Plays Archive: EDS Shows past and present
The plays archive contains details of all - up until now 74 - EDS shows from the first ever
production in 1972 up to the current production. For most of the more recent
productions (1995 onwards) we have details of the cast, press reviews and
pictures. For earlier productions we only have basic details including
the dates and the director. We would therefore love to hear from anybody who has
memories of these shows they would be prepared to let us use
(photographs, programme, poster etc.) Each play has its own minisite and a comments
section.
You can browse plays either alphabetically, chronologically, by writer or director by clicking on the headings in the table below.
| Year | Season | Production | Written by | Directed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-1 | Winter | As You Like It | Shakespeare, William | Henry, Kirsten |
| 2009-2 | Summer | Much Ado About Nothing | Shakespeare, William | Henry, Kirsten |
| 2009-1 | Winter | Plunder | Travers, Ben | Henry, Kirsten |
| 2008-2 | Summer | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare, William | Pohl, Kirsten |
| 2008-1 | Winter | My Son is Crazy But Promising | Kelly, Tim | Pohl, Kirsten |
| 2007-2 | Summer | Twelfth Night or What You Will | Shakespeare, William | Pohl, Kirsten |
| 2007-1 | Winter | The Taming of the Shrew | Shakespeare, William | Pohl, Kirsten |
| 2006-2 | Summer | Wyrd Sisters | Pratchett, Terry | Quinn, Damian |
| 2006-1 | Winter | FIGARO | Beaumarchais (after) | Quinn, Damian |
| 2005-2 | Summer | The Beggar's Opera | Gay, John (after) | Quinn, Damian |
| 2005-1 | Winter | Meet My Shorts | Quinn, Damian | Quinn, Damian |
| 2004-2 | Summer | The Mikado | Gilbert, W.S. & Sullivan, Arthur | Quinn, Damian |
| 2004-1 | Winter | Patience | Gilbert, W.S. & Sullivan, Arthur | Quinn, Damian |
| 2003-2 | Summer | She Stoops to Conquer | Goldsmith, Oliver | Quinn, Damian |
| 2003-1 | Winter | Oh What a Lovely War | Chilton, C. et al | Quinn, Damian |
| 2002-2 | Summer | The Comedy of Errors | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 2002-1 | Winter | Much Ado About Nothing | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 2001-2 | Summer | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 2001-1 | Winter | The Front Page | Hecht, B. & Mac Arthur, C. | Quinn, Damian |
| 2000-2 | Summer | The Duenna | Sheridan, R.B. | Quinn, Damian |
| 2000-1 | Winter | Arsenic and Old Lace | Kesselring, Joseph | Quinn, Damian |
| 1999-2 | Summer | The Taming of the Shrew | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 1999-1 | Winter | FIGARO | Beaumarchais (after) | Quinn, Damian |
| 1998-2 | Summer | Twelfth Night or What You Will | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 1998-1 | Winter | The Beggar's Opera | Gay, John (after) | Quinn, Damian |
| 1997-3 | Summer | The Critic | Sheridan, R.B. | Quinn, Damian |
| 1997-2 | Summer | The Real Inspector Hound | Stoppard, Tom | Quinn, Damian |
| 1997-1 | Winter | The Comedy of Errors | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 1996-2 | Summer | Much Ado About Nothing | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 1996-1 | Winter | Oh What A Lovely War | Chilton, C. et al | Quinn, Damian |
| 1995-2 | Summer | Confusions | Ayckbourn, Alan | Quinn, Damian |
| 1995-1 | Winter | R.H.S. | Lawrence, Adam | |
| 1994-2 | Summer | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 1994-1 | Winter | The Taming of the Shrew | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 1993-2 | Summer | The Mikado | Gilbert, W.S. & Sullivan, Arthur | Quinn, Damian |
| 1993-1 | Winter | Twelfth Night or What You Will | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 1992-2 | Summer | Habeas Corpus | Bennett, Alan | Quinn, Damian |
| 1992-1 | Winter | The Comedy of Errors | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 1991-2 | Summer | The Critic | Sheridan, R.B. | Quinn, Damian |
| 1991-1 | Winter | The Matchmaker | Wilder, Thornton | Smyth, Hilda |
| 1990-2 | Summer | God | Allen, Woody | Smyth, Hilda |
| 1990-1 | Winter | Bedroom Farce | Ayckbourn, Alan | Smyth, Hilda |
| 1989-2 | Summer | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Stoppard, Tom | Quinn, Damian |
| 1989-1 | Winter | Engaged | Gilbert, W.S. | Quinn, Damian |
| 1988-3 | Summer | Macbeth | Shakespeare, Wllliam | Quinn, Damian |
| 1988-2 | Winter | After Magritte | Stoppard, Tom | Quinn, Damian |
| 1988-1 | Winter | The Real Inspector Hound | Stoppard, Tom | Quinn, Damian |
| 1987-2 | Summer | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare, Wllliam | Quinn, Damian |
| 1987-1 | Winter | A Man for All Seasons | Bolt, Robert | Quinn, Damian |
| 1986-2 | Summer | The Importance of Being Earnest | Wilde, Oscar | Quinn, Damian |
| 1986-1 | Winter | The Lady's Not For Burning | Fry, Christopher | Littler, Margaret |
| 1985-2 | Summer | Lloyd George Knew My Father | Home, William Douglas | Daly, Mary |
| 1984 | Winter | An Inspector Calls | Priestley, J.B. | Craig, Janet |
| 1983-2 | Summer | Revue | Craig, Janet | |
| 1983-1 | Winter | Freedom of the City | Craig, Janet | |
| 1982-2 | Summer | Love's Labour's Lost | Shakespeare, William | Claridge, Mike |
| 1982-1 | Winter | Arms and the Man | Shaw, George Bernard | Claridge, Mike |
| 1981 | Winter | Enter a Free Man | Stoppard, Tom | Clifford |
| 1980 | Winter | As You Like It | Shakespeare, William | Forsyth, Maggie |
| 1979 | Summer | 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore | Ford, John | Halse |
| 1978-4 | Revue | Halse | ||
| 1978-3 | Endgame | Beckett,Samuel | Halse | |
| 1978-2 | Summer | Macbeth | Shakespeare, William | Peoples |
| 1978-1 | Winter | The Real Inspector Hound | Stoppard, Tom | Peoples |
| 1977-2 | Summer | The Winter's Tale | Shakespeare, William | Forsyth, Maggie |
| 1977-1 | Winter | Butley | Gray, Simon | Forsyth, Julian |
| 1976-2 | Summer | The Crucible | Miller, Arthur | Forsyth, Julian |
| 1976-1 | Winter | She Stoops to Conquer | Goldsmith, Oliver | Forsyth, Julian |
| 1975-2 | Summer | Royal Pardon | Arden, John | Bone |
| 1975-1 | Winter | Our Town | Wilder, Thornton | Bone |
| 1974 | Summer | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare, William | Forsyth, Julian |
| 1973 | Summer | Twelfth Night or What You Will | Shakespeare, William | Forsyth, Julian |
| 1972-2 | Summer | Measure for Measure | Shakespeare, William | Kincaid |
| 1972-1 | The Country Wife | Wycherly, William |