The Complete Plays: 1968 Overview
This page contains details about the 1968 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 1968
All plays were performed in-the-round in the Concert Room on the first floor of Scarborough Library. The season ran from 24 June to 14 September 1968. The plays were performed in rep with a change of programme on Thursdays.Advertised / Actual Programme
○ A Boat in the Backyard
○ The Promise
○ A Boat in the Backyard
○ The Promise
○ The Strongbox
○ A Boat in the Backyard
○ Hay Fever
○ The Promise
○ A Boat in the Backyard
○ The Promise
○ The Strongbox
○ A Boat in the Backyard
○ Hay Fever
24 - 26 June
27 June - 3 July
4 - 10 July
11 - 17 July
18 - 24 July
25 - 31 July
1 - 7 August
27 June - 3 July
4 - 10 July
11 - 17 July
18 - 24 July
25 - 31 July
1 - 7 August
Advertised / Actual Programme
○ The Strongbox
○ Arden of Feversham
○ Hay Fever
○ Arden of Feversham
○ The Strongbox
○ A Boat in the Backyard
○ Arden of Feversham
○ Hay Fever
○ Arden of Feversham
○ The Strongbox
○ A Boat in the Backyard
8 - 14 August
15 - 21 August
22 - 28 August
29 August - 4 September
5 - 11 September
12 - 14 September
15 - 21 August
22 - 28 August
29 August - 4 September
5 - 11 September
12 - 14 September
Creatives
Rodney Wood (Director of Productions)Joan Macalpine (Director)
David Bramley (Writer)
Actors
Tom BakerBarbara Bolton
Patricia Clapton
Bill Greaves
Tina Matthews
Actors
Mary PiercyGregory Reid
Rosalind Speight
Francis Wallis
Other Staff
Ken Boden (General Manager)Robin Holmes (Stage Manager)
Rosalind Speight (DSM)
Bryan Andrews (ASM)
Penny Leatherbarrow (ASM)
Peter Boden (Electrician)
1968 Production Notes
○ The 1968 summer season is unique in the company's history in that none of the acting company had ever worked at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre before and none of them would rejoin the company in subsequent years.
○ This season marked an early professional stage role for the actor Tom Baker, who would find long-term fame when he joined the popular British television series Doctor Who as the fourth Doctor in 1974.
○ A Boat In The Backyard was the only new play produced during the 1968 summer season at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough.
○ A Boat in the Backyard was David Bramley's first stage-play, although his prose had been professionally published and he had written two screenplays for the television series Z Cars. Although born in Northallerton, he lived in West Ayton, Scarborough.
○ The Promise was produced in Scarborough following its success in London in 1967 in a production featuring Judi Dench, Ian McKellen and Ian McShane. This debut production of the Russian play in England generated much interest and led to a significant number of productions by rep companies around the country in the wake of the London production.
○ The season included the English premiere of the play The Strongbox and presented the translation by Maurice Edwards & Valerie Reich.
○ Unusually, the programme for Hay Fever does not specifically credit the director of the production. It is likely however that it was the theatre's Director Of Productions (Artistic Director) for the season, Rodney Wood.
○ The original title and spelling for Arden of Faversham was Arden of Feversham, which this was the name used for this production in 1968 - it's generally not used today with the former being the common title.
○ This season marked an early professional stage role for the actor Tom Baker, who would find long-term fame when he joined the popular British television series Doctor Who as the fourth Doctor in 1974.
○ A Boat In The Backyard was the only new play produced during the 1968 summer season at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough.
○ A Boat in the Backyard was David Bramley's first stage-play, although his prose had been professionally published and he had written two screenplays for the television series Z Cars. Although born in Northallerton, he lived in West Ayton, Scarborough.
○ The Promise was produced in Scarborough following its success in London in 1967 in a production featuring Judi Dench, Ian McKellen and Ian McShane. This debut production of the Russian play in England generated much interest and led to a significant number of productions by rep companies around the country in the wake of the London production.
○ The season included the English premiere of the play The Strongbox and presented the translation by Maurice Edwards & Valerie Reich.
○ Unusually, the programme for Hay Fever does not specifically credit the director of the production. It is likely however that it was the theatre's Director Of Productions (Artistic Director) for the season, Rodney Wood.
○ The original title and spelling for Arden of Faversham was Arden of Feversham, which this was the name used for this production in 1968 - it's generally not used today with the former being the common title.
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).