Stockport Garrick Theatre
Exchange Street,
Wellington Road South,
Stockport,
Cheshire, SK3 0EJ

Box Office: 0161 480 5866
Stage Door: 0161 480 3287

Registered Charity Number: 1093348

 

 

the oldest dramatics society founded in 1901



garrick theatre productions
since 1901



 
1920-1921
PLAY TITLE PLAYWRIGHT
VENUE / KEY
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
(& see 1919-20)
Molière GC, TR, Whitworth Hall (Manchester
University), Altrincham, Huddersfield Technical College
The Perfect Cure
(& see 1918-9, 1919-20)
Stanley Houghton GC, Whaley Bridge (venue unknown)
The Lucky One
première
(& see 1921-2)
A A Milne GC
Triple bill, comprising:
The Carrier-Pigeon†
The Locked Chest†
Augustus Does His Bit†
(& 1920-1921, 1922-3)

Eden Phillpotts
John Masefield
G B Shaw


GC
GC
GC, Stockport Infirmary
The Mother
première of rewritten version
Eden Phillpotts GH, Stretford
Undercurrents Ross Hills GH
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare GH / m
Double bill, comprising:
L’Entente Cordiale†
(& see 1919-20)
Augustus Does His Bit†
(& see earlier this season & 1922-3)

O Channon Collinge

G B Shaw
GH for Brinnington Red Cross Hospital
patients
Double bill, comprising:
Betty’s Bobby†
Dinner Here†

Edward R Lingard
Mrs Barry Pain
GH non-public,
Macclesfield

1921-1922

PLAY TITLE PLAYWRIGHT
VENUE / KEY
St George and the Dragons Eden Phillpotts GH, Whaley Bridge (venue unknown),
Stretford
Mary Broome Allan Monkhouse GH, Altrincham
The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare GH / m
Triple bill, comprising:
The Forfeit†
première
A Merry Death†
(& see 1922-3)
The Hall of Laughter†

T B Rogers

Nikolai Evreinov, tr. C E Bechhofer
T B Rogers
GH
'Ilda's Honourable† Gertrude Robins GH for Brinnington Shell Shock Hospital
patients
The Lucky One
(& see 1920-1)
A A Milne GH, Marple

1922-1923
PLAY TITLE PLAYWRIGHT
VENUE / KEY
The Importance of being Earnest Oscar Wilde GH, Marple
Triple bill, comprising:
Eyes to the Blind†
A Merry Death†
(& see 1921-2)
Augustus Does His Bit†
(& see 1920-1)

T B Rogers
Nikolai Evreinov, tr. C E Bechhofer

G B Shaw

GH
GH, repeated at GH for BDL Annual conference
GH
Heartbreak House G B Shaw GH
The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare GH
A Family Man John Galsworthy GH
Tartufe Molière, tr. & adapted by O Channon Collinge GH
Pygmalion
(& see 1917-8)
G B Shaw Burnage (venue unknown)

1923-1924
PLAY TITLE PLAYWRIGHT
VENUE / KEY
The Cassilis Engagement St John Hankin GH, Altrincham
Prunella Laurence Housman & H Granville-Barker GH/m
Paolo and Francesca Stephen Phillips GH/m
Double bill, comprising:
Winter Evenings†
première
A Farewell Supper†

Ross Hills

Arthur Schnitzler, tr. & adapted by H Granville-Barker
GH non-public & Stockport Operatic
Widowers’ Houses G B Shaw GH, Marple
Restoration Ross Hills GH

1924-1925
PLAY TITLE PLAYWRIGHT
VENUE / KEY
Taffy Caradoc Evans GH, Marple
The Circle W Somerset Maugham GH, Altrincham
Henry IV Part I William Shakespeare GH

Double bill, comprising: Makeshifts†
Playgoers†
(& see 1926-7)


Gertrude Robins
Arthur W Pinero
GH for Stockport Operatic
Double bill, comprising:
Cupid Laughs
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets†

Maurice Bethell-Jones
G B Shaw
GH
First Blood Allan Monkhouse GH

1925-1926
PLAY TITLE PLAYWRIGHT
VENUE / KEY
The Three Barrows
Charles McEvoy GH
The Web
T Stirling Boyd GH
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
William Shakespeare GH/m
Cinderella’s Sisters
première
O Channon Collinge GH
Triple bill, comprising:
The Grand Cham’s Diamond†

Half-an-Hour†


Columbine†

Allan Monkhouse
(author present)
J M Barrie


Reginald Arkell

GH

GH, repeated at GH for Stockport Operatic
GH (previously GH non-public)

1926-1927
PLAY TITLE PLAYWRIGHT
VENUE / KEY
Autumn Fire
T C Murray GH, Marple, Altrincham, Withington
Triple bill, comprising:
Trifles†
The Locked Chest†

Playgoers†

Susan Glaspell
John Masefield

Arthur W Pinero

GH
GH, Milton Hall
(BDL competition)
GH, Milton Hall
(BDL competition)
Old English John Galsworthy GH
The Fifth of November
première
Howard Peacey GH/m
The Pleasure Garden Beatrice Mayor GH
Man and Superman G B Shaw GH

1927-1928
PLAY TITLE PLAYWRIGHT
VENUE / KEY
The Great Emancipated
première
E L Stanway
(author present)
Marple,
Altrincham, Withington
The Rising Sun Herman Heijermans, tr. Christopher St John GH
Triple bill, comprising: Lonesome-Like†





The House with the Twisty Windows†

The Bear†

Harold Brighouse





Mary Pakington


Anton Chekhov, tr. Constance Garnett
GH, previously GH
(first round of BDL competition), Liverpool ( BDL area final), London (New
Theatre, BDL national final)

GH, previously GH (first round of BDL competition)
GH
Hamlet William Shakespeare GH/m
Inheritors Susan Glaspell GH, Whitworth Hall for WEA
The Fantasticks Edmond Rostand, tr. George Fleming GH

1928-1929
PLAY TITLE PLAYWRIGHT
VENUE / KEY
Lavender Ladies
Daisy Fisher GH, Marple
The Devil a Saint J R Gregson GH
Granite Clemence Dane GH, Altrincham
She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith GH
The Silver Box John Galsworthy GH
Triple bill, comprising:
Mr Sampson†
Legend†
The Old Lady Shows Her Medals†

Charles Lee
Philip Johnson
J M Barrie
GH

1929-1930
PLAY TITLE PLAYWRIGHT
VENUE / KEY
The Romantic Young Lady†
G Martinez Sierra, tr. H & H Granville-Barker GH
Double bill, comprising:
A Storm in a Breakfast Cup†
Easter

E Crawshay Williams
August Strindberg, tr. E Classen

GH
GH, Marple, Altrincham
Berkeley Square John L Balderston
& J C Squire
GH
Lionel and Clarissa Isaac Bickerstaffe
& Charles Dibdin, adapted by Alfred
Reynolds
GH/m
The Good Hope Herman Heijermans, tr. Christopher St John GH

     
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