Riverlea Theatre

Membership

A few small gaps, but this is a pretty comprehensive list of past productions since 1933.

No.	Year	Title	Playwright	Producer	Venue	Notes
1	1933	Lillies of the Field	JH Turner	Walter R Wood	Winter S Hall
2	1934	His House in Order	Arthur Pinero	AE Manning	Civic Theatre
3	1935	The Dover Road	AA Milne	Hugh Morton	Civic Theatre
4	1936	Another Language	Rose Frankau	Leo Foster	Civic Theatre
5	1936	The Young Idea	Noel Coward	Leo Foster	Civic Theatre
6	1936	That Hostel Affair	Hugh de Montford	Leo Foster	Civic Theatre	This play was written and produced by Leo Foster who also played a role.
7	1936	Double Demon	AP Herbert	Mrs MJ Thomas	Winter S Hall	Entry in the first BDL Festival.
8	1936	Get Out Of Your Cage	M Plowman	Roma Garratt	Winter S Hall	Entry in the first BDL Festival and was placed second. Roma Garratt nominated as an Outstanding Player.
9	1937	Aren't We All	Frederick Lonsdale	AE Manning	Civic Theatre
10	1937	The Maid of Domremy	Joe Corrie	EK Brown	Winter S Hall	BDL Festival Entry. Festival Winner
11	1937	The Man in the Bowler Hat	AA Milne	Les Takle	Winter S Hall	BDL Festival Entry.
12	1937	And Now - The Journey	Conrad Carter	EK Brown	Winter S Hall	BDL Festival Entry.
13	1938	The First Mrs Fraser	St John Ervine	Les Takle	Civic Theatre
14	1938	The Little Man	John Galsworthy	Mrs M Thomas	Winter S Hall	BDL Festival Entry. David Reid as The Little Man was nominated as an Outstanding Player.
15	1938	Fours into Seven - Won't Go	Gielgud and Hall	HJ Ferguson	Winter S Hall	BDL Festival Entry.
16	1939	Home and Beauty	Somerset Maugham	Zelda Fahey	Civic Theatre
17	1939	The Man in the Bowler Hat	AA Milne	David Reid	Theatre Royal
18	1939	Bring Me My Bow	Sidney Box	Violet Linder	Winter S Hall	BDL Festival Entry.
19	1939	Two Gentlemen of Soho	AP Herbert	David Reid	Winter S Hall	BDL Festival Entry. Won the Festival (highest marks ever awarded by adjucitor). Also won Regional Final and was runner-up at NZ Final.
20	1939	The Late Christopher Bean	R Fauchois/E Williams	Zelda Fahey	Civic Theatre
21	1940	Twentieth Century Lullaby	C Mount	Joy Sullivan	Winter S Hall	BDL Entry
22	1940	You Never Can Tell	G Bernard Shaw	Zelda Fahey	Civic Theatre
23	1940	Old Moore's Almanac		David Reid	Civic Theatre

1941 - 1945. Activities during the war years were limited to play readings.

No.	Year	Title	Playwright	Producer	Venue	Notes
24	1946	Ladies in Retirement	Percy and Denham	M Grace Fuller assisted by David Reid	Theatre Royal
25	1947	Forced Landing	W Massey	Stanley Carroll	Theatre Royal
26	1947	The Sixth Hour	Wilfred Grantham	David Reid	Little Theatre	One-acter.
27	1947	The Good and the Bad	Philip Johnson	Violet Linder	Little Theatre	One-acter.
28	1947	Cupid Rampant	Percy Corrie	M Grace Fuller	Little Theatre	One-acter.
29	1947	An Evening On Dartmoor	Noel Munro	Stan J Carroll	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
30	1947	Number 10	S and M Box	Marion McMullin	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
31	1947	Background For Tragedy	TB Morris	David Reid	Little Theater	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry. Margaret Reid and Stan Carroll were nominated as Outstanding Players.
32	1947	The Morning Star	Emlyn Williams	David Reid	Little Theatre
33	1947	Fumed Oak	Noel Coward	M Grace Fuller	Little Theatre	This one-acter was staged at the official opening of the Little Theatre.
34	1948	George and Margaret	Gerald Savory	M Grace Fuller	Little Theatre	Also staged at Morrinsville
35	1949	A Man Named Matthew	Richard Tydeman	Violet Stephens	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
36	1949	Weatherwise	Noel Coward	M Grace Fuller	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
37	1949	The Sixth Hour	Wilfred Grantham	David Reid	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry. Won the Ferstival and went onto the regional final. This production also won the Cambridge Festival and Violet Stephens, Margaret Reid and David Reid were nominated as Outstanding Players.
38	1949	Love in a Mist	Kenneth Horne	Stan J Carroll	Little Theatre
39	1950	Duet for Two Hands	Mary Hayley Bell	David Reid	Little Theatre
40	1950	Autumn Crocus	Dodie Smith	M Grace Fuller	Little Theatre
41	1950	Ebb and Flow	V Tarquse	M Grace Fuller	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry. Cambridge Festival Entry.
42	1950	The Silver Bullet	Helen Zglinitzki	John Nicolas		One-acter. BDL Festival Entry. Cambridge Festival Entry.
43	1951	Theirs be the Music	Nosmo King (Grace Fuller)	Grace Fuller	Little Theatre	One-acter. Playbox Playwrighr.
44	1951	Wife Required	Carey and King	Brit Wrighr	Little Theatre	One-acter.
45	1951	Secret Mission	Ilma Hurst (Willa Griffiths)	Willa Griffiths	Little Theatre	One-acter. Playbox Playwright.
46	1951	Ma Vatch	TB Morris	Pauline Huntington		One-acter.
47	1951	The Cat	Bernard Prentice	David Reid	?	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry. Won the Festival and went on to the Regional Final. Pauline Huntington and David Reid were nominated as Outstanding Players. Also won the Cambridge Festival and David Reid nominated as Outstanding Player. The play also staged at Putaruru.
48	1951	Indoor Fireworks	Arthur McCrae	David Reid	Little Theatre	Also staged at Cambridge.
49	1951	Night was our Friend	Michael Pertwee	Don Smillie	Little Theatre
50	1952	The Peaceful Inn	Denis Ogden	M Grace Fuller	Little Theatre
51	1952	Tons of Money	Evans and Valentine	David Reid	Little Theatre	Also staged at Waikeria Institute.
52	1952	Bonaventure	Charlotte Hastings	Bryona Quill	Little Theatre
53	1952	Castle in the Air	Alan Melville	David Reid	Little Theatre
54	1952	A Man Named Matthew	R Tydeman	Violet Stephens	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
55	1952	Miss Tarzan	Arnold English	Doug Copeland	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
56	1952	The Cloak	Clifford Bax	Willia Griffiths	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
57	1952	Roll of the Drum	Cyril Roberts	Pauline Huntington	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry. Won the Festival with Lithuania and went on to the regional final..
58	1952	Lithuania	Rupert Brooke	David Reid	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry. Won the Festival with Roll of the Drum and went on to the regional final. Was runner-up at the regional finals. Margaret Reid, Violet Stephens, Bryona Quill and Gorden Sutherland received Outstanding Player Certificates.
59	1953	Who is Sylvia?	Terence Rattigan	Pauline Huntington	Little Theatre
60	1953	The Happiest Days of your Life	J Dighton	Violet Stephens assisted by David Reid	Little Theatre
61	1953	A Kiss for Cinderella	James Barrie	Pauline Huntington	Little Theatre
62	1953	Death takes a Holiday	Albert Casella	Bryona Quill	Little Theatre
63	1953	Deirdre	WB Yeates	Pauline Huntington	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
64	1953	The Stocking	Christine Gilbert	David Reid	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry. Runner-up.
65	1953	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Shakespeare	Patric Carey	Parana Park	Presented in association with People's Theatre by professional producer Patric Carey.
66	1954	The Man who changed his Name	Edgar Wallace	Don Smillie	Little Theatre
67	1954	The Day's Mischief	Lesley Storm	David Reid	Little Theatre	A New Zealand Premiere.
68	1954	The Setting Sun	Chas Hannan	Violet Stephens	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
69	1954	The Playgoers	Arthur Pinero	Pamela Stephens	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
70	1954	Tea for Three	Margery Foster	George Taylor	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry. Won the Reid Rose Bowl (Top Junior Play).
71	1954	Will Any Gentleman	Vernon Sylvaine	Bryona Quill	Little Theatre
72	1955	Love's a Luxury	Paxton and Hoile	George Taylor	Little Theatre
73	1955	Outward Bound	Sutton Vale	David Reid	Little Theatre	Also stage at Cambridge.
74	1955	Lady Precious Stream	SI Hsing	Michael Blake	Little Theatre	A presentation by Playbox Junior Theatre.
75	1955	Relative Values	Noel Coward	John Murray	Little Theatre
76	1956	A Lady Mislaid	Kenneth Horne	Lou Sweeney George Taylor	Little Theatre
77	1956	The Light of Heart	Emlyn Williams	David Reid	Little Theatre
78	1956	The Winslow Boy	Terence Rattigan	Michael Blake	Little Theatre
79	1956	One Wild Oat	Vernon Sylvaine	Richard Waddington	Little Theatre
80	1957	You can't take it with you.	Hart and Kaufman	David Reid	Embassy Theatre
81	1957	Nitro	Anthony Booth	Michael Devine	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
82	1957	No Prayers Tonight	Berry and Ratcliffe	Patricia Dixon	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
83	1957	High Tension	Richard Tydeman	Bernice Roberts	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry.
84	1957	The Senora	Arthur Swinson	Pat Byrne	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry. Won the Reid Rose Bowl (Junior). Marie Spillane, Billy Braggins and Bryan Wakefield (all Juniors) received Outstanding Performance Certificates.
85	1957	Leap in the Dark	Wilfred Massey	Lou Sweeney	Little Theatre	Also staged at Te Awamutu.
86	1957	The Corn is Green	Emlyn Williams	Patricia Dixon	Embassy Theatre
87	1958	The Hollow	Agatha Christie	David Reid	Embassy Theatre
88	1958	????
89	1958	For the Love of Art	Ken Galloway	Vikky Scott	Embassy Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry (Junior).
90	1958	The Pigeon with Silver feet	P Johnson	Diane Moltzen	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry (Junior).
91	1958	The Setting Sun	Frank Carpenter	Violet Stephens	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry (Senior). Topped the Festival and sent on to the Regional Final.
92	1958	The Lovers of Madame Dulapin	Yves Cabrol	Frank Curtin	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry (Senior). Topped the Festival and sent on to the Regional Final.
93	1958	Good Men Sleep at Home	Walter Ellis	Roy Bonnell Lou Sweeney	Little Theatre
94	1958	Major Barbara	G Bernard Shaw	Neta Neale	Embassy Theatre	A professional production with assistance from the New Zealand Drama Council.
95	1959	Be Bold, Mr Mould	Vernon Sylvaine	David Reid	Embassy Theatre
96	1959	The Browning Version	Terence Rattigan	John Murray	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry (Senior). At the Matamata Festival John Murray received Outstanding Performance Certificates.
97	1959	The Happy Journey	Thornton Wilder	Miles Moody	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry (Junior).
98	1959	Impasse	Gregory Page	Michael Devine	Little Theatre	One-acter. BDL Festival Entry (Senior). Naomi Barling and Helen Thompson received Outstanding Performance Certificates.
99	1959	The Chiltern Hundreds	WD Horne	Frank Curtin	Little Theatre
100	1959	Wild Goose Chase	Derek Benfield	Michael Blake	Little Theatre
101	1960	The Diary of Anne Frank	Goodrich/Hackett	David Reid	Little Theatre
102	1960	The Bat	Rinehart/Hopwood	Frank Curtin	Little Theatre
103	1960	Noah	Andre Obey	Richard Waddington	Little Theatre	A Playbox Student Group Production.
104	1960	Rise and Shine	Eida Cadogan	Lorna Booth	Little Theatre	BDL Festival Entry. Topped the Festival (with Sordid Story) and went forward to the Regional Final. Runner-up in Regional Final.
105	1960	Sordid Story	AJ Coppard	Frank Curtin	Little Theatre	BDL Festival Entry. Topped the Festival (with Rise and Shine) and went forward to the Regional Final. Won Regional Final and also won New Zealand Final.
106	1960	See how they Run	Philip King	David Reid	Little Theatre	Also presented at Te Kuiti.
107	1961	Speaking of Murder	A and W Rose	John Murray	Little Theatre
108	1961	My Three Angels	S and B Spewak	Patricia Dixon	Little Theatre
109	1961	Hotel Paradise	Georges Feydeau	David Reid	Little Theatre
110	1961	Hello, out there	William Saroyan	John Murray	Little Theatre	BDL Festival Entry.
111	1961	The Anniversary	Tchekov	Lorna Booth	Little Theatre	BDL Festival Entry.
112	1961	Sabrina Fair	Samuel Taylor	Barbara Minogue	Playbox Theatre
113	1962	Venus Observed	Christopher Fry	Richard Waddington	Playbox Theatre
114	1962	Dear Charles	Alan Melville	Myra Smidt	Playbox Theatre
115	1962	The Song of Louise in the Morning	P Youdry	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry. Runner-up in the Festival. Went to the Divisional Final and was runner-up. Went on to the New Zealand Final were it was tied as runner-up.
116	1962	The Bespoke Overcoat	W Mankowitz	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry. Won the Festival. Went to the Divisional Final and was the winner.
117	1962	Back to Zero	Clifford Bax	Fred Reed Joyce Raethel	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry.
118	1962	The Confutations of Wisdom	Sladen-Smith	Peter Meikle	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry.
119	1962	The Maker of Dreams	O Downs	Trevor Brown	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry.
120	1962	The Shifting Heart	Richard Beynon	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	Record audiences and season extended to two weeks.
121	1962	The Gazebo	Alec Coppel	Lorna Booth	Playbox Theatre	Also presented at Cambridge.

No.	Year	Title	Playwright	Producer	Venue	Notes
122	1963	Doctor in the House	E Willis	Brian Fisher-Betts	Playbox Theatre
123	1963	The Room	Pinter	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry. Topped the Festival and went forward to the Divisional Final where it was runner-up. It also won the Matamata Festival and Louise Johnstone won the McMillan Cup (Best Actress).
124	1963	Operation Parpot	Yves Cabrol	Jim Cashford	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry.
125	1963	The One day of the Year	Alex Seymour	David Reid	Founders Theatre	A New Zealand Premier. First play presented in Founders.
126	1963	Caught Napping	G Lumsden	Frank Curtin	Playbox Theatre
127	1963	The Glass Menasgerie	Tennessee Williams	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre
128	1964	Macbeth	Shakespeare	Nola Miller	Founders Theatre	A professional production sponsored by the New Zealand Drama Council. And presented in Hamilton's Centennial Year and Shakespeare's 400th Year Anniversary. Set designed by professional, Ron Parker.
129	1964	The Glazed Look	T Journet	Brian Fisher-Betts	Playbox Theatre
130	1964	A View from the Bridge	Arthur Miller	Barbara Minogue	Playbox Theatre
131	1964	The Strangest kind of Romance	T Williams	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry.
132	1964	Sweeney Todd	Brian J Burton	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	A play with songs.
133	1965	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Shakespeare	Richard Waddington	Founders Theatre
134	1965	Look back in Anger	John Osborne	Patricia Dixon	Playbox Theatre
135	1965	The Hole	NF Simpson	Bernice Roberts	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry.
136	1965	The Bald Prima Donna	Ionesco	Lorna Booth	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry.
137	1965	Death of a Salesman	Arthur Miller	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre
138	1965	Arsenic and Old Lace	J Kesselring	Roy Bonnell	Playbox Theatre
139	1966	The Merchant of Venice	Shakespeare	Frank Newman	Founders Theatre	Frank Newman was appointed resident professional producer (Two year contract).
140	1966	Breath of Spring	Peter Coke	Frank Curtin	Playbox Theatre
141	1966	Separate Tables	Terence Rattigan	Frank Newman	Founders Theatre
142	1966	Salad Days	Slade and Reynolds	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	A musical. Played extended season, 17 nights to total audiences 2999.
143	1966	The Calf before the Hearse	Yves Cabrol	Roy Bonnell	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry.
144	1966	The Pohutukawa Tree	Bruce Mason	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre
145	1966	Laughter in the Dark	V Lucas	Frank Newman	Founders Theatre
146	1967	The Crucible	Arthur Miller	Frank Newman	Playbox Theatre
147	1967	The Boyfriend	Sandy Wilson	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	A musical.
148	1967	The Old Ladies	Rodney Ackland	Frank Newman	Playbox Theatre	A two play season alternating three night runs with The Caretaker.
149	1967	The Caretaker	Pinter	Frank Newman	Playbox Theatre	A two play season alternating three night runs with The Old Ladies.
150	1967	Teahouse of the August Moon	John Patrick	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre
151	1967	The Miracle Worker	W Gibson	Frank Newman	Playbox Theatre
152	1968	Philadelphia, Here I Come	Brian Friel	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre	Australasian premiere. Also presented for two nights at Auckland Festival. Placed third in NZ Federation 3 act play contest.
153	1968	Calamity Jane	Hanmer, Park and Fain	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	A musical with total audience attendance of 2984.
154	1968	Consolation Prize	Milton Smith (Mike Mullord)	Mike Mullord	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry. Also entry in Matamata Festival.
155	1968	Beyond	Peter Ustinov	Lou Sweeney	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry. Also entry in Matamata Festival. Sent forward from BDL Festival to Divisional Final.
156	1968	The Form	NF Simpson	Derek Wooster	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry. Also entry in Matamata Festival. Won the Pond Cup (runner-up).
157	1968	The Importance of Being Earnest	Oscar Wilde	Barbara Minogue	Playbox Theatre
158	1968	Aladdin	Crocker and Gilder	Hazel Stroud	Playbox Theatre	A Pantomime.
159	1969	Summer of the 17th Doll	Ray Lawler	Derek Wooster	Playbox Theatre
160	1969	The Lover	Pinter	Julie Stirrup	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry. Placed Third. Matamata Festival Entry. Won the Matamata Festival (Wrigley Cup).
161	1969	Time To Go	James Edwards	(Te Awa) Workshop Group	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry. Placed Second. Matamata Festival Entry. Won best Comedy (Sharp Cup) and best NZ Play (McKenzie Cup).
162	1969	The Man who wouldn't go to Heaven	F Sladen Smith	Alan Quartermain	Playbox Theatre	BDL Festival Entry. Matamata Festival Entry. Alan Quartermain won the Somerfield Cup (Best Novice Producer).
163	1969	A Flea in her Ear	Feyeau (Translation, Mortimer)	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	A world amateur premiere.
164	1969	Lovers	Brian Friel	Roy Hope	Playbox Theatre	A professional production sponsored by the NZ Drama Council.
165	1969	Air - A revue with a number of original sketches and lyrics.	David Reid	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	Written and Produced by David Reid.
166	1970	Twelfth Night	Shakespeare	Hazel Stroud	Playbox Theatre
167	1970	The Collection	Pinter	Julie Stirrup	Playbox Theatre	NZ Theatre Federation Festival Entry.
168	1970	Conversations with a Golliwog	A Guyan	Danny Matter	Playbox Theatre	NZ Theatre Federation Festival Entry.
169	1970	The Long Wait	Wayne Tourelle	Joyce Raethel	Playbox Theatre	NZ Theatre Federation Festival Entry. Sent forward to the Divisional Finals.
170	1970	Lord Dismiss Us	Warren Dibble	Winifred Young	Playbox Theatre	NZ Theatre Federation Festival Entry.
171	1970	Blithe Spirit	Noel Coward	David Reid	Playbox Theatre
172	1970	The Killing of Sister George	F Marcus	Derek Wooster	Playbox Theatre
173	1970	The Birthday Party	Pinter	Julie Stirrup	Playbox Theatre
174	1970	Mother Goose	Crocker and Glider	Gaelyn Gordon	Playbox Theatre	A Pantomime.
175	1971	Dark of the Moon	Richardson/Berney	Derek Wooster	Playbox Theatre	Winner of NZ Theatre Federation Trophy and $200 for Best Overall Production in B&H's NZ full-length play contest. 28 entries.
176	1971	Under Milkwood	Dylan Thomas	Roy Hope	Founders Theatre	A professional production (NZ Federation sponsored). Professional designed, Andrew McAlpine.
177	1971	Little Brother, Little Sister	D Campton	Danny Mateer	Matamata Little Theatre
178	1971	The Lion in Love	Shelagh Delaney	Julie Stirrup	Playbox Theatre
179	1971	A Man for all Seasons	Robert Bolt	Gaelyn Gordon	Playbox Theatre
180	1971	Let Sleeping Wives Lie	Bannerman/Brooke	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	A New Zealand premiere.
181	1971	Red Riding Hood	Crocker and Gilder	Gaelyn Gordon	Playbox Theatre	A Pantomime.
182	1972	The Master Builder	Ibsen	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre
183	1972	The Amorous Prawn	A Kimmins	Brian Clark	Playbox Theatre
184	1972	Mother Courage	Brecht	Derek Wooster	Founders Theatre
185	1972	My Sister, The Hussy, The Whore	Robin del la Varis	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre	Robin is daughter of Alice. The play won the Waikato Federation Festival and was runner-up at Divisional Final.
186	1972	And So To Bed	Fagan/Ellis	Danny Mateer	Playbox Theatre	A musical.
187	1972	The Physicists	Durrenmatt	David Reid	Playbox Theatre
188	1972	Tom Tit Tot	Gaelyn Gordon	Gaelyn Gordon	Playbox Theatre	A Pantomime.
189	1973	One for the Pot	Cooney/Hilton	Mike Mullord	Playbox Theatre
190	1973	What the Butler Saw	Joe Orton	Derek Wooster	Playbox Theatre
191	1973	A Funny thing happened on the way to the Forum	Shavelove, Gilbert and Sondheim	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	A musical.
192	1973	The Country Wife	W Wycherley	Gaelyn Gordon	Playbox Theatre
193	1973	Puss in Boots	Crocker and Gilder	Tom Hawley	Playbox Theatre	A Pantomime.

1973 was a specially programmed Season of Comedy.

No.	Year	Title	Playwright	Producer	Venue	Notes
194	1974	Hamlet	Shakespeare	Roy Hope	Founders Theatre	A Rothman's sponsored professional production.
195	1974	The Rape of the Belt	Ben Levy	Gaelyn Gordon	Playbox Theatre
196	1974	The Dark Lady of the Sonnets	GB Shaw	Mike Mullord	Southwell School Hall	Hamilton Comps One Act Play Section Entry.
197	1974	The Sky is Overcast	A Booth	Diana Prescott	Southwell School Hall	Hamilton Comps One Act Play Section Entry. Presented for a season at Playbox.
198	1974	The Hangman	P Laserkvist	John McKee	Souythwell School Hall	Hamilton Comps One Act Play Section Entry. Presented for a season at Playbox.
199	1974	Excerpts from Hamlet	Shakespeare	Roy Hope (arranged by David Reid)	Southwell School Hall	Hamilton Comps One Act Play Section Entry.
200	1974	Psyche	Andre Surridge	Andre Surridge	Southwell School Hall	Hamilton Comps One Act Play Section Entry. Presented for a season at Playbox.
201	1974	Move Over, Mrs Markham	Cooney/Chapman	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	Total audience attendance of 1958.
202	1974	Twelve Angry Men	R Rose	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre	Winner of Waikato Area Bass Full-Length Play Contest.
203	1974	Robin Hood	David Tinkham	David Tinkham assisted by Mike Mullord	Founders Theatre	A Pantomime. A Federation sponsored professional production.
204	1975	Happy Family	Giles Cooper	Peter Drake	Playbox Theatre
205	1975	Wait Until Dark	Fred Knott	Jeanne Lipscombe	Playbox Theatre
206	1975	Lord Dismiss Us	Warren Dibble	Joyce Raethel	Matamata Little Theatre	Waikato Federation Festival Entry.
207	1975	A Deal to Judge	L Keyes	Jeanee Lipscombe	Matamata Little Theatre	Waikato Federation Festival Entry. Gail Lomas won the Huntington Cup for the Most Promising Novice.
208	1975	Let's Get A Divorce	Sardou	David Reid	Playbox Theatre
209	1975	The Rocking Cave	James McNeish	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre
210	1975	The Princess and the Swineherd	SN Gray	Peter Drake	Playbox Theatre	A musical play.
211	1976	Barefoot in the Park	Neil Simon	Mina Laybourne	Playbox Theatre
212	1976	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf	Albee	Peter Drake	Playbox Theatre
213	1976	Mill Hill	John Mortimer	Ron Smith	Te Aroha Little Theatre	Federation Festival Entry.
214	1976	The Dock Brief	John Mortimer	Ron Smith	Te Aroha Little Theatre	Federation Festival Entry. Was runner-up, went forward to the Regional Final where it won and wnent on to the New Zealand Final.
215	1976	All My Sons	Arthur Miller	David Reid	Playbox Theatre
216	1976	The Ballard of the Sad Cafe	Albee	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre
217	1976	Jack and the Beanstalk	Crocker and Gilder	Hazel Stroud	Founders Theatre	A Pantomime.

The four plays of 1976 (American) were royalty-paid by the American Embassy to celebrate the USA Bicentennial Year.

No.	Year	Title	Playwright	Producer	Venue	Notes
218	1977	The wind in the Sassafras Tree	Ralton/Simpson	Pamela Strange	Playbox Theatre
219	1977	Waltz of the Toreadors	Anouihl	Peter Drake	Playbox Theatre
220	1977	A Day in the Death of Joe Egg	P Nichols	Alice Davies	Playbox Theatre
221	1977	Not Now, Darling	Cooney/Chapman	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	Total audience attendance of 2136.
222	1977	A Christmas Carol	Dickens (adapted by Ron Smith)	Ron Smith	Playbox Theatre
223	1978	Trap for a Lonely Man	R Thomas	Gideon du Toit	Playbox Theatre
224	1978	Lock Up Your Daughters	Laurie Johnson lyrics by Lionel Bart adapted by Bernard Miles	Jean Diwell	?
225	1978	Six Characters in search of an Author	Pirandello	Joy Curnow	Founders Theatre	A professional production for the Hamilton Festival of Arts.
226	1978	She's Done It Again	Michael Pertwee	David Reid	Playbox Theatre
227	1978	Aladdin	Corcker adn Gilder	Tom Hawley	Playbox Theatre	A Pantomime.
228	1979	Staircase	Chas Dyer	William Bulloch	Playbox Theatre
229	1979	The Deep Blue Sea	Terence Rattigan	Don Kjestrup	Playbox Theatre
230	1979	There Goes The Bride	Cooney/Chapman	David Reid	Playbox Theatre
231	1979	Half-way up the Tree	Ustinov	Royce Barclay	Playbox Theatre
232	1979	Worzle Gummidge	Di Cooke (adapted)	Di Cooke	Playbox Theatre
233	1980	Murder in the Cathedral	TS Eliot	Royce Barclay	St Peters Cathedral	Staged with children's and women's choruses.
234	1980	Don't Just Lie There, Say Something	Michael Pertwee	David Reid	Playbox Theatre
235	1980	An Inspector Calls	JB Priestley	Di Cooke	Playbox Theatre
236	1980	Oh, What a Lovely War	Joan Littlewood & Co	Diane Brown	Playbox Theatre	A musical
237	1980	Cinderella	Crocker and Gilder	Royce Barclay	Founders Theatre	A Pantomime.
238	1981	The Merchant of Venice	Shakespeare	David Heberley	Playbox Theatre
239	1981	When we are Married	JB Priestley	Beth Pickering	Playbox Theatre
240	1981	The Bed Before Yesterday	Ben Travers	David Reid	Playbox Theatre
241	1981	Absurd Person Singular	Alan Ayckbourn	Tony Whitehouse	Playbox Theatre
242	1981	A Taste of Honey	Shelagh Delaney	Royce Barclay	Playbox Theatre
243	1981	Humpty Dumpty	Crocker and Gilder	Tom Hawley	Playbox Theatre	A Pantomime.
244	1982	Something's Afoot	McDonald, Voss and Garlach	Jean Diwell	Playbox Theatre	a MUSICAL PLAY. 50th GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR.
245	1982	Arms and the Man	GB Shaw	Don Kjestrup	Playbox Theatre	50th GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR.
246	1982	A Tomb with a View	Norman Robbins	David Reid	Playbox Theatre	50th GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR.
247	1982	Tom Jones	adapted by Mary McAlpine	Brian Hannam	Founders Theatre	This production (professional) was also part of the Golden Jubilee 50th Anniversary Reunion Weekend. 50th GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR.

All the above information was taken from the Hamilton Playbox Golden Jubilee souvenir book.

No.	Year	Title	Playwright	Producer	Venue	Notes
248	1982	Glide Time	Roger Hall	William Bulloch	Playbox Theatre
249	1983	How the othe half lives	Alan Ayckbourn	Tony Whitehouse	Playbox Theatre
250	1983	Hobson's Choice	Harold Brighouse	Peter Hollister	Playbox Theatre
251	1983	A Bedfull of Foreigners	Dave Freeman	David Reid	Playbox Theatre
252	1983	? (Archives jumps this slot)
253	1983	Puss in Boots	?	Poppy Wheatly	Playbox Theatre	Last production in the Playbox Theatre.
254	1983	Nitro	Anthony Booth	Geoffrey Lawn	Gordon Parker Hall, Te Awamutu College	One Act Play Festival Entry.
255	1983	Skin Deep	Myra Bentley	Ivy E Sandford	Gordon Parker Hall, Te Awamutu College	One Act Play Festival Entry. NZ playwright.
256	1984	The Heiress	Ruth & Augustus Goetz	Betty Ward	Riverlea Theatre	Premiere Production in new venue.
257	1984	Theatre is Alive, Well, Will	Diana Cooke	Diana Cooke	Riverlea Theatre
258	1984	The Nuns	Eduardo Manet	William Bulloch	Riverlea Theatre
259	1984	Mother & Fathers	Joseph Musaphia	David Gibson	Riverlea Theatre
260	1984	Libel!	Edward Wooll	David Reid	Riverlea Theatre
261	1984	Zugzwang	Andre Surridge	Andre Surridge	Cambridge Town Hall	One Act Play Festival Entry. NZ playwright.
262	1985	Cat on a hot tin roof	Tennessee Williams	David Gibson	Riverlea Theatre
263	1985	My Giddy Aunt	Cooney and Chapman	Betty Ward	Riverlea Theatre
264	1985	Hot Water	Roger Hall	David Reid	Riverlea Theatre
265	1985	Under the Sycamore Tree	Samuel Spewark	Diana Cooke	Riverlea Theatre
266	1985	Old King Cole	Ken Campbell	Lin Burton	Riverlea Theatre
267	1985	Breathe the Earth	Andre Surridge	Andre Surridge	Little Theatre Te Aroha.	One Act Play Festival Entry. NZ playwright.
268	1985	Vaudville	David Gibson	David Gibson	Riverlea Theatre	In association with Musikmakers.
269	1986	Tomorrow will be a loverly day	Craig Harrison	Peter Hollister	Riverlea Theatre	A NZ Black Comedy
270	1986	Bullshot Crummond	Ron House & Diz White	David Gibson	Riverlea Theatre
271	1986	Crows over the Wheat Field	Robert McLaren & Andre Surridge	Robert McLaren	Riverlea Theatre	NZ Theatre Federation Festival Entry.
272	1986	After Magritte	Tom Stoppard	David Phillips	Riverlea Theatre	NZ Theatre Federation Festival Entry.
273	1986	Operation Cold Cure	James Hesketh	Diana Cooke	Riverlea Theatre	NZ Theatre Federation Festival Entry.
274	1986	The Exact Colour of Blue	Pamela Strange	Pamela Strange & David Reid	Riverlea Theatre	NZ Theatre Federation Festival Entry.
275	1986	What have you done for me lately	Myrna Lamb	Catherine Lang	Riverlea Theatre	NZ Theatre Federation Festival Entry.
276	1986	The Shoemaker and the Elves	Anonymous	Bud Calder	Riverlea Theatre	NZ Theatre Federation Festival Entry.
277	1986	Female Transport	Steve Gooch	William Bulloch	Riverlea Theatre
278	1986	Darling Mr London	Anthony Marriott & Bob Grant	David Reid	Riverlea Theatre
279	1987	Just between ourselves	Alan Ayckbourn	Tony Whitehouse	Riverlea Theatre
280	1987	Hooters, Trumpets and Raspberries	Dario Fo	Alec Forbes	Riverlea Theatre	A joint production with Side by Side Theatre.
281	1987	Can't Pay, Won't Pay	Dario Fo	Hugo Pauli & Catherine Lang	Riverlea Theatre	A joint production with Side by Side Theatre.
282	1987	Arsenic and Old Lace	Joseph Kesselring	David Gibson	Riverlea Theatre
283	1987	Laffing Room Only	Margo O'Mahony	Jean Greedy & Walter Barnes (Music direction)	Riverlea Theatre
284	1987	Badjelly the Witch	Spike Milligan	David Heberley	Riverlea Theatre	A joint production with Musikmakers.
285	1988	Uproar in the House	Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foor	David Reid	Riverlea Theatre
286	1988	Solomons Child	Tom Dulak	David Heberley	Riverlea Theatre
287	1988	Bedroom Farce
288	1989	Veronica's Room	Ira Levin		Riverlea Theatre
289	1989	15 Minute Hamlet
290	1989	Chicken Run
291	1989	Hay Fever			Riverlea Theatre
292	1989	Pawn to Queen 2			Riverlea Theatre
293	1989	Pizzazz			Riverlea Theatre
294	1989	The Last Madonna		Dennis Ralph		One Act Play.
295	1990	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory			Riverlea Theatre
296	1990	No Sex Please, were British			Riverlea Theatre
297	1990	One flew over the cuckoo's nest	Ken Kessey and Dale Wasserman		Riverlea Theatre
298	1990	Intermediate School Drama Festival
299	1990	Orinoco Flow	Andre Surridge	Andre Surridge	Tokoroa	One Act Play Festival Entry. Performed in Tokoroa and them Auckland. Performed at a Clubnight in Riverlea Theatre.
300	1990	Animal Farm	George Orwell	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre
301	1990	Move Over Mrs Markham	Cooney and Chapman	Royce Barclay	Riverlea Theatre
302	1991	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe		Dennis Fenwick	Riverlea Theatre
303	1991	Stepping Out	Richard Harris	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre	Season extended to three weeks.
304	1991	On Golden Pond	Ernest Thompson	Doug Brown	Riverlea Theatre
305	1991	Christmas Show - It's a Christmas Cracker		Mel Beetham	Riverlea Theatre
306	1992	Fur Coat and No Knickers	Mike Harding	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre
307	1992	Last of the Red Hot Lovers	Neil Simon	Louise WIllis	Riverlea Theatre
308	1992	Frankenstein the Pantomime	David Swan	Diane Brown	Riverlea Theatre	A Pantomime
309	1992	The Importance of Being Earnest	Oscar Wilde	Royce Barclay	Riverlea Theatre
310	1993	The Crucible			Riverlea Theatre	65th Anniversary Show.
311	1993	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Pierre Ambroise Laclos,Choderlos De Laclos,Richard Aldington (Translator)	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre
312	1993	When did you last see your trousers?			Riverlea Theatre
313	1994	Go Back for Murder	Agatha Christie		Riverlea Theatre
314	1994	Canterbury Tales	Chaucer	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre
315	1994	The Dresser	Ronald Harwood	Diane Brown	Riverlea Theatre
316	1995	What the Butler Saw	Joe Orton	Lynne Peterson	Riverlea Theatre
317	1995	Death of a Salesman		Doug and Diane Brown	Riverlea Theatre
318	1995	Noises Off!	Michael Frayn	William Peterson	Riverlea Theatre
319	1995	Playbox Christmas Show - Absolutely Festive	Dennis Ralph	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre
320	1995	Last Call in the Singles Bar	Dennis Ralph	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre	One Act Play Festival
321	1995	One Act Plays?????			Riverlea Theatre	Also did a performance at Morrinsville.
322	1996	The Odd Couple (Female Version)	Neil Simon	Louise Willis	Riverlea Theatre
323	1996	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Shakespeare	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre
324	1996	Crimes of the Heart	Beth Henley	William Peterson	Riverlea Theatre
325	1996	The 13 Clocks	James Thurber		Riverlea Theatre	A Pantomime
326	1996	Blue Murder	Kenneth Lillington	Duncan Wyley	Riverlea Theatre	One Act Play Festival
327	1996	Half Time at Halcyon Days		Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre	One Act Play Festival
328	1996	The Sanest Cure for Pain	Duncan Wyley	Duncan Wyley	Riverlea Theatre	One Act Play Festival
329	1996	The Zoo Story	Edward Albee	Peter Walsh	Riverlea Theatre	One Act Play Festival
330	1996	Worm	Ross Millar	Amanda Talsma-Williams	Riverlea Theatre	One Act Play Festival
331	1997	Habeas Corpus	Alan Bennett	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre
332	1997	The Queen and I	Sue Townsend	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre
333	1997	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Shakespeare	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre
334	1998	Beyond Therapy	Christopher Durang	Bruce Martin	Riverlea Theatre
335	1998	Weed	Anthony McCarten	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre
336	1998	Christmas Show			Riverlea Theatre	In association with Musikmakers.
337	1999	Ladies Night	Anthony McCarten	Louise Willis	Riverlea Theatre	New Zealand Play
338	2000	Don't Dress for Dinner	Marc Camoletti, adapted by Robin Hawdon	Royce Barclay	Riverlea Theatre
339	2000	Cold Comfort Farm	Stella Gibbons	Bruce Martin	Riverlea Theatre
340	2000	Not Now, Darling	Ray Cooney and John Chapman	Bridget Murphy	Riverlea Theatre
341	2001	You have the right to remain dead	Pat Cook	Michael Switzer	Riverlea Theatre
342	2001	Dirty Weekends	Roger Hall	Louise Willis	Riverlea Theatre
343	2001	Gasping	Ben Elton	Diane Gilray	Riverlea Theatre
344	2001	Christmas Show - Sounds a bit Irish	?	?	Riverlea Theatre	In association with Musikmakers.
345	2002	Run for your Wife	Ray Cooney	Michael Jefferson	Riverlea Theatre
346	2002	Barefoot in the Park	Neil Simon	Dan Blackmore	Riverlea Theatre
347	2002	A Streetcar Named Desire	Tennessee Williams	Dennis Ralph	Riverlea Theatre
348	2002	Christmas Show - More Shenanigans	Laurie Johnson	Laurie Johnson	Riverlea Theatre	In association with Musikmakers.
?	?	At the Cenotaph	?	?	?	One Act Play Festival.
?	?	Birds 124 241	?	?	?
?	?	Cinderella Cinderella	?	?	?	One Act Play Festival.
?	?	Death Watch or The Maids	?	?	?	One Act Play Festival.
?	?	Gingerbread Lady	?	?	?
?	?	Shadow Self	Andre Surridge	Andre Surridge	?	One Act Play Festival.
	2004	Stiff	April Phillips		Riverlea Theatre
	2005	Uncle Vanya	Chekhov	Owen Mooney	Riverlea Theatre
	2005	Betty's Summer Vacation	Christopher Durang		Riverlea Theatre
	2006	Out of Order	Ray Cooney	Maree Wilkins	Riverlea Theatre
	2006	Things we do for Love	Alan Ayckbourn	Steve Grounds	Riverlea Theatre
	2007	Touch and Go	Derek Benfield	Ant Leathart	Riverlea Theatre	2007 featured a Benfield season
	2007	Off the Hook	Derek Benfield	Maree Wilkins	Riverlea Theatre	2007 featured a Benfield season
	2008	The Importance of Being Earnest	Oscar Wilde	Liz Buick	Riverlea Theatre	75th Anniversary Production

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