Progressive Players Gateshead - All The Plays

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31 January - 4 February 1956
The Dark Is Light Enough
Christopher Fry
In 1848 Austria, a countess helps an old friend when he decides to become a deserter against the Hungarian cause.
PP 262, LT 124, Play 222
Comedy.

27 February 1956
The Pigeon With The Silver Foot
Pamela Hansford Johnson & C P Snow
Two girls on holiday in Venice listen to a waiter's tale of an 18th Century lace-maker's quest for true love.
PP 263, LT 125, Play 223
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

27 February 1956
White Blackmail
Edward Percy
Synopsis not available
PP 264, LT 126, Play 224
Thriller, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

27 February 1956
Ladder For Lucy
Delsie Darke
Synopsis not available
PP 265, LT 127, Play 225
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

16 March 1956
Ladder For Lucy
Delsie Darke
Synopsis not available
PP 266, LT 128 (Previously produced in February 1956)
Drama, 1-Act.
National Festival Of Community Drama - Northumbrian District Preliminary Festival.

20 - 24 March 1956
The Whiteheaded Boy
Lennox Robinson
In 1920's Ireland, when a medical student fails his exams a third time, his family decide to send him to Canada to fend for himself for a change.
PP 267, LT 129, Play 226
Comedy.

8 - 12 May 1956
Skipper Next To God
Jan de Hartog
Synopsis not available
PP 268, LT 130, Play 227
Drama.

10 - 14 July 1956
The Mask And The Face
John Fernald
An Italian count banishes his unfaithful wife rather than kill her (as he always swore he would), but then must pretend he has killed her to save face.
PP 269, LT 131, Play 228
Comedy.

11 - 15 September 1956
The Orchard Walls
Ronald Frederick Delderfield
The new principal of a boarding school for girls allows social mixing with the nearby boys' school, but then her deputy finds a love letter.
PP 270, LT 132, Play 229
Drama.

1 October 1956
The Hollow Crown
H V Kershaw
Synopsis not available
PP 271, LT 133, Play 230
Unknown Type, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

1 October 1956
Above Rubies
Harold Brighouse
Synopsis not available
PP 272, LT 134, Play 231
Unknown Type, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

1 October 1956
Pictures On The Wall
Ivor Brown
A modern-day English castle becomes more and more of a tourist attraction, which draws reactions from the ghosts inhabiting the paintings within.
PP 273, LT 135, Play 232
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays".

30 October - 3 November 1956
Take Two From One
Gregorio & Maria Martinez-Sierra
A Madrid lawyer remarries after his first wife is lost at sea on their honeymoon, but faces a dilemma when she shows up one day alive and well.
PP 274, LT 136, Play 233
Comedy.
Translated by Harley & Helen Granville-Barker.

11 - 15 December 1956
Down Came A Blackbird
Peter Blackmore
Synopsis not available
PP 275, LT 137, Play 234
Comedy.

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