Bourton & District

Previous Plays

2020

January: GHOSTS by Henrik Ibsen

2019

December: 12 ANGRY MEN by Reginald Rose
November: HOBSON’S CHOICE by Harold Brighouse
October: ABSENT FRIENDS by Alan Ayckbourn
September: PYGMALION by George Bernard Shaw
August: RELATIVELY SPEAKING by Alan Ayckbourn
July: TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill
June: THE MOUSETRAP by Agatha Christie
May: HABEAS CORPUS by Alan Bennett
April: HAY FEVER by Noel Coward
March: HAMLET (continued)
February: HAMLET by William Shakespeare
January: CIDER WITH ROSIE by Laurie Lee

2018

December: JOKING APART by Alan Ayckbourn
October: BREAKING THE CODE by Hugh Whitemore
September: BREAKING THE CODE by Hugh Whitemore
August: CONFUSIONS by Alan Ayckbourn
July: THERE'S A GIRL IN MY SOUP by Terence Frisby
May and June: MURDER IN PLAY by Simon Brett
Apr: GASLIGHT by Patrick Hamilton
Feb: SUDDENLY AT HOME by Francis Durbridge
Jan: WAY UPSTREAM by Alan Ayckbourn

2017

Nov: SPRING AND PORT WINE by Bill Naughton
Aug and Sep: AMY's VIEW by David Hare
July: THE OLD MASTERS by Simon Grey
May and June: THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON by JM Barrie
April: DEALER’S CHOICE by Patrick Marber
March: AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar Wilde
Feb: LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN by Oscar Wilde

2016

Dec: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde
Sep: BLITHE SPIRIT by Noel Coward
July: THE DEEP BLUE SEA by Terence Rattigan
June: OTHERWISE ENGAGED by Simon Grey
May: DANGEROUS CORNER by J B Priestley
Mar and Apr: THE GHOST TRAIN by Arnold Ridley
Feb: AN INSPECTOR CALLS by J.B. Priestley
Jan: SEASON's GREETINGS by Alan Ayckbourn contd

2015

Dec: SEASON's GREETINGS by Alan Ayckbourn
Oct and Nov: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER by Oliver Goldsmith
Sep: FLARE PATH by Terence Rattigan
May and Jul: TEN TIMES TABLE by Alan Ayckbourn
Feb: LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST by William Shakespeare

2014

Nov and Dec: A WINTER'S TALE by William Shakespeare
26 September: RACING DEMON by David Hare
Aug and Sep: JOURNEY'S END by R C Sheriff
Jun and Jul: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie
Apr and May: ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare
March: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM by William Shakespeare
Feb: PRESENT LAUGHTER (continued)

2013

Dec: PRESENT LAUGHTER by Noel Coward
Nov: A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED by Agatha Christie
Sep and Oct: OUTSIDE EDGE by Richard Harris
July: TIME AND THE CONWAYS by J.B. Priestley
May: HOCK AND SODA WATER by John Mortimer
March: FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS by Terence Rattigan
Feb: BEDROOM FARCE by Alan Ayckbourn

For our first meeting of the group we read HABEAS CORPUS, Alan Bennett’s very funny two act play for 11 characters.
The dramatis personae include a lecherous GP, his mountainous wife, a celibate canon, a flat chested spinster, a young female sexpot, a poetic charwoman, and a hypochondriac.