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| History Of Plays |
| Date | Play | Author | Directed by |
| 2002 Feb | Anastasia | Marcell Maurette & Guy Bolton | Ray Thompson |
| 2001 Nov | Secondary Cause of Death | Peter Gordon | Julia Edwards |
| 2001 Mar | Something to Hide | Leslie Sands | Edna Reeves |
| 2000 Nov | Murdered to Death | Peter Gordon | Julia Edwards |
| 2000 Mar | Forsyte Saga | Pat & Derek Hodinott | Edna Reeves |
| 1999 Nov | Celebration Laughter Show | Ron Burchell | Ron Burchell |
| 1999 Apr | The Circle | Somerset Maughan | Clive Baker |
| 1999 Feb | Odd Man Out (one act play) | Mike Rowlands | Mike Rowlands |
| 1998 Nov | Cards on the Table | Leslie Darbon | Edna Reeves |
| 1998 May | Semi Detached | David Turner | Ray Thompson |
| 1998 Feb | What Really Happened (one act play) | Mike Rowlands | Mike Rowlands |
| 1997 Nov | It Runs in the Family | Ray Cooney | Edna Reeves |
| 1997 Apr | Rebecca | Clifford Williams | Ray Thompson |
| 1997 Feb | It Ain't What You Know (one act play) | Mike Rowlands | Mike Rowlands |
| 1996 Nov | On the Razzle | Tom Stoppard | Edna Reeves |
| 1996 Mar | A Chorus of Disapproval | Alan Ayckbourn | Stephen Graham |
| 1995 Nov | A Letter from the General | Maurice McLoughlin | Dorita Smith |
| 1995 May | Cats Cradle | Leslie Sands | Margaret Gregory |
| 1994 Nov | Great Expectations | Barbara Field | Edna Reeves |
| 1994 Mar | The Happiest Days of Your Life | John Dighton | Elizabeth Bennet |
| 1993 Nov | A Small Family Business | Alan Ayckbourn | Philip d'Authreau |
| 1993 Mar | Glasstown | Noel Robinson | Edna Reeves |
| 1992 Nov | Not Now Darling | Ray Cooney & John Chapman | Elizabeth Bennet |
| 1992 Mar | Time and the Conways | J B Priestley | Margaret Gregory |
| 1991 Nov | California Suite | Neil Simon | Clive Baker |
| 1991 Mar | The Vigil | Ladislas Fodor | Elizabeth Bennet |
| 1990 Nov | They Don't Grow on Trees | Ronald Millar | Edna Reeves |
| 1990 Mar | A Sting in the Tale | Brian Clements & Dennis Spooner | Sally Bogulak |
| 1989 Nov | Flying Feathers | Derek Benfield | Roy Gregory |
| 1989 Mar | The Strawberry (one act play) | Agnes Adams | Dorita Smith |
| 1989 Mar | Deadly Nightcap | Francis Durbridge | Edna Reeves |
| 1988 Nov | Shut Your Eyes and Think of England | John Chapman & Anthony Marriot | Margaret Gregory |
| 1988 Mar | The Day After the Fair | Frank Harvey | Pam Stiles |
| 1987 Nov | Murder in Company | Philip King & John Boland | Roy Gregory |
| 1987 Apr | My Friend Miss Flint | Donald Churchill & Peter Yeldham | Pam Stiles |
| 1986 Nov | The Lady from Maxims | Georges Feydeau | Edna Reeves |
| 1986 Apr | Waters of the Moon | N C Hunter | Clive Baker |
| 1985 Nov | Local Affairs | Richard Harris | Roy Gregory |
| 1985 Mar | The Whole Truth | Philip Mackie | Edna Reeves |
| 1984 Nov | Fish Out of Water | Derek Benfield | Roy Gregory |
| 1984 Mar | The Other Fellow's Oats | James Pattinson & Peter Clapham | Geoff Peace |
| 1983 Apr | Love From a Stranger | Frank Vosper | Roy Gregory |
| 1982 Dec | Wild Goose Chase | Derek Benfield | Roy Gregory |
| 1982 Mar | Key Witness | Michael Brett | Edna Reeves |
| 1981 Nov | Alphabetical Order | Michael Frayn | Roy Gregory |
| 1981 Mar | I'll Get My Man | Philip King | Roy Gregory |
| 1981 Feb | The Mayor of Torontal (one act play) | Gwenyth Jones | Dorita Smith |
| 1980 Mar | Who Lies There? | Philip Johnson | Geoff Peace |
| 1979 Nov | Pool's Paradise | Philip King | Beryldene Hunt |
| 1979 Mar | Doctor in the House | Ted Willis | Pam Stiles |
| 1978 Nov | Move Over Mrs Markham | Ray Cooney & John Chapman | Geoff Peace |
| 1978 Mar | I Have Been Here Before | J B Priestley | Pamela Hone |
| 1977 Dec | Midsummer Mink | Peter Coke | Godfrey Room |
| 1977 Mar | Trap for a Lonely Man | Robert Thomas | Edna Reeves |
| 1976 Dec | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime | Constance Cox | Beryldene Hunt |
| 1975 Mar | The Seventy Five Revue | Ron Burchell | Ron Burchell |
| 1974 Nov | The Young Elizabeth | Jennette Dowling & Francis Letton | Edna Reeves |
| 1974 Sep | The Sound of Murder | William Fairchild | Ron Burchell |
| 1974 Jan | Babes in the Wood | Ron Burchell | Ron Burchell |
| 1973 Oct | Man Alive | John Dighton | Beryldene Hunt |
| 1973 May | Barefoot in the Park | Neil Simon | Ron Burchell |
| 1973 Mar | Dick Whittington | Ron Burchell | Ron Burchell |
| 1972 Nov | Wait Until Dark | Frederick Knott | Ron Burchell |
| 1972 Oct | You Can't Take It With You | Moss Hart & George Kaufman | Kathleen Parker |
| 1972 Apr | Stand By Your Bedouin | Ray Cooney & Tony Hilton | Kathleen Parker |
| 1972 Feb | Aladdin | Ron Burchell | Ron Burchell |
| 1971 Dec | The Holly and The Ivy | Wynyard Browne | Edna Reeves |
| 1971 Oct | The Irregular Verb To Love | Hugh & Margaret Williams | Tony Buckle |
| 1971 Apr | The Girl (one act play) | William Trevor | Tony Buckle |
| 1971 Apr | As Good As New (one act play) | Kathleen Parker | |
| 1971 Apr | Trespass | Emyln Williams | Kathleen Parker |
| 1970 Oct | Book of the Month | Basil Thomas | Tony Buckle |
| 1970 Apr | Yellow Sands | Eden & Adelaide Phillpotts | Kathleen Parker |
| 1970 Feb | Mother Ginevra (one act play) | Sidney Carver | David Milner |
| 1969 Dec | On Monday Next | Philip King | Beryldene Hunt |
| 1969 Sep | Latitudes of Love (one act play) | Terence Bowen | Kathleen Parker |
| 1969 Sep | Black Comedy (one act play) | Peter Schaffer | Kathleen Parker |
| 1969 Apr | Wanted One Body | Raymond Dyer | Kathleen Parker |
| 1969 Feb | Possession (one act play) | Laurence Housman | Kathleen Parker |
| 1969 Feb | Double Double (one act play) | James Sanders | June Thompson |
| 1968 Dec | Out of the Blues (a revue) | Ron Burchell | Ron Burchell |
| 1968 Sep | Thark | Ben Travers | June Thompson |
| 1968 Apr | Tell Tale Murder | Philip Weathers | Kathleen Parker |
| 1968 Feb | O Bless You & Keep You (one act play) | Peter Rosser | Kathleen Parker |
| 1967 Dec | One Degree Over (a revue) | Ron Burchell | Ron Burchell |
| 1967 Sep | Hotel Paradiso | Georges Feydeau & Maurice Desvallieres | Kathleen Parker |
| 1967 Apr | The Farmer's Wife | Eden Phillpotts | Kathleen Parker |
| 1967 Mar | The Dark Tower (one act play) | Louise McNeice | June Thompson |
| 1966 Dec | 1966 & All This (a revue) | Ron Burchell | Ron Burchell |
| 1966 Sep | Blithe Spirit | Noel Coward | June Hogan |
| 1966 Sep | The Noble Spaniard | W Somerset Maughan | Kathleen Parker |
| 1966 Apr | The Brides of March | John Chapman | Kathleen Parker |
| 1966 Mar | An Afternoon at the Seaside (one act play) | Agatha Christie | Kathleen Parker |
| 1966 Mar | Barnstaple (one act play) | James Saunders | Kathleen Parker |
| 1965 Dec | It's a Great Life (a revue) | Ron Burchell | Ron Burchell |
| 1965 Sep | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime | Constance Cox | Kathleen Parker |
| 1965 Apr | Pool's Paradise | Philip King | Kathleen Parker |
| 1965 Mar | The Strawberry (one act play) | Agnes Adams | Kathleen Parker |
| 1964 Dec | Between the Lines (a revue) | Ron Burchell | Ron Burchell |
| 1964 Oct | The Touch of Fear | Dorothy & Campbell Christie | Kathleen Parker |
| 1964 Mar | Life & Carol Carter (one act play) | Marion Mosely | Kathleen Parker |
| 1963 Oct | The Bride and the Batchelor | Ronald Miller | Kathleen Parker |
| 1963 Feb | The Amorous Prawn | Anthony Kimmins | H Fleetwood |
| 1962 Oct | Fools Rush In | Kenneth Horne | Kathleen Parker |
| 1962 May | Bonaventure | Charlotte Hastings | Beryldene Hunt |
| 1962 Mar | Save the Standard (one act play) | Victor Lucas | Kathleen Parker |
| 1961 Oct | Man Alive | John Dighton | Kathleen Parker |
| 1961 May | Who Lies There? | Philip Johnson | Beryldene Hunt |
| 1961 Mar | Ballista (one act play) | Richard Tydeman | Kathleen Parker |
| 1961 Mar | The Red Velvet Goat (one act play) | Josephene Niggli | Ann Wright |
| 1961 Mar | King Lear Act 1 Sc 1 (one act play) | W Shakespeare | Alex Wooster |
| 1960 Oct | Breath of Spring | Peter Coke | Kathleen Parker |
| 1960 Mar | Storm Music (one act play) | Mary Neild | Ann Wright |
| 1960 Mar | Rape of the Belt (one act play) | Benn W Levy | Dorita Smith |
| 1959 May | Murder Mistaken | Janet Brown | Beryldene Hunt |
| 1959 Mar | Before You Roast Your Beef (one act play) | T B Morris | Alex Brown |
| 1958 Nov | Toad in the Hole | Maurice McLoughlin | J Ellison & K Parker |
| 1958 Apr | The Ass & The Philosophers (one act play) | Gwenyth Jones | Jim Ellison |
| 1958 Apr | The Inconstant Moon | Philip Johnson | Jim Ellison |
| 1957 Dec | Fresh Fields | Ivor Novello | Jim Ellison |
| 1957 Mar | Latitudes of Love (one act play) | Terence Bowen | Jim Ellison |
| 1957 Mar | A Glass of Bitter (one act play) | J B Priestley | Jim Ellison |
| 1956 Dec | Charity Begins | Ireland Wood | Jim Ellison |
| 1956 May | Old Man's Castle | L S Howarth | Jim Ellison |
| 1956 Mar | The Late Lamented (one act play) | Falkland L Cary | Jim Ellison |
| 1956 Mar | Stratford Tapestry (one act play) | Millicent Lyle | Kathleen Parker |
| 1956 Mar | The Setting Sun (one act play) | Frank Carpenter | Jim Ellison |
| 1955 Nov | On Monday Next | Philip King | Jim Ellison |
| 1955 Apr | Uncle Midnight (one act play) | Philip Johnson | Jim Ellison |
| 1955 Mar | The Mayor of Torontal (one act play) | Gwenyth Jones | Jim Ellison |
| 1955 Feb | The Setting Sun (one act play) | Frank Carpenter | Jim Ellison |
| 1955 Feb | The Parents Propose (one act play) | Yves Cabrol | Jim Ellison |
| 1954 Nov | When We Are Married | J B Priestley | Jim Ellison |
| 1954 Feb | The Mayor of Torontal (one act play) | Gwenyth Jones | Jim Ellison |
| 1954 Feb | Latitudes of Love (one act play) | Terence Bowen | Jim Ellison |
| 1953 Nov | Murder in Motley | Ingram D'Abbes & Fern Sherie | Jim Ellison |
| 1953 Oct | The Late Lamented (one act play) | Falkland L Cary | Louise Brown |
| 1953 Jun | Madam Tic Tac (Act 3) (one act play) | Falkland Cary & Philip Weathers | Jim Ellison |
| 1953 May | The Blue Goose | Peter Blackmore | Jim Ellison |
| 1953 Mar | A Certain Man (one act play) | Leslie Walker | Jim Ellison |
| 1952 May | This Blessed Plot | Basil Thomas | Jim Ellison |
| 1952 Apr | It's a Job to Keep Married | Stuart Ready | Jim Ellison |
| 1952 Feb | They Move On (one act play) | Gregory Page | Jim Ellison |
| 1952 Feb | Divided Councils (one act play) | Peter S Preston | Jim Ellison |
| 1952 Feb | Uncle Midnight (one act play) | Philip Johnson | Jim Ellison |
| 1952 Feb | Masks (one act play) | Patricia Chown | Jim Ellison |
| 1952 Jan | The Happiest Days of Your Life | John Dighton | Jim Ellison |
| 1951 Sep | The Happiest Days of Your Life | John Dighton | Jim Ellison |
| 1951 Apr | And No Birds Sing | Jim Ellison | |
| 1951 Feb | Sound, Sound the Trumpet! (one act play) | Jim Ellison | |
| 1950 Dec | The Big Top (one act play) | Winifred Wall | Jim Ellison |
| 1950 Dec | The Great Dark (one act play) | Dan Totheroh | Jim Ellison |
| 1950 Dec | Today of All Days (one act play) | Philip Johnson | Jim Ellison |
| 1950 Nov | And No Birds Sing | Jim Ellison | |
| 1950 Sep | Sit Down a Minute, Adrian | Jevan Brandon-Thomas | Jim Ellison |
| 1950 Apr | Sit Down a Minute, Adrian | Jevan Brandon-Thomas | Jim Ellison |
| 1950 Mar | The Big Top (one act play) | Winifred Wall | Jim Ellison |
| 1950 Feb | There's No Problem (one act play) | Gwenyth Jones | Jim Ellison |
| 1950 Feb | Before You Roast Your Beef (one act play) | T B Morris | Bob Bowron |
| 1950 Feb | The Big Top (one act play) | Winifred Wall | Jim Ellison |
| 1949 Dec | A Play for Ronnie Warren | Stretham Strode | Jim Ellison |
| 1949 Mar | Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell | Jim Ellison |
| 1949 Feb | Ring O' Bells (one act play) | Hilda Wilkinson | Jim Ellison |
| 1949 Feb | Bird of Passage (one act play) | L Hines & F King | Jim Ellison |
| 1949 Feb | The Great Dark (one act play) | Dan Totheroh | Jim Ellison |
| 1948 Sep (1st show as The Western Players) | Heaven and Charing Cross | Aubrey Danvers-Walker | Jim Ellison |
| 1948 Feb | Today of All Days (one act play) | Philip Johnson | Jim Ellison |
| 1948 Feb | The Royal Inn (one act play) | Reginald Elwy Mitchell | Jim Ellison |
| 1948 Feb | The Dressing Gown (one act play) | Edward Percy & Reginald Denham | Jim Ellison |
| 1947 Apr | Today of All Days (one act play) | Philip Johnson | Jim Ellison |
| 1947 Apr | Money Makes a Difference (one act play) | F Morton Howard | Jim Ellison |
| 1947 Apr | Dark Brown (one act play) | Philip Johnson | Jim Ellison |
| 1947 Jan | Dark Brown (one act play) | Philip Johnson | Jim Ellison |
| 1946 Nov | Distinguished Gathering | James Parish | Jim Ellison |
| 1946 May | When We Are Married | J B Priestley | Jim Ellison |
| 1945 Nov | Saloon Bar | Frank Harvey | Stanley Jarman |
| 1945 May | Barnet's Folly | Jan Stewer | Stanley Jarman |
| 1943 Jun | Rebecca | Clifford Williams | Gerald Hill |
| 1940 Jan | The Switch | Stanley Jarman | |
| 1940 Jan | The Friends of Valerie Lane | Dolland Parsons | Stanley Jarman |
| 1940 Jan | The Marrying Sort | Ronald Gow | Stanley Jarman |
| 1937 Feb | The Crooked Billet | Angus MacPhail | |
| 1936 May | Nina Rosa | Otto Harbach & Irving Caesar | Hubert Freeth |
| 1936 Mar (1st show as The Great Western Players) | Room for Two | ||
| 1936 Mar | Maid of the Mountain | Frederick Lonsdale & Harry Graham | Percy Rendell |
| 1936 Jan | The Midshipmaid | Ian Hay & Stephen King-Hall | Jim Ellison |
| 1935 Apr | Viktoria & Her Hussar | Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda | Hubert Freeth |
| 1935 Jan | Road House | Walter Hackett | Jim Ellison |
| 1934 Oct | No, No Nanette | Frank Medel & Otto Harbach | Hubert Freeth |
| 1934 Apr | Rio Rita | Guy Bolton & Frederick Thompson | Hubert Freeth |
| 1934 Jan | The Middle Watch | Ian Hay & Stephen King-Hall | Jim Ellison |
| 1933 May (1st show as GWR (Swindon) Amateur Theatrical Society) | Rose Marie | Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II | Hubert Freeth |
| 1933 Mar (Last show as GWR (Swindon) Mechanics Institute Amateur Theatrical Society) | Baa Baa Black Sheep | Ian Hay & P G Wodehouse | Jim Ellison |
| 1932 Apr | The New Moon | Sigmund Romberg | H Freeth/J Ellison |
| 1932 Mar | Floradora | Owen Hall & Leslie Stuart | Sydney Ellison |
| 1931 Feb | Princess Charming | Maurice Elvey | |
| 1930 Nov | The Farmer's Wife | Eden Philpotts | Jim Ellison |
| 1930 Jan | The Arcadians | Mark Ambient & A M Hubert | Freeth Thompson |
| 1929 Dec | Paddy, the Next Best Thing | Edwin J. Burke and Gertrude Page | Jim Ellison |
| 1929 Feb | The Passing of the Third Floor Back | Jerome K Jerome | Harold Brayshaw |
| 1929 Jan | Sally | Guy Bolton | Hubert Freeth |
| 1928 Nov | The Sport of Kings | Ian Hay | Harold Brayshaw |
| 1928 Sep | A Visit to Ju Ja | Hugh Mylton & Walter R Collins | R H Wood |
| 1928 Feb | Tom Jones | Sir Edward German | Hubert Freeth |
| 1927 Nov | What the Butler Saw | ||
| 1927 Sep | Les Cloches de Corneville | Robert Planquette and Geoffrey Wilson | |
| 1927 Mar | The Quaker Girl | Sir George Dance | Hubert Freeth |
| 1927 Feb | The Rest Cure (one act play) | Gertrude Jennings | |
| 1927 Feb | Chiselling (one act play) | James Allen & J Dilley | |
| 1926 Dec | Ye Gods | ||
| 1926 Jan | Three Wise Fools | Winchell Smith | |
| 1926 Jan | My Turn Next (one act play) | Thomas J Williams | F T Murray |
| 1925 Nov | Dr Wake's Patient | Robert Ord William Gayer MacKay | |
| 1925 Feb | Tom Jones | Sir Edward German | Hubert Freeth |
| 1924 Nov | Merrie England | Sir Edward German | |
| 1924 Sep | Jack Straw | W Somerset Maugham | |
| 1924 Jun | My Lady Molly | George H. Jessop | |
| 1924 Mar | Les Cloches de Cornville | Robert Planquette and Geoffrey Wilson | |
| 1924 Feb | Our Mr Heppelthwaite | Sir Edward German | |
| 1924 Jan | Tilly of Bloomsbury | Ian Hay | |
| 1923 Mar | Merrie England | Sir Edward German | |
| 1923 | Tilly of Bloomsbury | Ian Hay | |
| 1922 | Jack Straw | W Somerset Maugham | |
| 1922 Mar | Yeoman of the Guard | Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| 1921 | The Mikado | Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| 1921 Oct | The Gondoliers | Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| 1921 | The Lion and The Mouse | ||
| 1920 Mar | Yeoman of the Guard | Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| 1914 Mar | Merrie England | Sir Edward German | |
| 1913 Feb | Ours | T W Robertson | |
| 1912 Nov | Rose of Persia | Arthur Sullivan | |
| 1911 Nov | The Serf | ||
| 1911 Feb | School for Scandal | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | |
| 19106 | Caste | T W Robertson | |
| 1910 Feb | La Fille Madame Angot | Charles Lecocq | |
| 1909 Nov | The Harbour Lights | ||
| 1909 Feb | Patience | Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| 1908 Nov | Bells of Haslemere | Henry Pettitt and Sydney Grundy | |
| 1908 Feb | Iolanthe | Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| 1907 Nov | The Shaughraun | Dion Boucicaul | |
| 1907 Feb | The Mikado | Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| 1906 | Yeoman Of The Guard | Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| 1906 Dec | Caste | T W Robertson | |
| 1905 | The Gondoliers | Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| 1905 | Proof | ||
| 1904 Dec | Trial by Jury | Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| 1904 Dec | Not a Bad Judge | J R Planche | |
| 1904 Apr | Trial by Jury | Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| 1904 Apr | Not a Bad Judge | J R Planche | |
| 1904 Apr (1st show 25th April) | Checkmate | A Halliday | |
| 1898 | Name change to The Great Western Railway Amateur Players | ||
| 1858 Oct | The Three Hunchbacks (or the Sabre Grinders of Damascus) | Performed as The Mechanics' Institution Amateur Dramatic Society | |
| 1855 | The Rent Night | ||
| 1855 | Blinks and the Bagman | Joseph Sterling Coyne | Performed as the Mechanics Institute Dramatic Club |
| 1854 | The Lady Of Munster | Thomas Haynes Bayly | Performed as the Mechanics Institute Amateur Theatrical Club |