{"id":1182,"date":"2017-03-21T00:03:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T00:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madf.im\/?page_id=1182"},"modified":"2024-04-28T21:35:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T20:35:43","slug":"all-previous-best-play-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madf.im\/?page_id=1182","title":{"rendered":"All Previous Best Play Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1950 &#8211; The Thirteen Players, Bristol Canaries <em>Sometimes Sing<br \/>\n<\/em>1951 &#8211; Phoenix Theatre Group, Dublin <em>Michaelmas Eve<br \/>\n<\/em>1952 &#8211; Phoenix Theatre Group, Dublin <em>Lovers Meeting<br \/>\n<\/em>1953 &#8211; Withington Players, Manchester <em>The Tudor Wench<br \/>\n<\/em>1954 &#8211; The Thirteen Players, Bristol <em>Candlelight<\/em><br \/>\n1955 &#8211; The Thirteen Players, Bristol <em>Frolic in April<\/em><br \/>\n1956 &#8211; Withington Players, Manchester <em>The Gentle Arm<\/em><br \/>\n1957 &#8211; Theatre One, Edinburgh <em>Dark of the Moon<\/em><br \/>\n1958 &#8211; Theatre One, Edinburgh <em>Don&#8217;t Listen Ladies<\/em><br \/>\n1959 &#8211; Theatre Arts Club, Edinburgh <em>All My Sons<\/em><br \/>\n1960 &#8211; Theatre Arts Club, Edinburgh <em>The Diary of Anne Frank<\/em><br \/>\n1961 &#8211; Cairde Fail, Dublin <em>Twilight of a Warrior<\/em><br \/>\n1962 &#8211; Rushen ADS, Isle of Man <em>Ladies in Retirement<\/em><br \/>\n1963 &#8211; Tudor Players, Manchester <em>Love and Lunacy<\/em><br \/>\n1964 &#8211; Withington Players, Manchester <em>Billy Liar<\/em><br \/>\n1965 &#8211; Fylde Coast Players, St Annes <em>The Rehearsal<\/em><br \/>\n1966 &#8211; No Competition<br \/>\n1967 &#8211; Fylde Coast Players, St Annes <em>Fallen Angels<\/em><br \/>\n1968 &#8211; Tudor Players, Manchester <em>Castle of Deception<\/em><br \/>\n1969 &#8211; Litherland Dramatic Group <em>Oedipus Rex<\/em><br \/>\n1970 &#8211; Green Room Players, Blackpool <em>Spring and Port Wine<\/em><br \/>\n1971 &#8211; Legion Players, Isle of Man <em>Angels in Love<\/em><br \/>\n1972 &#8211; Tudor Players, Manchester <em>Relatively Speaking<\/em><br \/>\n1973 &#8211; Blackpool College Theatre <em>Group Home<\/em><br \/>\n1974 &#8211; Formby Theatre Group <em>Ghosts<\/em><br \/>\n1975 &#8211; Tudor Players, Manchester <em>Plaza Suite<\/em><br \/>\n1976 &#8211; No Competition<br \/>\n1977 &#8211; Tudor Players, Manchester <em>The Price<\/em><br \/>\n1978 &#8211; Dilys Guite Players, Sheffield <em>Blythe Spirit<\/em><br \/>\n1979 &#8211; Theatre One, Thornton <em>Home<\/em><br \/>\n1980 &#8211; The Players, Cheadle Hume <em>Table Manners<\/em><br \/>\n1981 &#8211; Abbey Actors, Belfast <em>Echoes<\/em><br \/>\n1982 &#8211; Group Theatre Company, London <em>Rashomon<\/em><br \/>\n1983 &#8211; Theatre One, North Fylde <em>Exit the King<\/em><br \/>\n1984 &#8211; Parkside Players <em>Da<\/em><br \/>\n1985 &#8211; Tudor Players, Manchester <em>Bedroom Farce<\/em><br \/>\n1986 &#8211; Tudor Players, Manchester <em>Accrington Pals<\/em><br \/>\n1987 &#8211; Clarence Players, Belfast <em>The Goodbye People<\/em><br \/>\n1988 &#8211; Martello Productions, Wicklow <em>Children of a Lesser God<\/em><br \/>\n1989 &#8211; Group Theatre Company, London <em>Hard Times<\/em><br \/>\n1990 &#8211; Martello Productions, Wicklow <em>Agnes of God<\/em><br \/>\n1991 &#8211; Sedgefield Players, Co. Durham <em>Stepping Out<\/em><br \/>\n1992 &#8211; Sedgefield Players, Co. Durham <em>Woman in Mind<\/em><br \/>\n1993 &#8211; Group Theatre Company, London <em>September in the Rain<\/em><br \/>\n1994 &#8211; St James\u2019 Players, Burnley <em>Last Tango in Whitby<\/em><br \/>\n1995 &#8211; Sedgefield Players, Co. Durham <em>Dancing at Lughnasa<\/em><br \/>\n1996 &#8211; Tryst Theatre, Falkirk <em>Under Milk Wood<\/em><br \/>\n1997 &#8211; Brigstow Theatre Company <em>Driving Miss Daisy<\/em><br \/>\n1998 &#8211; Tudor Players, Manchester <em>Hindle Wakes<\/em><br \/>\n1999 &#8211; Tryst Theatre, Falkirk <em>Cemetary Club<\/em><br \/>\n2000 &#8211; Tudor Players, Manchester<em> The Curious Savage<\/em><br \/>\n2001 &#8211; Bovingdon Players, Herts <em>Abigail\u2019s Party<\/em><br \/>\n2002 &#8211; Everyman Productions, Sligo <em>The Mai<\/em><br \/>\n2003 &#8211; In Yer Space, Blackpool <em>A Night in November<\/em><br \/>\n2004 &#8211; Tudor Players, Manchester<em> The Prisoner of Second Avenue<\/em><br \/>\n2005 &#8211; Tudor Players, Manchester <em>Humble Boy<\/em><br \/>\n2006 &#8211; Cytringan Players, Kettering <em>\u2018night, Mother<\/em><br \/>\n2007 &#8211; Cytringan Players, Kettering <em>Peggy for You<\/em><br \/>\n2008 &#8211; Everyman Productions, Sligo <em>Juno and the Paycock<\/em><br \/>\n2009 &#8211; Bejou Productions, Essex <em>Someone who&#8217;ll watch over me<\/em><br \/>\n2010 &#8211; Bejou Productions, Essex <em>Burn This<\/em><br \/>\n2011 &#8211; Bejou Productions, Essex <em>The Birthday Party<\/em><br \/>\n2012 &#8211; Romiley Little Theatre, Stockport <em>The Thirty Nine Steps<\/em><br \/>\n2013 &#8211; Martello Productions, Wicklow <em>By the Bog of Cats\u2026<\/em><br \/>\n2014 &#8211; White Cobra Productions, Northampton <em>The Days of Wine and Roses<\/em><br \/>\n2015 &#8211; Romiley Little Theatre, Stockport <em>Frozen<\/em><br \/>\n2016 &#8211; White Cobra Productions, Northampton <em>Scaramouche Jones<br \/>\n<\/em>2017 &#8211;\u00a0University Players Hamburg, \u00a0<em>Lift Not the Painted Veil &amp; Frankenstein<br \/>\n<\/em>2018 &#8211; White Cobra Productions, Northampton\u00a0<em>Glorious! <\/em><br \/>\n2019 -Martello Productions &#8211;\u00a0<em>\u00a0Portia Coughlan<br \/>\n2020 &#8211; No\u00a0Competition<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2021 &#8211; No\u00a0Competition<\/em><br \/>\n2022 &#8211; Mutley &amp; Minques &#8211; <em>The Importance of Being Earnest<br \/>\n<\/em>2023 &#8211;\u00a0White Cobra Productions &#8211;\u00a0<em>The Lonesome West\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n2024 &#8211;\u00a0White Cobra &#8211;\u00a0<em>The Father<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1950 &#8211; The Thirteen Players, Bristol Canaries Sometimes Sing 1951 &#8211; Phoenix Theatre Group, Dublin Michaelmas Eve 1952 &#8211; Phoenix Theatre Group, Dublin Lovers Meeting 1953 &#8211; Withington Players, Manchester The Tudor Wench 1954 &#8211; The Thirteen Players, Bristol Candlelight 1955 &#8211; The Thirteen Players, Bristol Frolic in April 1956 &#8211; Withington Players, Manchester The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/madf.im\/?page_id=1182\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">All Previous Best Play Winners<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":144,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1182","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4504,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1182\/revisions\/4504"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}