Progressive Players Gateshead - All The Plays

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2 - 6 February 1954
Spring At Marino
Constance Cox
In 1860 rural Russia, two young men come to realise that their relationships with their fathers have fallen into neglect.
PP 240, LT 102, Play 201
Drama.
Based on the novel "Fathers And Sons" by Ivan Turgenev.

12 March 1954
The Neighbours
Yves Cabrol
In rural France, a vegetable farmer plots to marry her neighbour, with whom she has had a thirty-year feud, in order to control him.
PP 241, LT 103, Play 202
Drama, 1-Act.
National Festival Of Community Drama, Northumbrian County Final.

23 - 27 March 1954
Jupiter Laughs
Archibald Joseph Cronin
A young doctor cancels her plans to do missionary work in China when she falls in love with a research psychiatrist, but then she is killed in a fire.
PP 242, LT 104, Play 203
Drama.

10 April 1954
Among Those Present
Aubrey Feist
Synopsis not available
PP 243, LT 105, Play 204
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

10 April 1954
Master Dudley
Philip Johnson
Synopsis not available
PP 244, LT 106, Play 205
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

10 April 1954
The Prattling Prentice
Norman Holland
In late 14th Century England, when a gifted young apprentice baker is sacked for talking too much, a wily cleric helps him win back his job - for a fee.
PP 245, LT 107, Play 206
Drama, 1-Act
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

11 - 15 May 1954
The Wingless Victory
Maxwell Anderson
A ship's captain returns to his New England home with a Malayan wife, much to the horror of his sanctimonious family.
PP 246, LT 108, Play 207
Drama.

13 - 17 July 1954
The Rivals
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
A rich sea captain pretends to be a penniless ensign, because his lady love is determined to marry a man who despises wealth.
PP 247, LT 109 (Previously produced in 1928)
Comedy.

21 - 25 September 1954
The Romantic Young Lady
Gregorio & Maria Martinez-Sierra
In an attempt to escape her stifling home-life, a young woman accepts a job as secretary to a handsome author of romantic fiction.
PP 248, LT 110, Play 208
Comedy.
Translated by Helen & Harley Granville-Barker from the play "Sueno De Una Noche De Agosto".

27 September 1954
Retrospect
Pat Portus
Synopsis not available
PP 249, LT 111, Play 209
Drama, 1-Act. First Performance Of A New Play.
"Three Original One-Act Plays".

27 September 1954
The Pedestal Of Ozymandias
Brian Ridley
Synopsis not available
PP 250, LT 112, Play 210
Drama, 1-Act. First Performance Of A New Play.
"Three Original One-Act Plays".

27 September 1954
The Laughing Mask
A Lowery, G Taylor & W Ward
Synopsis not available
PP 251, LT 113, Play 211
Drama, 1-Act. First Performance Of A New Play.
"Three Original One-Act Plays".

2 - 6 November 1954
Thirty Pieces Of Silver
Howard Fast
A minor government official in washington DC is investigated as a potential traitor. In his efforts to save his job, he comes into conflict with his wife.
PP 252, LT 114, Play 212
Drama.

14 - 18 December 1954
Hobson's Choice
Harold Brighouse
In 1880's Lancashire, a shoe shop owner's daughter marries the shop's best cobbler, then sets up a rival business.
PP 253, LT 115, Play 213
Comedy.

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