The Plays: Year-by-Year (1963)

This page contains productions details for all plays produced by Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, during 1963. All information on this page has been researched and compiled by Simon Murgatroyd M.A. from programmes, brochures and newspaper articles.

Summer 1963

All plays were performed in-the-round in the Concert Room at Scarborough Library. The season ran from 11 June to 7 September 1963.

Fallen Angels

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:

Director:
Noël Coward
No

11 June 1963
11 June 1963
24 July 1963

David Campton
Character
Julie Sterrol
Frederick Sterrol
Jane Banbury
William Banbury
Maurice Duclos
Saunders
Actor
Latilla Woodburn
Norman Coburn
Sheila Connor
David Campton
David Jarrett
Caroline Hunt

Rollo

Author:
Adaptation:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:

Director:
Marcel Archard
Felicity Douglas
No

13 June 1963
13 June 1963
10 July 1963

Arnold Beck
Character
Leon Rollo
Edith Rollo
Albert
Veronique Carradine
Noel Carradine
Alexa Rollo
Actor
David Campton
Sheila Connor
Norman Coburn
Latilla Woodburn
David Jarrett
Caroline Hunt

A Likely Tale

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:

Director:
Gerald Savory
No

27 June 1963
27 June 1963
6 August 1963

Arnold Beck
Character
Oswald Petersham
Lola Petersham
Mirabelle Petersham
Ursula Budgeon
Gregory Lupton
Jonah Petersham
Actor
David Campton
Latilla Woodburn
Caroline Hunt
Sheila Connor
Norman Coburn
David Jarrett

Comeback

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:

Director:
David Campton
Yes

11 July 1963
11 July 1963
21 August 1963

Stephen Joseph
Character
Harry Permanence
Vera Permanence
Pamela Permanence
Hilary Basingstoke
Bernard Stack
Sylvia
Actor
David Campton
Caroline Hunt
Sheila Connor
Norman Coburn
David Jarrett
Jane Young

Who Was Hilary Maconochie?

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:

Director:
James Saunders
No

25 July 1963
25 July 1963
28 August 1963

Arnold Beck
Character
Mrs Brute
Hilda
Mrs Drudge
Actor
Sheila Connor
Latilla Woodburn
Caroline Hunt
Note: Who Was Hilary Maconochie? was performed in a triple-bill with Barnstable and The Pedagogue.

Barnstable

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:

Director:
James Saunders
No

25 July 1963
25 July 1963
28 August 1963

Stephen Joseph
Character
Helen Carboy
Charles Carboy
Rev. Wandsworth Teeter
Daphne Carboy
Sandra
Actor
Caroline Hunt
David Campton
Norman Coburn
Latilla Woodburn
Jane Young
Note: Barnstable was performed in a triple-bill with Who Was Hilary Maconochie? and The Pedagogue.

The Pedagogue

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
James Saunders
No

25 July 1963
25 July 1963
28 August 1963
Director:

Character
Schoolmaster
Stephen Joseph

Actor
David Jarrett
Note: The Pedagogue was performed in a triple-bill with Who Was Hilary Maconochie? and Barnstable.

Affairs of State

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:

Director:
Louis Verneuil
No

8 August 1963
8 August 1963
7 September 1963

Lewin Goff
Character
Philip Russell
Lawrence
Constance Russell
George Henderson
Irene Elliott
Byron Winkler
Actor
David Campton
Arnold Beck
Sheila Connor
David Jarrett
Latilla Woodburn
Norman Coburn

The Pelican

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:

Director:
Co-Dorector:
August Strindberg
No

29 August 1963
29 August 1963
4 September 1963

Stephen Joseph
Arnold Beck
Character
Margaret
The Mother
The Son
The Daughter
The Son-in-Law
Actor
Caroline Hunt
Latilla Woodburn
David Jarrett
Sheila Connor
Norman Coburn
Note: The Pelican was performed in a double-bill - Beasts - with The Pariah.

The Pariah

Author:
New Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
August Strindberg
No

29 August 1963
29 August 1963
4 September 1963
Director:
Co-Director:

Character
Mr Y
Mr X
Stephen Joseph
Arnold Beck

Actor
David Campton
David Jarrett
Note: The Pariah was performed in a double-bill - Beasts - with The Pelican.

1963 Production Notes

○ Fallen Angels was the first to be presented by Theatre In The Round Ltd, the company which ran the theatre for two years after Studio Theatre Ltd - the company which founded Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre in Scarborough - moved to a new permanent home at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent. The company worked on a very restrictive budget as all the Arts Council subsidy had gone to Stoke-on-Trent.
○ Comeback was the only new play presented during the 1963 summer season.
○ The James Saunders triple bill replaced the original advertised production of Colin Wilson’s unfinished play Necessary Doubt.
○ The majority of productions in 1963 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).