Progressive Players Gateshead - All The Plays

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29 January - 2 February 1952
The Heiress
Ruth & Augustus Goetz
A naive young heiress receives a marriage proposal from a fortune-hunter. When the marriage is forbidden by her father, the heiress suggests an elopement.
PP 219, LT 81, Play 183
Drama.
Adapted from the novel "Washington Square" by Henry James.

18 - 22 March 1952
The Corn Is Green
Emlyn Williams
An English schoolmistress takes a post in a small Welsh mining village, and grooms an outstanding pupil for a scholarship to Oxford University.
PP 220, LT 82, Play 184
Drama.

6 - 10 May 1952
You Never Can Tell
George Bernard Shaw
A mother's three daughters have never known their father, but accidentally manage to invite him to lunch, presided over by a wise waiter.
PP 221, LT 83 (Previously produced in 1933 and 1925)
Comedy.

15 - 19 July 1952
Ann Veronica
Ronald Gow
In Edwardian England, a headstrong woman is determined to find independence, and encounters suffragettes, Fabians and free love.
PP 222, LT 84, Play 185
Drama.
Adapted from the novel "Ann Veronica" by H G Wells.

16 - 20 September 1952
Treasure Hunt
M J Farrell & John Perry
A family in southern Ireland is forced to take in lodgers in order to make ends meet when a large inheritance turns out to be worthless.
PP 223, LT 85, Play 186
Comedy.

28 October - 1 November 1952
Guinea-Pig
Warren Chetham-Strode
A tobacconist's son is sent to a public school, where his backstreet attitude makes him an outcast to all but his young tutor.
PP 224, LT 86, Play 187
Drama.

16 - 20 December 1952
Great Expectations
M Hope Dodds
In Victorian London, a gullible young orphan grows up to become a gentleman with the assistance of a mysterious benefacctor.
PP 225, LT 87 (Previously produced in 1933)
Drama.
Adapted from the novel "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens.

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