The Complete Plays: 1971 Overview
This page contains details about the 1971 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 1971
All plays were performed in-the-round in the Concert Room at Scarborough Library. The season ran from 14 June to 11 September 1971. The plays were performed in rep with a change of programme on Thursdays.Advertised / Actual Programme
○ Under Milk Wood
○ The Daughter-in-Law
○ Under Milk Wood
○ The Daughter-in-Law
○ Time And Time Again
○ Under Milk Wood
○ The Daughter-in-Law
○ The Daughter-in-Law
○ Under Milk Wood
○ The Daughter-in-Law
○ Time And Time Again
○ Under Milk Wood
○ The Daughter-in-Law
14 - 19 Jun
21 - 23 Jun
24 - 30 Jun
1 - 7 Jul
8 - 14 Jul
15 - 21 Jul
22 - 28 Jul
21 - 23 Jun
24 - 30 Jun
1 - 7 Jul
8 - 14 Jul
15 - 21 Jul
22 - 28 Jul
Advertised / Actual Programme
○ Time And Time Again
○ Revenge
○ Time And Time Again
○ One For The Road
○ Revenge
○ One For The Road
○ Time And Time Again
○ Revenge
○ Time And Time Again
○ One For The Road
○ Revenge
○ One For The Road
○ Time And Time Again
29 Jul - 4 Aug
5 - 11 Aug
12 - 18 Aug
19 - 25 Aug
26 Aug - 1 Sept
2 - 8 Sept
9 - 11 Sept
5 - 11 Aug
12 - 18 Aug
19 - 25 Aug
26 Aug - 1 Sept
2 - 8 Sept
9 - 11 Sept
Creatives
Caroline Smith (Director of Productions)Alan Ayckbourn (Director / Writer)
Ray Herman (Writer)
Tina Bicat (Costumes / Music)
Daniel Jones (Music)
Actors
Jenny AustenTina Bicat
Christopher Godwin
Hal Jeayes
Roger Kemp
Tim Meats
Gil Osborne
Eve Shickle
Other Staff
Ken Boden (General Manager)Jenny Smith (Company Stage Manager)
David Millard (Deputy Stage Manager)
Gerson Grant (Assistant Stage Manager)
Veronica Pemberton-Billing (Catering Manager)
Wilfred Houghton (FoH Assistant Manager)
Connie Garlick (Box Office)
Hubert N. Ruff (Box Office)
1971 Production Notes
○ The 1971 season was overseen by Caroline Smith as the Director Of Productions (Artistic Director). She directed all but one of the plays and was the final person to be seasonally appointed to this role before Alan Ayckbourn was appointed Artistic Director in 1972 through to 2009. She remains - as of writing - the company's only female Artistic Director.
○ Under Milk Wood marked the first performance of the actor Christopher Godwin with the company. Christopher is one of the company’s most prolific actors and was responsible for creating a number of classic Ayckbourn roles. He was part of the company between 1971 and 1977 and subsequently returned a number of times between 1996 and 2026.
○ Time And Time Again was the only production directed by Alan Ayckbourn during the 1971 summer season at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, primarily due to his commitments to his first transfer of a play - How The Other Half Loves - to North America.
○ Time And Time Again was the first production to have a water feature on stage at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, in the form of a small pond. Early in the play's run, this leaked overnight into the reading room of Scarborough public library directly beneath the Concert Room where performances were held.
○ One For The Road is actually credited to Ray Herman and the company.
○ Under Milk Wood marked the first performance of the actor Christopher Godwin with the company. Christopher is one of the company’s most prolific actors and was responsible for creating a number of classic Ayckbourn roles. He was part of the company between 1971 and 1977 and subsequently returned a number of times between 1996 and 2026.
○ Time And Time Again was the only production directed by Alan Ayckbourn during the 1971 summer season at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, primarily due to his commitments to his first transfer of a play - How The Other Half Loves - to North America.
○ Time And Time Again was the first production to have a water feature on stage at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, in the form of a small pond. Early in the play's run, this leaked overnight into the reading room of Scarborough public library directly beneath the Concert Room where performances were held.
○ One For The Road is actually credited to Ray Herman and the company.
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).