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- 1923-1927 (Creation)
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'Rowntree Players' is the oldest amateur theatre company in York and one of the oldest in the country. The company was established in 1912 as the 'Cocoa Works Dramatic Society' by workers from the Rowntrees Chocolate factory.
The first performances by the Society were staged in the factory's lecture hall, before moving to the Joseph Rowntree Theatre in 1935. To this day the majority of productions take place in the Joseph Rowntree Theatre.
The company is community-based and includes members of all ages and abilities from all over Yorkshire. It specialises in all genres of theatre productions, although it produced muscials infrequently compared to other types of theatre. The company continues to stage an annual pantomime.
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Includes programmes for the following performances:
'The Cheerful Knave' (K Howard) 11-14 December 1923;
'The 13th Chair' (B Veiller) 3,5-6 December 1924;
'Diplomacy' (V Sardou) 1-2 April 1925;
Triple Bill: 'Punch & Go' (Galsworthy), 'Over-ruled' (Shaw), 'The Locked Chest' (Masefield), 20.22-23 October 1926;
'The Admirable Crichton' (J M Barrie) 19.21-22 January 1927;
'The Dover Road' (A A Milne) 23-25 March 1927.
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