 1951 (Precise date unknown)
The Blue Suit
A E Bryan
Synopsis not available
PP 206, LT 68, Play 171
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

4 April 1951
Villa For Sale
Sacha Guitry
A couple buy a villa on the south coast of france, and immediately sell it again at a fantastic profit.
PP 207, LT 69 (Previously produced in March 1951)
Drama, 1-Act.
National Festival Of Community Drama - Northumbrian County Final.

8 - 12 May 1951
The Winslow Boy
Terence Rattigan
In pre-World War One England, a boy is expelled from Naval Academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise political furore by demanding a trial.
PP 208, LT 70, Play 172
Drama.

16 - 21 July 1951
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
Twin brother and sister are separated by a shipwreck, becoming involved in romantic interludes and mistaken identity, before finally being reunited.
PP 209, LT 71, Play 173
Comedy.
Special Performance for the Festival Of Britain.

18 - 22 September 1951
Bonaventure
Charlotte Hastings
In 1947, prison officials are trapped by floods in a convent with their prisoner, a young artist convicted of murder, but a nun tries to prove his innocence.
PP 210, LT 72, Play 174
Thriller.

10 October 1951
The House In Fern Road
Maud Cassidy & Peter Coke
When a woman learns that her accomplice in a murder is two-timing her with another woman, she decides to take revenge.
PP 211, LT 73, Play 175
Thriller, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

10 October 1951
Ma Vatch
T B Morris
Synopsis not available
PP 212, LT 74, Play 176
Unknown Type, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

10 October 1951
Happiness My Goal
Norman Holland
Synopsis not available
PP 213, LT 75, Play 177
Unknown Type, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

29 October - 3 November 1951
Jane Eyre
Helen Jerome
A young woman is employed as governess to a little girl, and finds herself romantically drawn to her moody employer.
PP 214, LT 76, Play 178
Drama.
Adapted from the novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte.

November 1951 (Precise date unknown)
The Witch Of Eye
Alida L Richardson
While buying a love-potion, a 15th Century English duchess walks into a trap laid by her husband's political enemies.
PP 215, LT 77, Play 179
Drama, 1-Act.
National Festival Of Community Drama - Northumbrian County Final.

November 1951 (Precise date unknown)
The Toad And The Poppy
M Hope Dodds
Synopsis not available
PP 216, LT 78, Play 180
Unknown Type, 1-Act.
National Festival Of Community Drama - Northumbrian County Final.

November 1951 (Precise date unknown)
Sailors Beware
Ronald Frederick Delderfield
In 1588 Plymouth, sailors' wives complain that their husbands use the threat of Spanish invasion as an excuse for philandering, but help is at hand from an unexpected source.
PP 217, LT 79, Play 181
Comedy, 1-Act.
National Festival Of Community Drama - Northumbrian County Final.

11 - 15 December 1951
Storm In A Teacup
James Bridie
A politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
PP 218, LT 80, Play 182
Comedy.

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