Dragons Are Dangerous (1955)

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

28 July 1955
28 July 1955
31 August 1955

Stephen Joseph
John Sherlock
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Margaret Tabor
Irene Fisher
Charles Lewsen
Character
Elsie Cheynery
Rita Paul
Bobby Cheynery
Rosie Bamberry
David Paul
Mrs Cartwright
Sidney Bamberry
Johnny
Actor
Helen Towers
Kara Aldridge
Ralph Nossek
Shirley Jacobs
Charles Lewsen
Joan Cibber
Morris Perry
John Sherlock

Why is this play significant?

It marked the debut at theatre in the round at the Library Theatre of David Campton, who would go on to become the company's first resident playwright (not Alan Ayckbourn as is frequently assumed). David would be the only playwright to have at least one work a year performed every year for the entirety of Stephen Joseph's tenure as Artistic Director from 1955 to 1965.

Notes

○ David Campton was a participant in one of Stephen Joseph's playwriting courses held at the Central School Of Speech And Drama, London.
○ David was the only male playwright to be included in the inaugural season of Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre.
○ Dragons Are Dangerous was performed without an interval.
○ David Campton would become the first resident writer at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre - not Alan Ayckbourn as is frequently assumed.
○ David played an integral part in the first decade of Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre and was the theatre manager for the majority of the period. He is the only playwright opt have had a play produced icy the company every year for the first decade.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.