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- 1997-2003 (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:
'Out of Order' (R Cooney) (includes press review);
'Cinderella' (J Morley) 9-13 December 1997 (includes press review and photograph);
All England Theatre Festival, Round One at York, 20 March 1998 (also includes full festival programme);
'Because of the Lockwoods' (C Cox) 26-28 February 1998 (includes press review and photographs);
'My Friend Miss Flint' (P Teidhan) 30 April, 1-2 May 1998 (includes press review and photographs);
Annual Report and Minutes of AGM 1998;
Obituary for Edna Shann;
'Terra Nova' (T Tally) 8-10 October 1998 (includes press review, photographs and a dinner menu);
'Treasure Island ' (R Lloyd) 8-12 December 1998 (includes press review);
'The Exorcism' (D Taylor) 25-27 February 1999 (includes press review and photographs);
'Stepping Out' (R Harris) 29-30 April, 1 May 1999;
Annual Report and Minutes for AGM 1999;
'Sylvia's Wedding' (J Chinn) 7-9 October 1999 (includes press review and photographs);
'Aladdin' (R Marlowe) 7-11 December 1999 (includes press review and photographs);
'Steel Magnolias' (R Harling) 24-26 February 2000 (includes press review)
'Dancing at Lughnasa' (B Friel) 18-20 May 2000 (includes press review, photograph and William Wallace Trophy award in the name of Jill Pearson);
Minutes of ACM 5 July 1999;
'Happy Families' (J Godber) 5-7 October 2000 (includes press review and photograph);
'Babes in the Wood' (B Morley) 12-16 December 2000 (includes press review and photographs);
All England Theatre Festival, Round One at York, 10 March 2001 and William Wallace Trophy award to Jeanette Feetenby for her Performance in 'Last Panto in Little Grimley';
'Pygmalion' (Shaw) 17-19 May 2001 (includes press review, poster and photographs);
Minutes of AGM 3 July 2000;
Press cutting regarding the retirement of David Bushby after 30 Years at the Rowntree Theatre;
'Sand Castles' (B Larby) 4-6 October 2001 (includes press review, photographs ticket and William Wallace Trophy award to Jim Hammond);
Menu for Rowntree Players 90th birthday dinner held at Merchant Adventurer's Hall, 8 February 2002 (includes press report and invitation cards);
'Sinbad the Sailor' (J Morley) 11-15 December 2001 (includes press review and ticket);
Press obituary notice and Order of Service for Lillian Alice Leckenbury (1927-2002), ex-Rowntree Player;
'Natural Causes' (E Chappell) 28 February-24 March 2002 (includes press review and photographs);
'Pride and Prejudice' (Austen adap. H Jerome) 2-4 May 2002 (includes press review);
Minutes for AGM 10 July 2001;
'Hobson's Choice' (H Brighouse) 3-5 October 2002 (includes press review);
'Jack and Jill' (N Robbins) 10-14 December 2002;
'Key for Two' (Chapman & Freeman) 27-28 February and 1 March 2003 (includes press review);
All England Theatre Festival, Round One at York, 23 March 2003;
'The Importance of Being Earnest' (O Wilde) 1-3 May 2003.
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