The Complete Plays: 1967 Overview
This page contains details about the 1967 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 1967
All plays were performed in-the-round in the Concert Room on the first floor of Scarborough Library. The season ran from 10 July to 16 September 1967. The plays were performed in rep with a change of programme on Thursdays.Advertised / Actual Programme
10 - 12 July
13 - 19 July
20 - 26 July
27 July - 2 August
3 - 9 August
10 - 16 August
13 - 19 July
20 - 26 July
27 July - 2 August
3 - 9 August
10 - 16 August
Advertised / Actual Programme
17 - 23 August
24 - 30 August
31 August - 6 September
7 - 13 September
14 - 16 September
24 - 30 August
31 August - 6 September
7 - 13 September
14 - 16 September
Creatives
Rodney Wood (Director of Productions)Alan Ayckbourn (Director / Writer)
Alfred Bradley (Director)
Alan Plater (Writer)
Catriona Trevelyan (Designer)
Trebor & Kathy Holroyd (Composers)
Actors
Colin BellPamela Craig
Margaret Dawson
Douglas Fielding
Actors
John NettlesMary Piercy
Robert Powell
Heather Stoney
Other Staff
Ken Boden (General Manager)Ian Watson (Company Manager / Stage Director)
Catriona Trevelyan (Stage Manager)
Stephen Armstrong (ASM)
Peter Boden (Electrician)
Veronica Pemberton-Billing (Catering)
1967 Production Notes
○ The 1967 summer season at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, was notable for having two young actors in the company who would go on to considerable stage and screen success in Robert Powell and John Nettles; the season marked John Nettles' professional stage debut.
○ Hop, Step & Jump marked the second - and final - world premiere of a play by noted northern playwright Alan Plater for the Scarborough company.
○ The Sparrow marked the first time Alan Ayckbourn had directed one of his own plays at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough. From this point forward, he will direct the world premieres of all but five of his plays in Scarborough (as of 2026).
○ The Sparrow was originally advertised with the title The Silver Collection. This appeared on the earliest poster and in early discussions of the season. It was then altered to The Sparrow, which appears in brochures and on later posters for the season.
○ Eden End was recorded by the BBC as part of its Saturday Night Theatre: Britain In Repertory season in 1967. The play, directed by Alfred Bradley, was broadcast on the BBC Home Service on 23 September at 8.30pm. The production was directed by Rodney Wood and produced with Alfred Bradley with the same company with the exception of Geoffrey Banks playing Dr Kirby, Douglas Fielding playing Geoffrey Farrant and Bob Grant playing Charles Appleby.
○ Eden End is considered to be the 100th production to be staged by the company at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre since its founding in 1955.
○ Hop, Step & Jump marked the second - and final - world premiere of a play by noted northern playwright Alan Plater for the Scarborough company.
○ The Sparrow marked the first time Alan Ayckbourn had directed one of his own plays at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough. From this point forward, he will direct the world premieres of all but five of his plays in Scarborough (as of 2026).
○ The Sparrow was originally advertised with the title The Silver Collection. This appeared on the earliest poster and in early discussions of the season. It was then altered to The Sparrow, which appears in brochures and on later posters for the season.
○ Eden End was recorded by the BBC as part of its Saturday Night Theatre: Britain In Repertory season in 1967. The play, directed by Alfred Bradley, was broadcast on the BBC Home Service on 23 September at 8.30pm. The production was directed by Rodney Wood and produced with Alfred Bradley with the same company with the exception of Geoffrey Banks playing Dr Kirby, Douglas Fielding playing Geoffrey Farrant and Bob Grant playing Charles Appleby.
○ Eden End is considered to be the 100th production to be staged by the company at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre since its founding in 1955.
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).