Productions
20th - 24th April
by Joseph Kesselring
The Playhouse Theatre, Clare Street, Northampton More >
26th - 31st July
A Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
Performed in the open air
The Courtyard, Abington Park Museum, Northampton
2nd - 7th August
The Wind in the Willows
dramatised by Alan Bennett
Performed in the open air
The Courtyard, Abington Park Museum, Northampton
ARCHIVE OF PRODUCTIONS
Travel backwards through time. Recent productions are at the top.
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2009 - 2010
King Lear by William Shakespeare More >
Closer by Patrick Marber More >
2008 - 2009
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon More >
Hiawatha by Michael Bogdanov and Warpaint by Edward Toone (A Masque Youth Theatre production)
Betrayal by Harold Pinter More >
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe More >
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh More >
2007 - 2008
The Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni (translated by Michael Feingold) (Open air) More >
Ringtime (A Masque Youth Theatre production) More >
Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo More >
Oh What a Lovely War by Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop More >
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton More >
2006 - 2007
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
Gulliver’s Travels by Brian Wright (A Masque Youth Theatre production)
Seeking the Child by Bob Godfrey More >
The Hired Man by Melvyn Bragg
Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht More >
The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett More >
2005 - 2006
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
To Buy a Fat Pig (A Masque Youth Theatre production)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman More >
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare More >
Reader by Ariel Dorfman
2004 - 2005
Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
Home and Beauty by W Somerset Maugham
The Children’s Crusade by Paul Thompson (A Masque Youth Theatre production)
My Mother Said I Never Should by C Keatley
A Christmas Carol from the story by Charles Dickens
2003 - 2004
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Mrs Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw
Any Dream Will Do (A Masque Youth Theatre production)
The Lion in Winter by James Goldman
The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
2002 - 2003
As You Like It by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov More >
The Birds by Aristophanes (a Masque Youth Theatre production)
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Murder in the Cathedral by TS Eliot More >
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
2001 - 2002
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Talking Heads by Alan Bennett
Shoeshine (A Masque Youth Theatre production)
A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller More >
The Nativity by Tony Harrison
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Presson Allen
2000 - 2001
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht (A Masque Youth Theatre production)
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
Playing the Wife by Ronald Hayman
The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan
1999 - 2000
King John by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Entertaining Mr Sloane by Joe Orton More >
Zero-Zero by Brian Wright (a Masque Youth Theatre production)
Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter
Season’s Greetings by Alan Ayckbourn
Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman
1998 - 1999
The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill
The Great Angel Bazaar by Masque Youth Theatre
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
The School for Scandal by Richard B Sheridan
1997 - 1998
Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon More >
Knock, Knock by Masque Youth Theatre
Hay Fever by Noel Coward
The Shakespeare Revue by Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams More >
1996 - 1997
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Duet for One by Tom Kempinski
All My Sons by Arthur Miller
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare More >
My Sister in this House by Wendy Kesselman
1995 - 1996
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
Antigone by Jean Anouilh
The Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan
1994 - 1995
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
A Family Affair by Alexander Ostrovsky
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore
1993 - 1994
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
The Aspern Papers by Michael Redgrave
Map of the Heart by William Nicholson
Kennedy’s Children by Robert Patrick
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare More >
Crimes of Passion by Joe Orton
1992 - 1993
The Tempest by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
Women in Mind by Alan Ayckbourn
Pack of Lies by Hugh Whitemore
The Secret Rapture by David Hare
Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh
1991 - 1992
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter More >
The Understanding by Angela Huth
Happy Families by John Godber
1990 - 1991
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Female Transport by Steve Gooch
Private Lives by Noel Coward
Macbeth by William Shakespeare More >
Who’s Life is it Anyway?
1989 - 1990
As You Like It by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
The Dresser by Ronald Harwood
Alphabetical Order by Michael Frayn
1988 - 1989
The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Once a Catholic by Mary O’Malley
A Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill
The Devil’s Desciple by George Bernard Shaw
The Misanthrope by Moliere (translated by Tony Harrison)
1987 - 1988
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
The Price by Arthur Miller
Right You Are if You Think So by Luigi Pirandello
Absent Friends by Alan Ayckbourn
The House of Bernada Alba by Frederico Garcia Lorca
1986 - 1987
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Old Times by Harold Pinter More >
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare More >
When we are Married by JB Priestley
Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi by Pam Gems
1985 - 1986
Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
And a Little Loves Besides by Alan Plater
Kes by Barry Lines (adapted by Alan Stronach) More >
Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett
A Voyage Round my Father by John Mortimer
1984 - 1985
The Inhabitants by Olwyn Wymark
Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
The Marriage of Figaro by Pierre Beaumarchais
Educating Rita by Willy Russell More >
A Passage to India by Santha Rama Rau
1983 - 1984
Richard III by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Born in the Gardens by Peter Nichols
And a Nightingale Sang by CP Taylor
Masque at Christmas (compilation by various authors)
The Happy Haven by John Arden
1982 - 1983
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen
The Hostage by Brendan Behan
The Coarse Acting Show by Michael Green (Masque’s 50th Anniversary Production)
A Lily in Little India by Donald Howarth
1981 - 1982
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
The Homecoming by Harold Pinter More >
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
The Children’s Hour by Lillian Helhnan
Mrs Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw
1980 - 1981
The Tempest by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Close of Play by Simon Gray
The Sea by Edward Bond
The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen
All my Sons by Arthur Miller
1979 - 1980
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
The Caretaker by Harold Pinter More >
Riders to the Sea/The Tinkers Wedding by JM Synge
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
Bus Stop by William Inge
1978 - 1979
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
The School for Wives by Moliere
Bingo by Edward Bond
Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams
Mixed Doubles by various writers More >
1977 - 1978
Othello by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Mary Mary by Jean Kerr
Candida by George Bernard Shaw
Collapse of Stout Party by Trevor Peacock
The Magistrate by Arthur Wind Pinero
1976 - 1977
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Roots by Arnold Wesker
In Good King Charles Golden Days by George Bernard Shaw
Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall
? Dirty Dick
1975 - 1976
Henry V by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
The Killing of Sister George by Frank Marcus
Tango by Slavomir Mrozek
Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
Angels in Love by Hugh Mills
1974 - 1975
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Getting On by Alan Bennett
I am Camera by John van Drutcn
All Over by Edward Albee
The Gazebo by Alec Coppel
1973 - 1974
King John by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
The Country Wife by William Wycherley
Forget Me Not Lane by Peter Nichols
The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley
Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon
1972 - 1973
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
A Collier’s Friday Night by DH Lawrence
The Times by Arthur Wind Pinero
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols
Happy Family by Giles Cooper
1971 - 1972
As You Like It by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Lovers (Winners and Losers) by Brian Friel
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
The Ticket of Leave Man by Tom Taylor
The Anniversary by Bill MacIlwraith
1970 - 1971
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Meanwhile, Back at the Monastery by various writers
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
Play with a Tiger by Doris Lessing
What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton
1969 - 1970
All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Hay Fever by Noel Coward
Waltz of the Toreadors by Jean Anouilh
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
A Scent of Flowers by James Saunders
1968 - 1969
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
The Daughter-in-Law by DH Lawrence
The Physicists by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams
Loot by Joe Orton
1967 - 1968
The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter More >
Visit to a Small Planet by Gore Vidal
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
How’s the World Treating You? by Roger Milner
1966 - 1967
Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Doctors of Philosophy by Muriel Spark
Duel of Angels by Jean Giraudoux
Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey
The Innocents by Henry James and William Archibald
1965 - 1966
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
Next Time I’ll Sing to You by James Saunders
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
1964 - 1965
The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar (An open air production) More >
The Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs by William Inge
Period of Adjustment by Tennessee Williams
Everything in the Garden by Giles Cooper
Northampton Drama Club becomes Masque Theatre
1963 - 1964
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
The Firstborn by Christopher Fry
Something Unbroken/Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams
The Queen and the Rebels by Ugo Betti
Dandy Dick by Arthur Wing Pinero
1962 - 1963
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
The Room/A Slight Ache/Alas Poor Fred by Harold Pinter and James Saunders More >
The Chinese Bungalow by Matheson Lang
The Wrong Side of the Park by John Mortimer
1961 - 1962
The Hypocrite by Isaac Bickerstaffe (An open air production) More >
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
The Mulberry Bush by Angus Wilson
The Man with a Load of Mischief by Ashley Dukes
One Way Pendulum by NF Simpson
1960 - 1961
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
The Infernal Machine by Jean Cocteau
The Entertainer by John Osborne
Time and the Conways by JB Priestley
Step in the Hollow by Donald McDonough
1959 - 1960
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
The Buskers by Kenneth Jupp
Summertime by Ugo Betti
Epitaph for George Dillon by John Osborne and Anthony Creighton
Amphitryon 38 by Jean Giraudoux
1958 - 1959
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams
The Lesson
The Bald Prima Donna by Eugene Ionesco
Misery Me by Dennis Cannan
Fading Mansions by Jean Anouilh
1957 - 1958
The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay (An open air production) More >
The Gentle People by Irwin Shaw
Miss Julie by August Strindberg
The Stronger by August Strindberg
The Millionairess by George Bernard Shaw
The Romantic Lovers by Alan Brown
1956 - 1957
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Sextet an original revue
A Sleep of Prisoners by Christopher Fry
Thirty Pieces of Silver by Howard Fast
The Mask and the Face by CB Fernald
1955 - 1956
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Eye of a Camel an original revue
Vicious Circle by Jean-Paul Sartre
Paradise Enow by James Bridie
Marching Song by John Whiting
Dark of the Moon by William Berney and Howard Richardson
1954 - 1955
The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
Cardenio by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare More >
A Village Wooing by George Bernard Shaw
The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden by Thornton Wilder
A Son Comes Home by Frank Jackson
Third Person by Andrew Rosenthal
Happy as Larry by Donald McDonough
1953 - 1954
Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen
Venus Observed by Christopher Fry
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith More >
All for Love by John Dryden
Goodnight Children by JB Priestley More >
1952
The Eagle Has Two Heads by Jean Cocteau
Lady Precious Stream by Hui Sing (An open air production) More >
Doctor Angelus by James Bridie
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets by George Bernard Shaw
The Man of Destiny by George Bernard Shaw
1951
The Typewriter by Jean Cocteau More >
A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde (First production at Masque Theatre, Thenford Street)
1950
The Circle by Somerset Maugham More >
The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni More >
The Clandestine Marriage by George Coleman and David Garrick
1949
The Linden Tree by JB Priestley More >
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare (An open air production)
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1948
The Intruder by Francois Mauriac
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare More >
Dark Victory by George Brewster and Bertram Block
1947
Loser Takes All by L. Du Garde Peach More >
A Florentine Tragedy by Oscar Wilde More >
Goodness How Sad by Robert Morley More >
And So To Bed by JB Fagin More >
1946
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets by George Bernard Shaw
1945
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (An open air production) More >
The Silver Cord by Sidney Howard More >
1944
Toad of Toad Hall by AA Milne and Kenneth Grahame (An open air production) More >
The Good Natured Man by Oliver Goldsmith
1943
Getting Married by George Bernard Shaw
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (An open air production) More >
1942
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
1940
Murder in the Cathedral by TS Eliot
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
1939
Lady Precious Stream by Hui Sing
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare More >
Jack and the Beanstalk by Margaret Carter
1938
The Kingdom of God by Gregorio Martínez Sierra
King Lear’s Wife
1937
Behind Your Back by Charles Landstone
Northampton Drama League becomes
Northampton Drama Club
The Ticket of Leave Man by Tom Taylor More >
1936
Jonah and the Whale by James Bridie More >
Lady Precious Stream by Hui Sing
Escape / The Whole Town’s Talking by John Galsworthy and John Emerson & Anita Loos
1935
The Young King by Aphra Behn
Lady Precious Stream by Hui Sing
1934
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (First open air prodiuction) More >
1933
The Shoemaker’s Holiday by Thomas Dekker
1932
Street Scene by Elmer Rice More >
Northampton Drama League is formed on
10th November 1931
by Anton Chekhov
16th - 20th February 2010
Northampton College Studio Theatre, Booth Lane, Northampton More >
COMING SOON
How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won The FA Cup
by J.L. Carr (dramatised by Brian Wright)
A Masque Youth Theatre production
14th - 17th April 2010
Avenue Main Hall, University of Northampton, St George’s Avenue, Northampton