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- 1985-1990 (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 Accrington Pals' (P Whelan) 17-19 October 1985 (includes press review and cutting from the 'Accrington Observer & Times', 25 July 1986);
50th Anniversary Celebration, 18-22 November 1985 (includes press cuttings and an article from Rowntree Magazine', October 1985);
'Aladdin' (J Morley) 18-21 December 1985 (includes photograph);
'Season's Greetings' (A Ayckbourn) 6-8 March 1986 (includes press review and photographs);
All England Theatre Festival, Preliminary Round at York, 15 March 1986, and Adjudicator's Report
British Theatre Association, 20th Anniversary Festival of Plays, Scarborough 21-26 April 1986 (also includes press cutting, photograph and adjudicator's report);
'Houseguest' (F Durbridge) 1-3 May 1986 (includes press review and photographs);
Annual Report for AGM 1986;
'Angels in Love' (H Mills) 16-18 October 1986 (includes press review)
'Red Riding Hood' (J Crocker) 16-20 December 1986 (includes press review and photographs);
Double Bill 'Post Mortem' (B Clark) and 'Chinamen' (A Frayn) 26-28 February 1987 (includes press review);
All England Theatre Festival, Preliminary Round at York, 7 March 1987 and Adjudicator's Report;
British Theatre Association, 21st Annual Festival of Plays, Scarborough, 6-11 April 1987 and Adjudicator's Report;
List of Roles played by Judith Snowden, 1961-86;
Chairman's Report, AGM 1987, and Press Cutting re: presentation to Mike Jones;
'Under Milk Wood' (D Thomas) 15-17 October 1987 (includes press review and photographs);
'Sinbad the Sailor' (J Morley) 15-19 December 1987 (includes press review, handbill and ticket);
'The Real Thing' (T Stoppard) 25-27 February 1988 (includes four photographs and poster);
All England Theatre Festival, Preliminary Round at York, 11 March 1988 and Adjudicator's Report;
British Theatre Association, 22nd Annual Festival of Plays, Scarborough, 21-16 March 1988;
All England Theatre Festival, NE Divisional Final at York, 23 April 1988 and Adjudicator's Report;
All England Theatre Festival, Northern Final at York, 7 May 1988;
'Born in the Gardens' (P Nichols) 28-30 April 1988 (includes press review and photographs);
'84 Charing Cross Road' (H Hanff) 29 June - 2 July 1988 (includes press review);
Annual Report for ACM 1988;
'The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery' (McGillivray & Zerlin) 13-15 October 1988 (includes press review, handbill and ticket);
'Sleeping Beauty' (N Robbins) 14-17 December 1988 (includes press review);
'Pack of Lies' (H Whitemore) 2-4 March 1989 (includes press review and photographs);
All Engl and Theatre Festival, Preliminary Round at York, 17 March 1989 and Adjudicator' s Report;
British Theatre Association, 23rd Annual Festival of Plays, Scarborough, 12-15 April 1989 and Adjudicator's Report;
'Plaza Suite' (N Simon) 27-29 April 1989 (includes press review and photographs);
Annual Report for AGM 1989;
'Round and Round the Garden' (A Ayckbourn) 12-14 October 1989 (includes photographs);
'Flibberty the Penguin' (D Wood) 13-16 December 1989;
'Trip to Scarborough' (R B Sheridan) 1-3 March 1990 (includes press review and photographs);
All England Theatre Festival, Preliminary Round at York, 16-17 March 1990 (includes press review and adjudicators report);
All England Theatre Festival, NE Divisional Final at Sedgefield, 28 April 1990;
'The Glass Menagerie' (T Williams) 3-5 May 1990 (includes press review);
Annual Report for ACM 1990.
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