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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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