Progressive Players Gateshead - All The Plays

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3 - 7 February 1959
The Diary Of Anne Frank
Francis Goodrich & Albert Hacket
13 year old Jewish girl Anne Frank and her family are forced to go into hiding from the Nazis during World War Two.
PP 298, LT 160, Play 254
Drama.
Adapted from the biography "Diary Of A Young Girl" by Anne Frank (edited by Otto Frank).

17 - 21 March 1959
Small Hotel
Rex Frost
An efficient waiter is considered too old by a visiting hotel company representative, who then antagonises staff and guests with his attitude.
PP 299, LT 161, Play 255
Comedy.

13 April 1959
The Roundelay Tradition
Ronald Frederick Delderfield
Synopsis not available
PP 300, LT 162, Play 256
Comedy, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Four One-Act Plays".

13 April 1959
Riders To The Sea
J M Synge
On a west Ireland isle, a woman grieves the loss of her husband and five sons to the sea, and fears the same fate will befall her remaining son.
PP 301, LT 163, Play 257
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Four One-Act Plays".

13 April 1959
Mrs Grundy Comes To Tea
L Du Garde Peach
Synopsis not available
PP 302, LT 164, Play 258
Comedy, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Four One-Act Plays".

13 April 1959
The Sister Who Walked In Silence
Philip Johnson
Synopsis not available
PP 303, LT 165, Play 259
Drama, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Four One-Act Plays".

5 - 9 May 1959
The House By The Lake
Hugh Mills
A debarred psychistrist and his sister plot the murder of their unpleasant half-brother, making his death look like a simple accident.
PP 304, LT 166, Play 260
Thriller.

12 - 13 June 1959
Meet The Family
John J Melluish
Synopsis not available
PP 305, LT 167, Play 261
Comedy.

7 - 11 July 1959
Summertime
Ugo Betti
A girl loves a boy she has grown up with; he is friends with a young widow, who mistakes his friendship for love.
PP 306, LT 168, Play 262
Comedy.
Translated by Henry Reed.

8 - 12 September 1959
The Little Foxes
Lillian Hellman
Wealthy brothers plan to build a textile mill, but their sister's husband refuses to put up money to ensure family control over the business.
PP 307, LT 169 (Previously produced in 1947)
Drama.

5 October 1959
Michael
Miles Malleson
A Russian peasant shoemaker takes on a helper who turns out to be an angel studying Mankind.
PP 308, LT 170, Play 263
Drama, 1-Act.
Translated and adapted by L & A Maude from the short story "What Men Live By" by Tolstoy. "Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays" (includes one by another group).

5 October 1959
Little Boy Lost
Horace Shipp
Synopsis not available
PP 309, LT 171, Play 264
Comedy, 1-Act.
"Presentation Of Three One-Act Plays" (includes one by another group).

27 - 31 October 1959
The Mayerling Affair
Ronald Frederick Delderfield
In 1888, the crown prince of Austria-Hungary is maritally and politically frustrated, and comes into conflict with his father, the emperor.
PP 310, LT 172, Play 265
Drama.

15 - 19 December 1959
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
Twin bother and sister are separated by a shipwreck, becoming involved in romantic interludes and mistaken identity, before being reunited.
PP 311, LT 173 (Previously produced in 1951)
Comedy.

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