The Complete Plays: 1960 Overview
This page contains details about the 1960 season at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough. For details about individual plays, click on the play titles below.All information on this page has been researched and compiled by Simon Murgatroyd M.A. from programmes, brochures and newspaper articles.
Summer 1960
All plays were performed in-the-round in the Concert Room on the first floor of Scarborough Library. The season ran from 15 June to 10 September 1960. The plays were performed in rep with a change of programme on Thursdays.Advertised Programme
○ 'Prentice Pillar
○ Wuthering Heights
○ Love After All
○ 'Prentice Pillar
○ Wuthering Heights
○ The Ark
○ Love After All
○ A View From The Brink
○ 'Prentice Pillar
○ The Ark
○ Wuthering Heights
○ A View From The Brink
○ Love After All
○ Wuthering Heights
○ Love After All
○ 'Prentice Pillar
○ Wuthering Heights
○ The Ark
○ Love After All
○ A View From The Brink
○ 'Prentice Pillar
○ The Ark
○ Wuthering Heights
○ A View From The Brink
○ Love After All
15 - 22 June
23 - 29 June
30 June - 6 July
7 - 13 July
14 - 20 July
21 - 27 July
28 July - 3 August
4 - 10 August
11 - 17 August
18 - 24 August
25 - 30 August
1 - 7 September
8 - 10 September
23 - 29 June
30 June - 6 July
7 - 13 July
14 - 20 July
21 - 27 July
28 July - 3 August
4 - 10 August
11 - 17 August
18 - 24 August
25 - 30 August
1 - 7 September
8 - 10 September
Actual Programme
○ 'Prentice Pillar
○ Wuthering Heights
○ Love After All
○ Wuthering Heights
○ The Ark
○ Love After All
○ A View From The Brink
○ The Ark
○ Wuthering Heights
○ A View From The Brink
○ Wuthering Heights
○ Love After All
○ Wuthering Heights
○ The Ark
○ Love After All
○ A View From The Brink
○ The Ark
○ Wuthering Heights
○ A View From The Brink
15 - 22 June
23 - 29 June
30 June - 13 July
14 - 20 July
21 - 27 July
28 July - 3 August
4 - 10 August
11 - 17 August
18 - 30 August
1 - 10 September
23 - 29 June
30 June - 13 July
14 - 20 July
21 - 27 July
28 July - 3 August
4 - 10 August
11 - 17 August
18 - 30 August
1 - 10 September
Note: A View From The Brink consisted of Out Of The Flying Pan, Soldier From The Wars Returning and Mutatis Mutandis.
Creatives
Stephen Joseph (Artistic Director / Design)Julian Herington (Director)
Alan Ayckbourn (Writer)
David Campton (Writer)
James Saunders (Writer)
Wendy Doncaster (Costumes)
Charles Fox (Costumes)
Actors
Alan AyckbournDavid Campton
Derrick Gilbert
David Glover
Faynia Jeffery
Hazel Ann Lee
Anita Robinson
Actors
Ann HughesdonFaynia Jeffery
Dona Martyn
Lewis Teasdale
Other Staff
Joan Macalpine (Theatre Manager)Terry Lane (Stage Manager)
Martin Carthy (ASM)
Claire Singleton (Secretary)
Ken Boden (Local Secretary)
Veronica Pemberton-Billing (Catering)
Winter 1960
All plays were performed in-the-round in the Concert Room on the first floor of Scarborough Library. The season ran from 12 - 31 December 1960. The plays were performed consecutively - not in rep - with a change of programme on Mondays.Advertised / Actual Programme
12 - 17 December
19 - 31 December
19 - 31 December
Creatives
Stephen Joseph (Artistic Director)Clifford Williams (Director)
Gerald Bagley (Choreographer)
Alan Ayckbourn (Writer)
Actors
Alan AyckbournHazel Burt
Philip Clifford
Rosamund Dickson
David Jarrett
Stanley Page
Dancers
Mimic Dance TheatreTonya Burcka
Brenda Elder
Frances Harper
Robin Horobin
Jennifer Wright
Other Staff
Joan Macalpine (Theatre Manager)Terry Lane (Stage Manager)
Philip Clifford (ASM)
Ann Daly (Secretary)
Ken Boden (Local Secretary)
Veronica Pemberton-Billing (Catering)
1960 Production Notes
○ During the summer season of 1960, Studio Theatre Ltd employed a young stage manager by the name of Martin Carthy; he would soon afterwards find fame but not in theatre, but as one of the most influential British folk-singers of the late 20th century and whose version of Scarborough Fair was used by Simon & Garfunkel as the basis for their famed version.
○ 'Prentice Pillar was the first play to be revived by Studio Theatre Ltd at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough. It received its world premiere at the venue during its inaugural season in 1955.
○ Originally scheduled to run in repertory throughout the summer season until mid August, 'Prentice Pillar actually only lasted a single week before the entire summer schedule was altered.
○ Wuthering Heights was another revival, this time from 1956.
○ Notably the director, Julian Herington, apparently spent the entire company's entire summer season budget on just his two productions Wuthering Heights and Love After All.
○ Wuthering Heights was originally scheduled to only run from 23 - 29 June, 14 - 20 July and 25 - 31 August. However, when 'Prentice Pillar had two of its three week repertory season cut, Wuthering Heights final week was extended from 18 - 31 August.
○ Love After All was Alan Ayckbourn's second full-length, commissioned play.
○ Love After All was originally scheduled to run at the Library Theatre from 30 June - 6 July, 28 July - 3 August and 8 - 10 September. However, the schedule was extensively altered after the season had begun and Love After All ran for two weeks from 30 June - 13 July before returning from 28 July - 3 August.
○ No producer credit is given in the programme for The Ark, but it seems likely - given it was by a writer whom Stephen Joseph directed every other production at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre of - that he directed the production.
○ The Ark was initially advertised as running from 21 - 27 July and 18 - 24 August. The schedule was extensively altered once the season had begun though and 'Prentice Pillar was removed after its first week. As a result, The Ark was presented from 21 - 27 July and 11 - 17 August.
○ A View From The Brink was originally advertised as closing on 7 September but with extensive changes to the season once it had begun - largely to remove 'Prentice Pillar from the schedule, its run was extended to 10 September.
○ Five Finger Exercise was presented as just of one of two plays during the 1960 winter season at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough. It was revived the following year for the company's summer season.
○ Dad's Tale was a co-production between Studio Theatre Ltd and the British Dance Drama Theatre. The two companies did not meet until the final dress rehearsal and Alan Ayckbourn was only told of the collaboration - and the need for it to include dance sequences - having already accepted the commission to write a family play.
○ Dad's Tale was also Alan Ayckbourn's first attempt at writing a play for families; by his admission, it was a failure.
○ Dad's Tale is credited to Roland Allen, a pseudonym used by Alan Ayckbourn during the writing of his first four plays.
○ The majority of productions in 1960 were performed without an interval.
○ 'Prentice Pillar was the first play to be revived by Studio Theatre Ltd at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough. It received its world premiere at the venue during its inaugural season in 1955.
○ Originally scheduled to run in repertory throughout the summer season until mid August, 'Prentice Pillar actually only lasted a single week before the entire summer schedule was altered.
○ Wuthering Heights was another revival, this time from 1956.
○ Notably the director, Julian Herington, apparently spent the entire company's entire summer season budget on just his two productions Wuthering Heights and Love After All.
○ Wuthering Heights was originally scheduled to only run from 23 - 29 June, 14 - 20 July and 25 - 31 August. However, when 'Prentice Pillar had two of its three week repertory season cut, Wuthering Heights final week was extended from 18 - 31 August.
○ Love After All was Alan Ayckbourn's second full-length, commissioned play.
○ Love After All was originally scheduled to run at the Library Theatre from 30 June - 6 July, 28 July - 3 August and 8 - 10 September. However, the schedule was extensively altered after the season had begun and Love After All ran for two weeks from 30 June - 13 July before returning from 28 July - 3 August.
○ No producer credit is given in the programme for The Ark, but it seems likely - given it was by a writer whom Stephen Joseph directed every other production at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre of - that he directed the production.
○ The Ark was initially advertised as running from 21 - 27 July and 18 - 24 August. The schedule was extensively altered once the season had begun though and 'Prentice Pillar was removed after its first week. As a result, The Ark was presented from 21 - 27 July and 11 - 17 August.
○ A View From The Brink was originally advertised as closing on 7 September but with extensive changes to the season once it had begun - largely to remove 'Prentice Pillar from the schedule, its run was extended to 10 September.
○ Five Finger Exercise was presented as just of one of two plays during the 1960 winter season at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough. It was revived the following year for the company's summer season.
○ Dad's Tale was a co-production between Studio Theatre Ltd and the British Dance Drama Theatre. The two companies did not meet until the final dress rehearsal and Alan Ayckbourn was only told of the collaboration - and the need for it to include dance sequences - having already accepted the commission to write a family play.
○ Dad's Tale was also Alan Ayckbourn's first attempt at writing a play for families; by his admission, it was a failure.
○ Dad's Tale is credited to Roland Allen, a pseudonym used by Alan Ayckbourn during the writing of his first four plays.
○ The majority of productions in 1960 were performed without an interval.
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).