Out Of Thin Air: See The Pretty Lights (1965)

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Alan Plater
Yes

Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre
Concert Room, Scarborough Library
Round

12 August 1965
12 August 1965
25 August 1965
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Stage Manager:
Alfred Bradley
Clive Goodhead

Valerie Fletcher
Character
Norman
Enid
Actor
David Jarrett
Pamela Craig

Why is this play significant?

It's the first world premiere of an Alan Plater to be produced by the Scarborough company. Plater (1935 - 2010) was a very successful northern stage and screen writer.

Notes

○ See The Pretty Lights was presented as part of a triple bill (entitled Out Of Thin Air) alongside The Governor's Lady and The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon.
○ This marked the first premiere of a play by famed northern playwright Alan Plater at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough.
○ A season brochure is not held for the 1965 season, so the precise date of the final performance is not definitive.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.