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History in Pictures
Here is a selection of photographs from throughout our 80+ year history. Simply click on a picture to view in full size! If you have any Hospital Players photos or mementoes from over the years you'd like to share with us, please contact us.
1940s & 50s
![]() Programme cover from our first production, The Admirable Crichton (1943) | ![]() The cast of The Admirable Crichton (1943) |
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![]() Fred Jeffery (who played Crichton) remembers The Admirable Crichton (1943) | ![]() Yvonne Clark (nee Burgess, who played Lady Mary) remembers The Admirable Crichton (1943) |
![]() Gathering Storm (1949) | ![]() Gathering Storm (1949) |
![]() Blithe Spirit (1950) | ![]() 1950 article about our move to a Nissen hut |
![]() Eliza Comes to Stay (1954) | ![]() Eliza Comes to Stay (1954) |
![]() The Happy Prisoner (1954) | ![]() Message from the Mayor on the opening of the Civic Theatre (1958) |
![]() Arsenic and Old Lace (1959) |
1960s
![]() The Chiltern Hundreds (1961) | ![]() East Lynne - joint production with Little Theatre Club (1961) |
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![]() Hay Fever (1963) | ![]() Plaintiff in a Pretty Hat (1964) |
![]() Journey's End (1965) | ![]() Point of Departure (1965) |
![]() The Wizard of Oz (1965) | ![]() Irma La Douce (1966) |
![]() New Clothes for the Emperor (1966) | ![]() Portrait of a Queen (1967) |
![]() The Provoked Wife (1967) | ![]() Charley's Aunt (1967) |
![]() Diplomatic Baggage (1968) | ![]() Arms and the Man (1968) |
![]() Doctor in the House (1968) | ![]() The Curious Savage (1969) |
![]() Relatively Speaking (1969) | ![]() Relatively Speaking (1969) |
1970s
![]() Waltz of the Toreadors (1970) | ![]() Pools Paradise (1970) |
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![]() The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1970) | ![]() Pinocchio (1970) |
![]() Little Women (1971) | ![]() The Owl and the Pussycat went to see... (1971) |
![]() Strike Happy (1972) | ![]() Tom Jones (1972) |
![]() Angels in Love (1973) | ![]() Miranda (1973) |
![]() Tartuffe (1973) | ![]() Murder at the Vicarage (1974) |
![]() Blandings Castle (1974) | ![]() The Tale of the Red Dragon (1974) |
![]() Every Other Evening (1975) | ![]() Hotel Paradiso (1975) |
![]() Post Horn Gallop (1976) | ![]() Saturday, Sunday, Monday (1976) |
![]() Celebration (1977) | ![]() Papertown Paperchase (1978) |
![]() Two and Two Make Sex (1978) | ![]() Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1978) |
![]() The Wizard of Oz (1978) |
100th Production (1979)
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1980s
![]() Tell Tale Murder (1980) | ![]() There Goes the Bride (1980) |
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![]() Murder With Love (1980) | ![]() Toad of Toad Hall (1980) |
![]() Bedroom Farce (1981) | ![]() The Poker Session (1981) |
![]() Sing a Song of Sixpence (1981) | ![]() Maria Marten (1982) |
![]() Fringe Benefits (1982) | ![]() The Camel's Back (1983) |
![]() Lark Rise - with Scunthorpe Drama Federation (1983) | ![]() Bonaventure (1983) |
![]() Babes in the Magic Wood (1983) | ![]() Sisterly Feelings (1984) |
![]() The Rivals (1984) | ![]() Hickory Dickory Dock (1984) |
![]() Children's Day (1985) | ![]() Tiddy Mun - with Scunthorpe Drama Federation (1985) |
![]() Charley's Aunt (1985) | ![]() On the Razzle! (1986) |
![]() Season's Greetings (1986) | ![]() The Shop at Sly Corner (1986) |
![]() Old Father Time (1986) | ![]() Who Goes Bare (1987) |
![]() Joseph Andrews (1987) | ![]() Papertown Paperchase (1987) |
![]() Any Number Can Die (1988) | ![]() Benefactors (1988) |
![]() Santa in Space (1988) | ![]() Strippers (1989) |
![]() Daisy Pulls it Off (1989) |
1990s
![]() A Night on the Tiles (1990) | ![]() A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1990) |
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![]() Tom Jones - with Scunthorpe Drama Federation (1990) | ![]() Murder by the Book (1990) |
![]() A Chorus of Disapproval (1990) | ![]() Little Women (1991) |
![]() Trumpets and Raspberries (1991) | ![]() Blandings Castle (1992) |
![]() A Small Family Business (1992) | ![]() Happy Birthday (1992) |
![]() Babes in the Wood (1992) | ![]() Ladies in Retirement (1993) |
![]() Season's Greetings (1993) | ![]() Run for Your Wife (1994) |
![]() Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1994) | ![]() An Evening with Gary Lineker (1994) |
![]() Tom, the Piper's Son (1994) | ![]() Blithe Spirit (1995) |
![]() Second from Last in the Sack Race (1995) | ![]() The Fifteen Streets (1995) |
![]() Ten Times Table (1996) | ![]() The Weekend (1996) |
![]() Move Over Mrs. Markham (1997) | ![]() Rebecca (1997) |
![]() The Magical World of Aladdin (1997) | ![]() Communicating Doors (1998) |
![]() Passion Killers (1998) | ![]() Family Planning (1998) |
![]() King Arthur (1998) | ![]() And Then There Were None (1999) |
![]() Post Horn Gallop (1999) |
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