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John Dobson
Jul 12, 2020
Season 22: 1950/51
September 1950 THE TINSEL OF ATHENS by Lydia Ragosin Directed by Alfred Emmet. Designed by Sheila Walsh Although her career was most...
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John Dobson
Jul 5, 2020
Season 21: 1949/50
September 1949 THE LITTLE DRY THORN by Gordon Daviot Directed by Peter Curtis. Designed by Vivian Isenthal The Old Testament Story of...
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John Dobson
Jun 28, 2020
Season 20: 1948/49
Trivia fact: this was The Questors' first season as a Limited Company, preparing the way for buying the premises and building a new...
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John Dobson
Jun 21, 2020
Season 19: 1947/48
A major event to affect the quality and scope of productions this season was the acquisition of the premises at the rear of the site...
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John Dobson
Jun 14, 2020
Season 18: 1946/47
September 1946 DIARY OF A SCOUNDREL by Rodney Ackland Directed by Alfred Emmet & Graham Heywood. Designed by Graham Heywood The season...
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John Dobson
Jun 7, 2020
Season 17: 1945/46
September 1945 BUT NOW I AM RETURNED by Erik Hutchinson Directed by Alfred Emmet, Set designed by Francis W Smith. 1945 BUT NOW I AM...
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John Dobson
Jun 1, 2020
Season 16: 1944/45
I'm continuing this chronological survey of The Questors Archives by focussing on the main productions in each post-war season up to 1962...
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John Dobson
May 31, 2020
April in Mattock Lane 1944
April 1944 This month saw the production of another new play by Michael Kelly, SEA FLOOD , based on the novel THE MISFORTUNE'S OF ELPHIN...
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John Dobson
May 30, 2020
April in Mattock Lane 1943
April 1943 The big production this month was the world premier of Rodney Ackland's play THE DARK RIVER. 1943 THE DARK RIVER (photos) 1943...
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John Dobson
May 30, 2020
April in Mattock Lane 1942
I have a real treat for you this time. This April, with all the men off fighting the beastly Germans, we gave an all-female production of...
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John Dobson
May 30, 2020
April in Mattock Lane 1939-1941
APRIL 1939 Nothing was showing in the old tin hut this month. Maybe they'were a little apprehensive about the war clouds gathering over...
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John Dobson
May 30, 2020
April in Mattock Lane 1937/38
APRIL 1937 Play readings were popular events at this time. In this instance it was  THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM (George Farquhar). The cast was:...
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John Dobson
May 30, 2020
April in Mattock Lane 1936
APRIL 1936 There was nothing on stage this month, but rehearsals were underway for Alfred Emmet's production of TWELFTH NIGHT. This is...
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John Dobson
May 30, 2020
April in Mattock Lane 1934/1935
April 1934 The 2nd Annual Drama Festival - “one of the most ambitious and, at the same time, most successful undertakings of the amateur...
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John Dobson
May 30, 2020
April in Mattock Lane 1933
The big event this month was the first Questors Annual Drama Festival which continued regularly until 1947. We still hadn’t quite moved...
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John Dobson
May 29, 2020
April in Mattock Lane 1931/32
APRIL 1931 By April 1931 we had transferred our productions to St Martin’s Hall, Hale Gardens, West Acton (I think it was cheaper!) The...
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John Dobson
May 29, 2020
April in Mattock Lane 1930
April has arrived and here we all are stuck at home twiddling our thumbs. As this is the first April that The Questors has been closed...
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