Progressive Players Gateshead - All The Plays

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27 - 31 January 1953
Distinguished Gathering
James Parish
A publisher tells his dinner guests that they are all to feature (no holds barred) in another guest's memoirs, unless someone murders him first.
PP 226, LT 88, Play 188
Thriller.

25 February 1953
The Chair
M Hope Dodds
A talking chair instructs a man how he may win the hand of a widow.
PP 227, LT 89, Play 189
Drama, 1-Act.
Adapted from the short story "The Bagman's Story" (part of "The Pickwick Papers") by Charles Dickens. National Festival Of Community Drama - Northumbrian County Final.

17 - 21 March 1953
A Comedy Of Good And Evil
Richard Hughes
A mischievous spirit-child replaces a Welsh clergyman's wife's wooden leg with a real flesh and blood limb, which soon starts to display some undesirable tendencies of its own.
PP 228, LT 90, Play 190
Comedy.

14 April 1953
The Chair
M Hope Dodds
A talking chair instructs a man how he may win the hand of a widow.
PP 229, LT 91 (Previously produced in February 1953)
Drama, 1-Act.
Adapted from the short story "The Bagman's Story" (from "The Pickwick Papers") by Charles Dickens. "Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

14 April 1953
Everyman
Anon
A dying man is allowed to take stock of his life by the Angel Of Death, and comes to understand that only a man's Good Deeds may go with him to Heaven.
PP 230, LT 92, Play 191
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

14 April 1953
Mr Fothergill Joins The Angels
William Dinner
A mild-mannered family man wakes up one day to discover he has sprouted a pair of angel-like wings.
PP 231, LT 93, Play 192
Comedy, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

12 - 16 May 1953
The Young And The Fair
N Richard Nash
At a fashionable college for young women, one of the students takes to blackmail to satisfy her bitter attitudes, forcing the college principal to act.
PP 232, LT 94, Play 193
Drama.

14 - 18 July 1953
Queen Elizabeth
Hugh Ross Williamson
In 1579, the 45 year-old Queen of England conducts a courtship with a French duke, whilst dealing with the demands of international politics.
PP 233, LT 95, Play 194
Drama.

15 - 19 September 1953
To Live In Peace
Giovacchino Farzano
The priest of an Italian village is selected to be made a Cardinal by his nephew (who happens to be Napoleon Bonaparte), arousing great excitement among the priest's parishioners.
PP 234, LT 96, Play 195
Drama.
Translated by Victor Rietti.

29 September 1953
Barbara
Jerome Klapka Jerome
A Victorian woman must choose between telling her young orphan friend that her suitor is in fact her long-lost brother, or say nothing and let them marry.
PP 235, LT 97, Play 196
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

29 September 1953
Madame La Baronne
H Hurford Jones
Synopsis not available
PP 236, LT 98, Play 197
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

29 September 1953
The Late Miss Cordell
Philip Johnson
Three sisters gather to hear their late aunt's will, but the deceased's paid companion is unnerved by a series of unnatural events.
PP 237, LT 99, Play 198
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

27 - 31 October 1953
The Golden Fleece
John Boynton Priestley
A former chambermaid discovers she is a rich woman, causing a stir among the wealthy residents of the hotel at which she worked.
PP 238, LT 100, Play 199
Comedy.

15 - 19 December 1953
The Merry Wives Of Windsor
William Shakespeare
A knight of the realm, down on his luck, decides to restore his fortunes by seducing the wives of two wealthy citizens, but eventually gets his come-uppance.
PP 239, LT 101, Play 200
Comedy.

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