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- 1995-1997 (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:
'September in the Rain' (S Patrick) 16 September 1995 (includes press review and photograph);
'Kindly Leave the Stage' (J Chapman) 12-14 October 1995 (includes press review and photographs);
'Mother Goose' (N Robbins) 12-16 December 1995 (includes press review and photographs);
'Jane Eyre' (C Bronte) 22-24 February 1996 (includes press review);
All England Theatre Festival, NE Divisional Final at Bilton, 20 April 1996 and Award of Merit, Adjudicator's Report and Photographs;
'The Anniversary' (B Macllwraith) 25-27 April 1996 (includes press review);
All England Theatre Festival, Northern Area Final at York, 11 May 1996;
Annual Report and Minutes of AGM 8 July 1996;
'Quality Street' (J M Barrie) 10-12 October 1996 (includes press review and photographs);
'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' (L H Caddy) 10-14 December 1996 (includes press review and photographs);
'Straight and Narrow' (J Chinn) 20-22 February 1997 (includes press review poster and photograph); All England Theatre Festival, NE Divisional Final at Sedgefield, 19 April 1997 and Adjudicator's Report and Good Wishes;
'Mystery at Blackwater' (D Sutherland) 1-3 May 1997 (includes press review and photographs);
Annual Report for AGM 1997.
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