1910-1911
| PLAY
TITLE |
PLAYWRIGHT |
VENUE
/ KEY |
The
Master Builder
|
Henrik
Ibsen, tr. Edmund Gosse &
William Archer |
GC |
The
Coming of Peace
(& see 1909-10) |
Gerhart
Hauptmann, tr. Janet Achurch
& C.E.Wheeler |
Hyde
(for Students' Association,
venue unknown) |
| Major
Barbara |
G
B Shaw |
GC |
The
Drone
(& see Appendix
2) |
Rutherford
Mayne |
GC |
| Julius
Caesar |
William
Shakespeare |
TR |
| Chains |
Elizabeth
Baker |
GC |
| The
Dear Departed† |
Stanley
Houghton |
GC |
1911-1912
| PLAY
TITLE |
PLAYWRIGHT |
VENUE
/ KEY |
Double
bill, comprising:
Interior†
The Man of Destiny†
|
Maurice
Maeterlinck, tr. William Archer
G B Shaw
|
GC |
The
Drone
(& see Appendix
2) |
Rutherford
Mayne |
GC |
Double
bill, comprising:
A Question of Property†
Strife
|
J Sackville Martin
John Galsworthy
|
GC
TR |
Triple
bill, comprising:
Gentlemen of the Road†
The Garret†
Voices from the Sea†
|
Charles McEvoy
W W Gibson
Ross Hills
|
GC |
David
Ballard
(& see 1912-3) |
Charles
McEvoy |
GC |
1912-1913
| PLAY
TITLE |
PLAYWRIGHT |
VENUE
/ KEY |
A
Question of Property†
(& see 1911-2) |
J
Sackville Martin |
Hyde
(for Students' Association,
venue
unknown) |
The
Waters of Bitterness
première of three-act
version |
S
M Fox
(author present) |
GC* |
David
Ballard
(& see 1911-2) |
Charles
McEvoy |
St
Thomas's School, Stockport
(for National Union
of Teachers branch), Stretford |
Jephthah’s
Daughter
première |
"X
Y Z" |
GC* |
Civil
War
(& see 1911-2) |
Ashley
Dukes |
GC*
&
Stretford |
The
Secret Woman
(4-act version) |
Eden
Phillpotts |
GC* |
| The
Pigeon |
John
Galsworthy |
GC* |
*repeated
at GC in April in a "Repertory
Week", together with Rutherford
Mayne's "Drone" for
which see also Appendix
2
1913-1914
| PLAY
TITLE |
PLAYWRIGHT |
VENUE
/ KEY |
| A
Gauntlet |
Björnsterne
Björnson, tr. R Farquharson
Sharp |
GC |
The
Clodhopper
première |
S
M Fox
(author present) |
GC*
& Bolton (Spinners' Hall) |
In
the Black Forest
première |
H
M Richardson |
GC |
| Family
Failing |
William
Boyle |
GC*,
Bakewell (Town Hall), St Thomas's
School
(Stockport), Great Warford |
Woman
and Destiny
premiere (& see 1914-5) |
Ross
Hills |
GC* |
*repeated at GC in April in
a "Repertory Week"
1914-1915
| PLAY
TITLE |
PLAYWRIGHT |
VENUE
/ KEY |
Triple
bill, comprising:
A Farewell Supper†
The Bread of Others
Trois Heures du Matin†
one-act (a "wordless
play") |
Arthur Schnitzler, tr. &
adpt. by H Granville-Barker
Ivan Turgenev
A Willette
|
GC |
| The
Voysey Inheritance |
H
Granville-Barker |
GC |
| Don |
Rudolf
Besier |
GC,
Stretford |
Woman
and Destiny
(& see 1913-4) |
Ross
Hills |
GC |
1915-1916
| PLAY
TITLE |
PLAYWRIGHT |
VENUE
/ KEY |
| A
Weaver’s Shuttle |
Anthony Rowley
|
GC,
Macclesfield |
The
Drone
(& see Appendix
2) |
Rutherford
Mayne |
GC |
| The
Merry Wives of Windsor |
William
Shakespeare |
TR/m |
Double
bill, comprising:
Over the Hills†
Chitra† *
Letitia Meets the Family*
*premiere |
John
Palmer
Rabindranath Tagore
Ross Hills |
GC |
1916-1917
| PLAY
TITLE |
PLAYWRIGHT |
VENUE
/ KEY |
| The
Probationer |
Anthony Rowley
|
GC,
Macclesfield |
Triple
bill, comprising:
A Farewell Supper†
The Soul of a Thief†
James and John† |
Arthur Schnitzler, tr. &
adpt by H Granville-Barker
Mrs Hugo Aimes
Gilbert Cannan |
GC |
Triple
bill, comprising:
Oh Virginia†
How He Lied to Her Husband†
The Workhouse Ward†
|
C E Braithwaite
G B Shaw
Lady Gregory
|
GC |
The
Drone
(see Appendix
2) |
Rutherford
Mayne |
|
1917-1918
| PLAY
TITLE |
PLAYWRIGHT |
VENUE
/ KEY |
T’Marsdens
première |
James R Gregson
|
GC,
Marple |
| Pinwiddie’s
Profession |
Ross
Hills |
GC |
| You
Never Can Tell |
G
B Shaw |
GC,
TR matinee in aid of St
Dunstan's |
Pygmalion
(& see 1922-3) |
G
B Shaw |
GC |
other
performances of one or more of
these plays at
Hazel Grove, Mount Tabor Church
Hall and other unspecified venues
1918-1919
| PLAY
TITLE |
PLAYWRIGHT |
VENUE
/ KEY |
Double
bill, comprising:
When Mummy Speaks†
Macaire |
H M Richardson
W E Henley & R L Stevenson
|
GC |
The
Perfect Cure
(& 1919-20, 1920-1)
|
Stanley
Houghton |
GC |
| The
Well of the Saints |
J
M Synge |
GC |
Double
bill, comprising:
Over the Hills†
Chitra† |
John Palmer
Rabindranath Tagore |
GC |
other performances of The
Workhouse Ward† (see 1916-7),
The Perfect Cure (see earlier
this season), and possibly other
plays, at various venues including
Macclesfield, Stockport Central
Hall and several hospitals
1919-1920
| PLAY
TITLE |
PLAYWRIGHT |
VENUE
/ KEY |
Double
bill, comprising:
St Simeon Stylites†
The Last Man In† |
F Sladen-Smith
W B Maxwell |
GC |
The
Perfect Cure
(& 1918-19, 1920-1)
|
Stanley Houghton |
GC,
Hyde (St Thomas's Hall,
for Students'
Association) |
| Rutherford
and Son |
Githa Sowerby |
GC,
Hyde (Clarion Players),
Marple, Stretford,
Manchester (WEA District
Institute) |
| The
Tragedy of Nan |
John
Masefield |
GC |
The
Price
première |
X
Y Z |
GC |
Double
bill, comprising:
An ’Ero †
L’Entente Cordiale†
(& see 1920-1) |
Florence N H Atack
O Channon Collinge |
GC
& Macclesfield (previously
GC non-public)
Macclesfield |
Le
Bourgeois Gentilhomme
première
(& see 1920-1) |
Molière,
tr. & adapted by O Channon
Collinge |
GC,
Manchester Grammar School |
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