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Waiting in the Wings

6th May 1981 - 8th May 1981

Feud between residents of retired actresses home, Lotta Bainbridge and May Davenport, who once both loved the same man.

Breath of Spring

15th February 1979 - 17th February 1979

When Dame Beatrice is given a mink stole by her maid, she is reminded of the maid's shady past.

The Happiest Days of Your Life

26th January 1978 - 28th January 1978

Complications ensue when a bureaucratic error allows a girls' school to share premises with a boys' school.

Wanted - One Body!

25th April 1973 - 28th April 1973

‘Wanted – One Body’ is a ‘who-dunnit-thriller’ set in the Lounge of ‘Greenacres’ – the home of the late Mr Barraclough – on a Winter’s day – ‘not many years ago’

Midsummer Mink

5th April 1972 - 8th April 1972

Brigadier Rayne deploys his charity campaigns with military expertise, but little monetary success until Nan is passed a mink coat by a crook on the run

The Chalk Garden

3rd September 1969 - 6th September 1969

The story of the imperious Mrs St Maugham and her granddaughter Laurel, a disturbed child under the care of Miss Madrigal, a governess, whose past life is a mystery

All in Good Time

9th April 1969 - 12th April 1969

Teenage newlyweds, living with the groom's parents, have difficulties consummating their marriage.

Who Lies There?

27th February 1968 - 2nd March 1968

Returning from honeymoon George and Francis are perturbed by the cellar door of their new home. It keeps opening all by itself.

A Christmas Carol

22nd January 1968 - 22nd January 1968

Festive tale of redemption and compassion, over the course of one ghostly Christmas night, cold-hearted businessman Ebenezer Scrooge learns to pity himself and to love his neighbour – but is that enough?

A Christmas Carol

22nd January 1968 - 22nd January 1968

Festive tale of redemption and compassion, over the course of one ghostly Christmas night, cold-hearted businessman Ebenezer Scrooge learns to pity himself and to love his neighbour – but is that enough?

A Christmas Carol

22nd January 1968 - 22nd January 1968

Festive tale of redemption and compassion, over the course of one ghostly Christmas night, cold-hearted businessman Ebenezer Scrooge learns to pity himself and to love his neighbour – but is that enough?

Busybody

12th April 1967 - 15th April 1967

Nosey cleaning lady finds a body leading to comic chaos

Celebration

31st August 1966 - 3rd September 1966

A Comedy about family wedding & funeral

Shadow in the Sun

13th April 1966 - 16th April 1966

Staff room at Clifden High School for Girls in South Africa Sees racial drama

Goodnight Mrs Puffin

25th August 1965 - 28th August 1965

Comic predictions embroiled in a family wedding

An Ideal Husband

21st April 1965 - 24th April 1965

Underneath a surface of frivolity and witty exchanges, Wilde explores the serious question of the relationship between political power and personal morality.

Friends and Neighbours

9th March 1963 - 16th March 1963

At the height of the Cold War, a working-class British family have to entertain two visitors from Russia

Sailor, Beware!

10th January 1959 - 17th January 1959

The Hornett household is dominated by the tyrannical Emma, mother of Shirley. Able Seaman Albert Tuffnell is in love with Shirley, but he views the prospect of marrying into her family with concern.

The Love Match

10th March 1958 - 15th March 1958

Football-mad railway engine driver and his fireman are desperate to get back in time to see a match

Sliced Ham [Revue]

7th October 1957 - 12th October 1957

The Rossendale Players 21st Birthday revue

Sliced Ham [Revue]

7th October 1957 - 12th October 1957

The Rossendale Players 21st Birthday revue

Sliced Ham [Revue]

7th October 1957 - 12th October 1957

The Rossendale Players 21st Birthday revue

Young Wives' Tale

14th January 1957 - 19th January 1957

Housing shortage forces two couples, each with an infant child, to share a house. They can't find a reliable nanny exacerbating the problems caused by the crowding, and a pretty young lodger and Sabina's persistent old beau intensify the romantic tensions

The Deep Blue Sea

10th December 1954 - 18th December 1954

When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge.

Down our Street

27th November 1953 - 5th December 1953

A New Lancashire Comedy specially written for the society and Directed by James Wilkinson

Bed, Board and Romance

15th May 1953 - 23rd May 1953

A Lancashire Comedy in Blackpool

Job for the Boy

3rd October 1952 - 11th October 1952

A new Lancashire comedy in three acts by Dennis Driscoll

The Cure for Love

27th June 1952 - 5th July 1952

Romantic Comedy in a post-war Lancashire town.

You can't take it with you

16th May 1952 - 24th May 1952

The original production of the play premiered on Broadway in 1936, and played for 838 performances. It won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and was adapted for the screen in 1938, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director.