Checklists
  


  The checklists include every production known to have been presented by The Circle 67 Players since 1967, and are based on documentary evidence as shown below.
A comprehensive computer-held archive of documents relating to these productions has been set up, and image files or print-outs of items are available as shown by the abbreviations after each checklist entry, as follows:
[prog] - Programme, with cast-lists and credits, of the production
[post] - Poster and/or flyer advertising the production.
[pics] - Publicity, rehearsal or performance picture(s)
[revw] - Published review(s), notice(s)
[cd] - Compact Disc album of image file sequences of on-stage action at dress rehearsal
and/or performance.
  If you have any original Circle 67 programmes, posters or flyers for productions that are not listed, or not marked with these symbols, we’d be grateful to borrow, copy for the archive and return them to you.
  If you’d like any image files or printouts of items already so marked, please request them by email, quoting year and title of each item.
  All contributions and requests for items to the website editor at p-jlewis@supanet.com

Full-length plays & programmes
1967
Night Must Fall, by Emlyn Williams [pic]
Dear Octopus, by Dodie Smith (produced by Jo Stone) [prog] [pics] [revw]
1968
Bonaventure, by Charlotte Hastings (directed by Jo Stone) [prog] [pics] [revw]
1969
The Rape of the Belt, by Benn W Levy (produced by Robin Westmacott) [prog] [pics] [revw]
1970
(With Halesworth WI) Miaow Miaow, by R F Delderfield (produced by Alan Deering), and The Godsend, by Nina Warner Hooke (produced by Pamela Flowers) [prog]
The Seventies [Revue], by Elizabeth Ashton, Phil Dennis & Robin Westmacott (produced by Robin Westmacott) [prog]
1971
Fool's Paradise, by Peter Coke (directed by Phil Dennis) [prog] [pics]
Three One-Act Plays: Out of the Flying Pan, by David Compton (produced by Robin Westmacott; The Cradle Song, by G & M Sierra, and Temptation Sordid, Winifred Phelps (both produced by Alan Deering) [prog] [pics]
1972
Life With the Girls, by John Wooldridge (produced by Robin Westmacott) [prog] [pics]
Make it Murder, by Jack Last (directed by Phil Dennis) [prog] [pics] [revw]
1973
Epitaph for George Dillon, by John Osborne &Anthony Creighton (directed by Robin Westmacott) [prog] [pics]
The Hollow, by Agatha Christie (directed by Phil Dennis) [prog] [pics] [revw]
1974
Home and Beauty, by Somerset Maugham (directed by Judy Shearme) [prog] [pics]
Trespass, by Emlyn Williams (directed by Adrian Talbot) [prog] [pics]
1975
Fish out of water, by Derek Benfield (directed by Judy Shearme) [prog] [pics]
She passed through Lorraine, by Lionel Hale (directed by Niki & Adrian Talbot) [prog]
1976
Ladies in Retirement, by Edward Percy & Reginald Denham (directed by Donald Hollingsworth) [prog] [pics]
1977
Pink String & Sealing Wax, by Roland Pertwee (directed by Judy Shearme) [prog] [pics]
1978
The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew, by Robert Bolt (directed by Judy Shearme) [prog]
Beside the Seaside, by Leslie Sands (directed by Roger Burroughs) [prog]
1979
Arsenic and Old Lace, by Joseph Kesselring (directed by Niki Talbot) [prog] [pics]
1981
Murder in the Cathedral, by T S Eliot (produced by Niki & Adrian Talbot) [prog] [pics]
1982
The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (directed by Mu Gurbutt) [prog] [pics] [revw]
The Crucible, by Arthur Miller (produced by Adrian & Niki Talbot) [prog] [revw]
1983
Hotel Paradiso, by Georges Feydeau (directed by Adrian & Niki Talbot) [prog]
Maria Martin, Or the Murder in the Red Barn (produced by Roger Woolnough & Mu Gurbutt) [post] [prog] [pics] [revw]
Toad of Toad Hall (directed by Nikki and Adrian Talbot) [prog] [post]
1984
Mixed Doubles, by Jane Saunders, Lyndon Brook, Alun Owen, Harold Pinter, Faye Weldon, Alan Ayckbourn, David Campton (producers: Pat Wood, Chris Collins, Carole Ward, Mike Steinbock, Roger Woolnough) [prog] [pics]
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens (directed by Nikki & Adrian Talbot)
1985
The Diary of Anne Frank (produced by Pat Wood & Roger Woolnough) [prog] [post]
1986
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson (adapted & directed by Chris Collins) [prog] [post] [pics]
Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas (directed by Carole Ward) [pics]
1987
In a Lark’s Eye, written and directed by Chris Collins [post]
Dandy Dick, by Arthur Wing Pinero (directed by Jean Gillies) [prog]
Twelth Night in a pub garden, by W Shakespeare (directed by Chris Collins) [post]
The Other Cinderella, by Nicholas Stuart Gray (directed by Roger Woolnough) [post]
1988
The Farndale Ladies Townswomen’s Guild’s Macbeth by David McGillvray and Walter Zerlin Jr (directed by Pat Wood) [prog]
The Westhall Chronicles (directed by Helen Holmes)
1989
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass (directed by Adrian & Niki Talbot) [prog]
1990
Framed, by Mary Nichols (directed by Jean Gillies) and Poison, Passion & Petrifaction, by George Bernard Shaw (directed by Steve Cooney) [prog] [post]
Season’s Greetings, by Alan Ayckbourn (produced by Roger Woolnough & Pat Wood) [prog]
1991
The Visit, by Friedrich Durrenmatt (directed by Steve Cooney)
1992
The Caucasian Chalk Circle, by Berthold Brecht (directed by Jan Martin) [prog] [post] [pics]
A Tomb with a View, by Norman Robbins (produced by Pat Wood) [prog]
1993
The Mystery Plays (directed by Helen Holmes and Jan Martin) [pics]
Sweeney Todd, by Brian J Burton (directed by Gerry Rhodes) [post] [pics]
1994
The Farndale Ladies in "They came from Mars and landed outside the Farndale Avenue Church Hall in time for the Townswomen’s Guild coffee morning", by David McGillvray and Walter Zerlin Junior (directed by Pat Wood) [prog]
Revue (various)
1995
Arms and the Man, by George Bernard Shaw (directed by Jan Martin) [post] [prog]
1996
The Pied Piper of Hamlin, written and directed by Pat Wood
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens (directed by Jean Gillies) [post] [prog]
1997
How The Other Half Loves, by Alan Ayckbourn (directed by Pat Wood) [post]
Teechers, by John Godber (directed by Carole Ward) [prog]
1998
Toad of Toad Hall, by A A Milne (directed by Jean Gillies) [prog] [post]
1999
Separate Tables, by Terence Rattigan (directed by Carole Ward) [pic] [post]
Yes, It’s A Revue (various) [prog] [post]
2000
Kindertransport, by Diane Samuels (directed by Barbara Langley) [prog] [post]
2001
Figaro’s Wedding, by Beaumarchais ( trans. & directed by Chris Collins) [prog] [post] [pics]
The Odd Couple, by Neil Simon (directed by Jean Gillies) [prog] [post]
2002
Nicholas Nickleby, by Charles Dickens (directed by Jan Martin) [post]
The Sea, by Edward Bond (directed by Barbara Langley) [prog] [post] [pics]
2003
Alice’s Adventures Underground & Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll; dramatized by Clemence Dane (directed by David Metherell) [prog] [post] [pics] [revw]
Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons; dramatized and directed by Bernard Fox [prog] [post] [pics] [revw]
Chimes at Midnight: Falstaff & Prince Hal; adapted from Shakespeare by Peter Lewis (directed by Chris Collins) [prog] [post] [pics] [revw]
2004
Nine Miles Long—Three Feet Wide; written and directed by Bernard Fox [prog] [post] [pics] [revw]
2005
The Communication Cord: a farce by Brian Friel (directed by Peter Lewis) [prog] [post] [pics] [revw]
Mediæval Mystery Plays (directed by Sue Trovell, produced by Alan Rutter) [prog] [post] [pics] [revw]
A Christmas Carol: by Charles Dickens, adapted by Shaun Sutton (directed by Jean Gillies, produced by Alan Rutter) [prog] [post] [pics]
2006
Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw (directed by Helen Holmes, produced by Alan Rutter) [prog] [post] [pics] [revw]
2007
The Iconoclast, a play by Bernard Fox, being of the life and times of William Dowsing Esq., gent. of Laxfield (produced and directed by Bernard Fox) [prog] [post] [pics] [revw] [cd]
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson: dramatised by David Metherell & Chris Collins (directed by David Metherell, produced by Alan Rutter) [prog] [post] [pics] [cd]
2008
Great Expectations, adapted by Barbara Field from the novel by Charles Dickens (produced and directed by Jean Gillies) [prog] [post] [pics] [revw] [cd]

‘Shorter Shakespeare’ checklist
(Where no other name is given, the adaptations are by Chris Collins)
1984 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (directed by Chris Collins) [pics]
1985 The Tempest (directed by Carole Ward) [pics]
1986 Much Ado About Nothing (directed by Pat Quorn) [pics]
1987 Twelfth Night (directed by Chris Collins) [post] [revw] [pics]
1988 The Merry Wives of Windsor (directed by Layla Aldridge)
1989 The Merchant Of Venice (directed by Chris Collins) [post] [revw]
1990 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (directed by Carole Ward) [pics]
1991 Much Ado About Nothing (directed by Carole Ward) [post] [pics]
1992 The Tempest (directed by Carole Ward) [post] [revw]
1993 Macbeth (adapted and directed by Sandy Martin)
1994 Measure for Measure (adapted and directed by Steve Cooney)
1995 Richard III (adapt. Judith Middleton-Stewart, dir Jean Gillies) [prog]
1996 The Merry Wives of Windsor (directed by Jan Martin) [prog]
1997 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (directed by Pat Wood) [prog] [post]
1998 Romeo & Juliet (directed by Chris Collins)
1999 As You Like It (adapted and directed by Jan Martin) [post]
2000 King Lear (adapted by Peter Lewis, directed by Chris Collins) [post]
2001 Much Ado About Nothing (directed by Liz Lines) [post]
2002 Hamlet (adapted and directed by Peter Lewis) [prog] [post]
2003 Macbeth (adapted by Sandy Martin & Jan Martin, directed by Jan Martin) [post] [revw] [pics]
2004 Twelfth Night (directed by Jan Martin) [post] [revw]
2005 Cymbeline (directed by Chris Collins) [prog] [post]
2006 The Merchant of Venice (adapted by Chris Collins & Peter Lewis, directed by Peter Lewis ) [pics][post][prog][revw] [cd]
2007 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (adapted by Chris Collins & Sue Trovell, directed by Sue Trovell) [prog] [post] [pics] [revw] [cd]