The Plays: Year-by-Year (1955)

This page contains productions details for all plays produced by Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, during 1955. All information on this page has been researched and compiled by Simon Murgatroyd M.A. from programmes, brochures and newspaper articles.

Summer 1955

All plays performed in-the-round in the Concert Room at Scarborough Library. The season ran from 14 July to 9 September 1955.

Circle of Love (1955)

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:

Director:
Eleanor D Glaser
Yes

14 July 1955
14 July 1955
10 August 1955

Stephen Joseph
Character
Paul Rimmer
Diana Rimmer
Denis Rimmer
Nona Nesbitt
Jamie Brewer
Grant Brewer
Anna Marshall
Actor
Ralph Nossek
Helen Towers
Morris Perry
Kara Aldridge
Joan Cibber
John Sherlock
Shirley Jacobs

'Prentice Pillar (1955)

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:

Director:
Ruth Dixon
Yes

21 July 1955
21 July 1955
24 August 1955

Stephen Joseph
Character
Dick
Essie
Prentice
Martha
Master Mason
The Tub
Actor
John Sherlock
Shirley Jacobs
Morris Perry
Joan Cibber
Ralph Nossek
Kara Aldridge

Dragons Are Dangerous (1955)

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:

Director:
Co-director:
David Campton
Yes

28 July 1955
28 July 1955
31 August 1955

Stephen Joseph
John Sherlock
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

Turn Right At The Crossroads (1955)

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:

Director:
Jurneman Winch (Joan Winch)
Yes

11 August 1955
11 August 1955
9 September 1955

Stephen Joseph
Actor
Ralph Nossek
Morris Perry
Kara Aldridge
Joan Cibber
John Sherlock
Shirley Jacobs
Actor
Helen Towers
Harry Landis
Charles Lewsen
John Bradley
Charles Maclean
Stephen Joseph

1955 Production Notes

○ The inaugural season of Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre set up the repertory system which would be followed for the next five decades with the main house programme changing on Thursday nights. Stephen Joseph reasoned that by changing programmes on a Thursday, holiday-makers visiting the town for a week would get the chance to see two different productions.
○ The season is exceptional as not only were all four plays new works but also three of the four were written by women; Jurneman Winch who wrote Turn Right at the Crossroads was a pseudonym for Joan Winch.
○ Stephen Joseph is credited as Manager in the programmes for the season rather than Director of Productions or Artistic Director.
All information for this page has been researched and compiled by Simon Murgatroyd and should not be reproduced without permission. Any approved reproduction of information from this page should always credit 'A Round Town (www.theatre-in-the-round.co.uk).