1977 - 1978 Season  
 
 
THE ORDEAL OF GILBERT PINFOLD - World première  
15 Sep - 15 Oct 1977
a play by Ronald Harwood, from the novel by Evelyn Waugh
directed by Michael Elliott  
 
 
SEE HOW THEY RUN  
19 Oct - 14 Dec 1977
a farce by Philip King
directed by Mike Ockrent  
 
 
See How They Run played in repertoire with: -  
THE GOLDEN COUNTRY - European première 
16 Nov - 17 Dec 1977
by Shusaku Endo, translated by Francis Mathy
directed by Richard Negri  
 
 
TWELFTH NIGHT  
....
22 Dec - 28 Jan 1978
by William Shakespeare
directed by Michael Elliot  
 
 
THE DYBBUK  
2 Feb - 4 Mar 1978
by S Anski, translated by Henry G Alsberg & Winifred Katzin
directed by Braham Murray  
 
 
THE GENTLE PEOPLE  
9 Mar - 1 Apr 1978
by Irwin Shaw, directed by Eric Thompso  
 
 
CRIME & PUNISHMENT - World première  
6 Apr - 6 May 1978
by Fyodor Dostoevsky, adapted by Paul Bailey
additional material by Gerard McLarnon
directed by Michael Elliott  
 
 
A FAMILY - World première  
11 May - 3 Jun 1978
by Ronald Harwood
directed by Casper Wrede  
 
 
LEAPING GINGER - (revised version)   
8 June - 15 July 1978
the musical by Trevor Peacock
directed by Braham Murray  
 
 
1978 - 1979 Season  
 
 
SISTERS - World première  
12 Sep - 30 Sep 1978
by David Storey
directed by Eric Thompson  
 
 
THE LADY FROM THE SEA  
5 Oct - 4 Nov 1978
by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Michael Meyer
directed by Michael Elliott  
 
 
THE WINTER’S TALE  
9 Nov - 16 Dec 1978
by William Shakespeare
directed by Braham Murray (preceded by European tour)  
 
 
CINDERELLA - World première  
....
22 Dec - 3 Feb 1979
by Trevor Peacock, additional music by Nigel Hess
directed by Anthony Bowles & Michele Hardy  
 
 
THE SCHOOL MISTRESS  
8 Feb - 17 Mar 1979
by Arthur Wing Pinero
directed by James Maxwell  
 
 
THE FAMILY REUNION  
22 Mar - 14 Apr 1979
by T S Eliot
directed by Michael Elliott (transferred to London)  
 
 
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS - British première  
19 Apr - 19 May 1979
by Neil Simon
directed by Eric Thompson  
 
 
THE DEEP MAN - British première  
24 May - 16 June 1979
by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
translated by Jonathan Griffin, directed by Casper Wrede  
 
 
THE THREE MUSKETEERS - World première  
21 June - 21 July 1979
by Braham Murray & Derek Griffiths
adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas
music and lyrics by Derek Griffiths, directed by Braham Murray  
 
 
1979 - 1980 Season  
 
 
PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE  
13 Sept - 13 Oct 1979
by Athol Fugard
directed by Andy Jordan
 
SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT
16 Oct - 27 Oct 1979
an evening of South African Gothic
written & directed by Robert Kirby
...
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
1 Nov - 12 Jan 1980
by Anton Chekhov, translated by Michael Frayn
directed by Casper Wrede
 
The Cherry Orchard played in repertoire with: -
THE LOWER DEPTHS
15 Nov - 8 Jan 1980
by Maxim Gorky, translated by David Magarshack
directed by Braham Murray
 
 
CHRISTMAS FUN & A FAIRYTALE
22 Dec - 5 Jan 1980
World première
devised by Dilys Hamlett, Doug Fisher, Colin Goddard,
and Chris Monks
music and lyrics by Colin Goddard and Chris Monks
directed by Dilys Hamlett & Doug Fisher
 
 
ROLLO
17 Jan - 1 Mar 1980
by Marcel Achard, adapted by Felicity Douglas
directed by David Thompson
 
 
THE DRESSER
6 Mar - 12 Apr 1980
World première (transferred to London &
by Ronald Harwood, directed by Michael Elliott New York)
 
 
BLOOD, BLACK & GOLD
21 Apr - 13 June 1980
World première
by Gerard McLarnon, directed by Braham Murray
 
Blood, Black & Gold played in repertoire with: -
LOVE ON THE DOLE
22 Apr - 14 June 1980
by Ronald Gow from Walter Greenwood’s novel
directed by Eric Thompson
 
 
HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO DECLARE?
19 June - 26 July 1980
British première (transferred to London)
a farce by Maurice Hennequin & Pierre Veber
adapted and translated by Robert Cogo-Fawcett &
Braham Murray. Directed by Braham Murray
 

disrupted by IRA bomb on 15 June 1996

2000-2001 Season
....
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
12 Jan - 26 Feb 2000
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Marianne Elliott
 
 
SNAPSHOTS
1 Mar - 15 Apr
by Fiona Padfield
directed by Braham Murray with Sarah Frankcom
 
 
GHOST TRAIN TATTOO
22 Mar - 15 Apr
by Simon Robson
directed by Braham Murray with Sarah Frankcom
 
 
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
19 Apr - 27 May
by William Congreve
directed by Matthew LLoyd
 
 
MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION
31 May - 7 July
by Bernard Shaw
directed by Helena Kaut-Howson
 
 
AS YOU LIKE IT
5 July - 12 August
by William Shakespeare
directed by Marianne Elliott
 
Autumn/Winter 2000/2001 Season
 
GHOSTS
6 Sept - 7 Oct 2000
by Henrick Ibsen
directed by Gregory Hersov
 
 
THE CRITIC AND DISPUTE
11 Oct - 11 Nov 2000
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan & Pierre Marivaux
directed by Matthew Lloyd
 
 
SNAKE IN FRIDGE
15 Nov - 9 Dec
by Brad Fraser
directed by Braham Murray
 
 
THE MAGISTRATE
13 Dec 2000 - 27 Jan 2001
by Arthur Wing Pinero
directed by Gregory Hersov
 
A MOON FOR THE BISBEGOTTEN
31 Jan - 24 Feb 2001
by Eugene O'Neill
directed by Matthew Lloyd
....
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
28 Feb - 14 Apr
by William Shakespeare
directed by Helena Kaut-Howson
 
 
LES BLANCS
18 Apr - 12 May
By Lorraine Hansberry
directed by Greg Hersov, Marianne Elliott
 
 
LOOT
16 May - 23 Jun
By Joe Orton
directed by Braham Murray
 
 
THE FALL GUY
27 Jun - 11 August
By Georges Feydeau
Translated by Braham Murray and Robert Cogo-Fawcett
Directed by Matthew Lloyd
 
UNCLE VANYA
5 Sept - 20 October
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Greg Hersov

HEDDA GABLER
24 October - 1 December
By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Braham Murray

....

TIME AND THE CONWAYS
5 December - 19 January 2002
By J B Priestley
Directed by Braham Murray

THE HOMECOMING
23 January - 2 March 2002
By Harold Pinter
Directed by Greg Hersov