The University of the Third Age - Welwyn Hatfield
Play Reading Study Group - More plays that we've read.
This Group met for the first time in September 2011, and the plays that we have read since then include:
2011 - September
- Bell, Book and Candle John Van Druten
- Dangerous Corner J. B. Priestley
- The Real Thing Tom Stoppard
- Dear Brutus J. M. Barrie
2012
- The Old Country Alan Bennett
- A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt
- The Boy with a Cart Christopher Fry
- All My Sons Arthur Miller
- Love of Four Colonels Peter Ustinov
- Alphabetical Order Michael Frayn
- Arcadia Tom Stoppard
- The Cocktail Party T S Eliot
- Red Letter Day Kay Macaulife
- The Little Heir Kay Macaulife
- Hands across the Sea Noel Coward
- Under Milk Wood Dylan Thomas
- She stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith
- A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Peter Nichols
2013
- Separate Tables Terence Rattigan
- A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen
- The Doctor's Dilemma Bernard Shaw
- Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn
- Abigail's Party Mike Leigh
- 3 short plays for women Kay Macaulife
- The Matchmaker Thornton Wilder
- The Mousetrap Agatha Christie
- The Master Builder Henrik Ibsen
- Hobson's Choice Harold Brighouse
- East Lynne Brian J. Burton (based on Mrs Henry Wood)
- The Memory of Water Shelagh Stephenson
2014
- Whose life is it anyway? Brian Clark
- The Lady's not for Burning Christopher Fry
- The Cherry Orchard Anton Checkov
- Noises Off Michael Frayn
- Man and Superman Bernard Shaw
- Blithe Spirit Noel Coward
- Wind of Heaven Emlyn Williams
- Plaza Suite Neil Simon
- An Inspector Calls J B Priestley
- Lady Windermere's Fan Oscar Wilde
- Halfway Up the Tree Peter Ustinov
2015
- One-Way Pendulum N. F. Simpson
- Hay Fever Noël Coward
- School for Scandal R. B. Sheridan
- A Delicate Balance Edward Albee
- You never can tell G B Shaw
- Smash! Jack Rosenthal
- Storm in a flower vase Anton Burge
- Living together Alan Ayckbourn
- Pack of Lies Hugh Whitemore
- Blue Stockings Jessica Swale
2016
- The Merry Widower Simon Moss
- Amy’s view David Hare
- The Aspern Papers Michael Redgrave
- The Chalk Garden Enid Bagnold
- Welfarewell Cat Delaney
- On the Rocks Amy Rosenthal
- Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen
- The Real Thing Tom Stoppard
- Man of the Moment Alan Ayckbourn
- Candida G. B. Shaw
- Sylvia’s wedding Jimmy Crin
- Single Spies Alan Bennett
2017
- Quatermaine's Terms Simon Gray
- Three Sisters Anton Checkov
- Black Chiffon Lesley Storm
- Barefoot in the Park Neil Simon
- The Second Mrs Tanqueray Arthur Pinero
- Ladies in Lavender Shaun McKenna
- The history boys Alan Bennett
- Habeas Corpus Alan Bennett
- Six Characters in Search of an Author Pirandello
- Quartet Ronald Harwood
- After Mrs Rochester Polly Teale
2018
- Dancing at Lusagna Brian Friel
- Relative Values Noël Coward
- Way Upstream Alan Ayckbourn
- The Admirable Crichton J. M. Barrie
- Kinderstransport Diane Samuels
- Yes Prime Minister Anthony Jay
- The Shop at Sly Corner Edward Percy
- The Gingerbread Lady Neil Simon
- shorts by Kay Macaulife
- Calendar Girls Tim Firth
- Look Back in Anger John Osborne
- Out of Focus Peter Gordon
2019
- The Judge John Mortimer
- A Moderate Soprano David Hare
- The Homecoming Harold Pinter
- The Heiress R & A Goetz (Henry James)
- Day of Reckoning Pam Valentine
- Tom and Viv Michael Hastings
- Generations Apart Peter Gordon
- Getting On Alan Bennett
- The Odd Couple Neil Simon
- Top Girls Caryll Church
- The Boy with a Cart Christopher Fry
2020
- Before the Party Rod Ackland
- Red Peppers Noel Coward
(Zoom meetings)
- City of Tomorrow Glyn Maxwell
- Three of Silk Toni Neobard & Kate Broad
- The Dark Lady of the Sonnets G. B. Shaw
- The Twelve-pound Look James Barrie
- She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith
- Swept Away by Murder Terry Adcock
- The Warden
- Pygmalion G B Shaw
- A Woman of No Importance Oscar Wilde
- All for a Quiet Life Fred Barrett
2021
- Rich Tapestry of Life Margaret Fisher
- Parrots’ Eggs Barbara Pym
- A slim Chance / The Amersham Chronicles
- The Thirty-nine Steps
- The Cat & The Canary John Willard (adapted by David Muncaster)
- A Doll’s House Henrik Ibsen
- Taking Steps Alan Ayckbourn
(Real-life meetings)
- Trelawny of the Wells Arthur Pinero
- The Herd Rory Kinnear
2022
- The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
- An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde
- Gaslight Patrick Hamilton
- Abigail's Party Mike Leigh
- Murder in the Cathedral T S Eliot
- Ways and Means Noel Coward
- Ladies in Lavender Shaun McKenna
- Getting On Alan Bennett
- Over My Dead Body Derek Benfield
- Lady Audley’s Secret (from novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon)
2023
- The Wind in the Willows Alan Bennett
- The Gingerbread Lady Neil Simon
- The Good Life David Smith
- Time and the Conways J B Priestley
- Alphabetical Order Michael Frayn
- "The Village Fete" Peter Tinniswood
- Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn
- Carry me Kaye Rachel Musgrove
- Here Clive Judd
- Six Characters in Search of an Author Luigi Pirandello
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