Shows

An index of shows mentioned by our interviewees including later works. Dates are included when known. Details of authors and companies are given when known. Please contact us with corrections. For further information please refer to the interviewee pages and their topic lists or consult the full-length DVDs at one of our deposit collections.   

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3D
Writer: Devised by the company
Company: Graeae (c1981)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

A
Abduction
Writer: David Gale
Company: Lumiere and Son (1992)
Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Writer: Dario Fo
Company: Belt and Braces(1979/80)
Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Aid Thy Neighbour
Writer: Michelene Wandor
Company: Woman’s Company, Theatre at New End(1978)
Interviewees: Kate Crutchley, Michelene Wandor

All Het Up
Writer: Devised with Noel Greig
Company: Bradford lesbian and gay theatre group(1975)
Interviewee: Noel Greig

Alison’s House
Writer: Susan Glaspell
Company: Mrs Worthington’s Daughters (1982)
Interviewee: Anne Engel

Angels of War
Writer: Muriel Box
Company: Mrs Worthington’s Daughters (1981)
Interviewee: Anne Engel

Any Woman Can
Writer: Jill Posener
Company: Gay Sweatshop (1976)
Interviewees: Noel Greig, Julie Parker, Kate Crutchley

Anywhere to Anywhere
Writer: Joyce Halliday
Company: Women’s Theatre Group
Interviewee: Kate Crutchley

The Appeal
Writer: David Gale
Company: TV (1982)
Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Ars Longa Vita Brevis
Writer: John Arden
Company: Shrewsbury Art College
Interviewee: Albert Hunt

As Is
Writer: William Hoffman
Company: Half Moon
Interviewee: Noel Greig

As Time Goes By
Writer: Noel Greig and Drew Griffiths
Company: Gay Sweatshop (1977)
Interviewee: Noel Greig

At Break of Day
Writer: Noel Greig
Company: Red Ladder (2000)
Interviewee: Noel Greig

Aurora Leigh
Writer: Michelene Wandor from Elizabeth Barratt Browning
Company: Mrs. Worthington’s Daughters (1979)
Interviewees: Anne Engel, Michelene Wandor

Authentic Heaven
Writer: Noel Greig
Company: Theatre Centre
Interviewee: Noel Greig
 

B

Bag
Writer: Bryony Lavery
Company: Les Oeufs Malades (1979)
Interviewees: Michele Frankel, Bryony Lavery

Basin
Writer: Jacqueline Rudet
Company: Temba (1985)
Interviewee: Jacqueline Rudet

Beauty and the Beast
Writer: David Gale and company
Company: Lumiere and Son (1988)
Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Before the Wolf
Writer: Devised
Company: Hilary Westlake (2007)
Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Belle of Amherst
Writer: William Luce (adapted by Michelene Wandor)
Company: Radio
Interviewee: Michelene Wandor

Belle Reprieve
Writer: Based on Tennessee Williams
Company: Split Britches/Bloolips (1991)
Interviewee: Julie Parker

Beryl and the Perils Got Nuilty
Writer: Devised
Company: Beryl and the Perils
Interviewee: Michele Frankel

Best of Friends
Writer: Noel Greig
Company: Perspectives Theatre (1985)
Interviewee: Noel Greig

Beyond the A’Penny Steps
Writer: Tony Dennis
Company: Tricycle Theatre (1983)
Interviewee: Andrea Montag

The Big Three
Writer: Albert Hunt
Company: Bradford Art College Theatre Group
Interviewee: Albert Hunt

The Black Hole of Calcutta
Writer: Bryony Lavery / Devised
Company: National Theatre of Brent (1982)
Interviewee: Lily Susan Todd

The Black Jacobins
Writer: C.L.R. James
Company: Talawa (1986)
Interviewee: Andrea Montag

Blood Green
Writer: Noel Greig and Angela Stewart Park
Company: Gay Sweatshop (1980/81)
Interviewee: Noel Greig

Blood Pudding
Writer: David Gale and company
Company: Lumiere and Son (1981)
Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Bloomers 1
Writer: Devised
Company: Bloomers  (1979)
Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Bloomers 2- Women and Crime
Writer: Devised
Company: Bloomers (1980)
Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Bloomers 3-  Women and Madness
Writer: Devised
Company: Bloomers (1981)
Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Bohemian Rhapsody
Writer: Sue Frumin (aka Jamieson)
Company: Oval House
Interviewee: Kate Crutchley

Born of Fire

Writer: Rafiq Abdallah and Jamil Dehlavi (film)
Company: N/A 1987
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

Breaking Through
Writer: Timberlake Wertenbaker
Company: Women’s Theatre Group (1980)
Interviewee: Adele Salem

Brightside
Writer: David Gale  with Hilary Westlake
Company: Lumiere and Son (1984/5)
Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Britannia Rig
Writer: Gavin Richards
Company: 7:84 England (did not take place)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

Brute Farce
Writer: Ruth Mackenzie
Company: Moving Parts
Interviewee: Ruth Mackenzie

By George
Writer: Natasha Morgan
Company: That’s Not It (c1983)
Interviewee: Natasha Morgan

C


Cabaret Show

Writer: Jude Alderson

Company: Sadista Sisters

Interviewee: Jude Alderson


Calamity

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Monstrous Regiment (1984)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery


Care and Control

Writer: Michelene Wandor, verbatim interviews and the company

Company: Gay Sweatshop (1977)

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley,

Michelene Wandor


Carte Blanche

Writer: Ken Tynan

Company: West End production

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan


Catering Service

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Les Oeufs Malades (1977)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery


Chains of Love

Writer: Susan Glaspell

Company: Orange Tree, Richmond (2007)

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan


The Charge of the Light Brigade

Writer: Bryony Lavery / Devised

Company: National Theatre of Brent

Interviewee: Lily Susan Todd


Christie in Love

Writer: Howard Brenton

Company: Portable Theatre (1969)

Interviewee:  Noel Greig


Cinderella

Writer: Unknown

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Jude Alderson


Cinderella: the Real True Story

Writer: Cheryl Moch

Company: Drill Hall

Interviewee: Julie Parker


Circus Lumiere

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son (1980)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake


City Sugar

Writer: Stephan Poliakoff

Company: Bush Theatre (1975)

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock


Cloud Nine

Writer: Caryl Churchill

Company: Joint Stock (1979)

Interviewee: Lily Susan Todd


Comedians

Writer: Trevor Griffiths

Company: Liverpool Everyman
NB This was a revival of the original production (
Nottingham, 1975), this time with an all-women cast   

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock


Common Heaven

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Theatre Centre (1997)

Interviewee: Noel Greig


Common Voices

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Theatre Centre  

Interviewee: Noel Greig


Compromised Immunity

Writer: Andy Kirby

Company: Gay Sweatshop (c1985)

Interviewee: Noel Greig


Creature

Writer: Unknown

Company:Unknown

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery


The Crucible

Writer: Arthur Miller

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Crutch
Writer: devised by company with Simon Grenville
Company: East-West Theatre Company (1981)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban


Crux

Writer: April de Angelis

Company: Paines Plough (1989)

Interviewee: Adele Salem

D

A Day in the Life of the World

Writer: Gavin Richards and John Fiske

Company: Belt and Braces (1978/79)

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

The Dead Class

Writer: Tadeusz Kantor

Company: Cricot 2 (1975)

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan

Deadwood

Writer: Devised

Company: Lumiere and Son (1986)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Dear Girl

Writer: Tierl Thompson and Libby Mason

Company: Women’s Theatre Group (1983)

Interviewee: Adele Salem

The Dear Love of Comrades

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Gay Sweatshop (1979)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Death of Christopher Marlowe

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Past Imperfect (1990)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Destiny

Writer: David Edgar

Company: RSC (1977)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Devil on the Heath

Writer: Tony Coult

Company: Perspectives (1981)

Interviewee: Tony Coult

Dick Sheppard’s Back

Writer: Shirley Barrie

Company: Tricycle Theatre (1982)
Interview: Andrea Montag


Dogs

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son (1976)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Don’t Come

Writer: Devised

Company: Brighton Combination (c1968-70)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Do Not Go Gentle

Writer: Devised/Gavin Richards

Company: Belt and Braces (1977)

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Double Vision

Writer: Libby Mason and Company (Devised/Lou Wakefield)

Company: Women’s Theatre Group (c1982)

Interviewee: Adele Salem

Do We Ever See Grace?

Writer: Noel Greig 

Company: Tricycle Youth Theatre (1985)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Dr No

Writer: Ruth Mackenzie 

Company: Moving Parts

Interviewee: Ruth Mackenzie

Dr Who
Writer: Philip Martin (TV)
Company: BBC (1985)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

Dramascape of the Dinosaurs

Writer: Devised

Company: Interplay

Interviewee: Tony Coult

Duchess

Writer: Jude Alderson

Company: Sadista Sisters

Interviewee: Jude Alderson

Dunkirk Spirit

Writer: David Edgar

Company: General Will (1974)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Dusa, Fish, Stas, and Vi

Writer: Pam Gems

Company: Hampstead Theatre (1976)

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

E


Easy Prey

Writer: Unknown

Company:Unknown

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Eclipse

Writer: Tammis Day

Company: Unknown
Interviewee: Kate Crutchely

The Emperor
Writer: Michael Hastings based on the book by Ryzsard Kapuscinski
Company: Royal Court (1988)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

The Empire

Writer: Steve Shill

Company: Steve Shill Company (1989)

Interviewee: Adele Salem

The Empire Strikes Back

Writer: Ruth Mackenzie

Company: Moving Parts

Interviewee: Ruth Mackenzie

End of Season

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Red Ladder (1997)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Elizabeth

Writer: Daro Fo, translated by Steve Gooch

Company: New Half Moon

Interviewee: Andrea Montag

England Expects 

Writer: Devised / Gavin Richards

Company: Belt and Braces (1977)

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

The Erpingham Camp

Writer: Joe Orton      

Company: Student production

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Ever After

Writer: Cathy Itzin and Ann Mitchell

Company: Tricycle Theatre (1982)

Interviewee: Andrea Montag

F


Face Down

Writer: Steve Shill

Company: Steve Shill Company

Interviewee: Adele Salem

Familiar Feelings

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Theatre Centre (1989)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Familiar Stories

Writer: Devised?

Company: Burnt Bridges

Interviewee: Michele Frankel

Family Album

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Les Oeufs Malades (1980)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Fantasia

Writer: Devised

Company: Women’s Theatre Group (1974?)

Interviewee: Anne Engel

Fast and Dirty

Writer:

Company:

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Female Transport

Writer: Steve Gooch

Company: Half Moon (1973)

Interviewees:  Kate Crutchley ,Ruth Mackenzie, Andrea Montag

Fifty Five Years of Swallow and the Butterfly

Writer: David Gale/ devised

Company: Lumiere & Son and local people ( Penzance)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake (1990)

Fight Like Tigers (c1984)

Writer: Jonathan Neale (from Mother Jones)

Company:  Pollock/ Foot Productions

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Final Cargo

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Major Road (1991)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

The First to Go
Writer: Nabil Shaban
Company: Theatre Workshop (c2007)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

The First Women in Outer Space

Writer: Adele Saleem

Company: Hard Corps (1986)

Interviewee: Adele Salem

Flesh Fly
Writer: Trevor Lloyd, adapted from Ben Jonson’s Volpone
Company: Graeae (c1998)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

Flight

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: New Perspectives (1992)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Floorshow

Writers: Caryl Churchill, Bryony Lavery, Michelene Wandor

Company: Monstrous Regiment (1977-78)

Interviewees: Bryony Lavery, Lily Susan Todd

For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enough

Writer: Ntozake Shange

Company: West End

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley

For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow
Writer: Jill Fleming

Company: Hard Corps

Interviewee: Adele Salem

Frankenstein
Writer: Devised by the company from Mary Shelley
Company: Graeae 1985
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban 


The French Lesson

Writer: Unknown

Company:Unknown

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Frozen (1998)

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Birmingham Rep

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Furniture Revolts (early 1970)

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Student production

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

G

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Writer: Bryony Lavery from Anita Loos

Company: Monstrous Regiment (1979)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Gertrude Stein and a Companion

Writer: Win Wells

Company: Hampstead

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan

Getting Through

Writer: Nona Sheppard and Bryony Lavery

Company: Theatre Centre

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Giants

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son(1979)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Gilt and Gingerbread

Writer: Unknown

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Glazed

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son (1979)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

The Girls

Writer: Mai Zetterling (film)

Company: N/A

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan

Godspell
Writer: Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak
Company: PATH Productions, 1986-7
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban  

God’s Second in Command

Writer: Jacqueline Rudet

Company: Royal Court  (1985)

Interviewee: Jacqueline Rudet

The Good Sisters

Writer: Noel Greig translated from Michel Tremblay

Company: Sheffield Crucible

Interviewee: Noel Greig


Goliath

Writer: Bryony Lavery adapted from Beatrix Campbell’s novel

Company: Women’s Theatre Group (1997)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Gotterdammerung

Writer: Devised

Company: National Theatre of Brent (1982)

Interviewee: Lily Susan Todd

The Government Inspector

Writer: Gogol

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

La Grande Eugene

Writer: Unknown

Company: Le Grand Magic Circus, Roundhouse (1976)

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan


Grandmother’s Footsteps

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Les Oeufs Malades (1976)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

H


Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Writer: Salman Rushdie adapted by Tim Supple and David Tushingham
Company: National Theatre (1998)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

The Heartache and Sorrow Show

Writer: Unknown

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Julie Parker

Heart of Ice (1987)

Writer: David Gale and Hilary Westlake

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Her Aching Heart

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Women’s Theatre Group (1992)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Heresies

Writer: Deborah Levy

Company: Women’s Theatre Group (1987)

Interviewee: Lily Susan Todd

Heroes

Writer: Noel Greig (with John Turner)

Company: The Combination, Albany Empire (1977)

Interviewee: Noel Greig


Hokenkyo the World Maker

Writer: Devised

Company: Lumiere and Son (1975)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Holocaust (see A New Communion for Freaks, Prophets and Witches)

Writer: Jane Arden

Company: Holocaust (1971)

Interviewee: Sheila Allen, Natasha Morgan


Home Sweet Home

Writer: Sue Frumin (aka Jamieson)

Company: Shameful Practice

Interviewee:  Adele Salem

The Honeysuckle and the Bee

Writer: Ruth Mackenzie and Rachel Feldberg

Company: Moving Parts

Interviewee: Ruth Mackenzie

Hot Time

Writer: Ruth Mackenzie

Company: Moving Parts

Interviewee: Ruth Mackenzie

Hot Time

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Common Stock (1984)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery


Hot Gospel (aka Looking Forward to 1942: the Second World War Hot Gospel Show)

Writer: Devised

Company: Bradford Art College Theatre Group (1969)

Interviewee: Albert Hunt

The House of Bernarda Alba

Writer: Lorca

Company: West End

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan

How Do I Look

Writer: Devised/ Clair Chapman

Company: Spare Tyre (1980)

Interviewee: Adele Salem

I

Iceberg

Writer: Noel Greig and Angela Stewart Park

Company: Gay Sweatshop (1978)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Icing

Writer: Devised

Company: Lumiere and Son (1978)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

If you want to know heaven’s like you will be there soon

(Renaming of Devil on the Heath)

Writer: Tony Coult

Company: Perspectives

Interviewee: Tony Coult

An Independent Woman

Writer: Natasha Morgan

Company: That’s Not It (1984)

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan

I Just Don’t Like Apples

Writer: Devised

Company: Bradford Women’s Group

Interviewee: Noel Greig

In the Parlour with the Ladies

Writer: Nona Shepphard

Company: Drill Hall

Interviewee: Julie Parker

In the Workhouse

Writer: Margaret Wynne Nevinson

Company: Mrs Worthington’s Daughters (1979)

Interviewee: Anne Engel

Iranian Nights
Writer: Tariq Ali and Howard Brenton
Company: Royal Court (1989)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

I Was Too Young at the Time to Understand Why My Mother Was Crying

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Les Oeufs Malades (1976)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

J

Jack the Flames

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son (1973)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Jean Pool

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Jingleball

Writer: Devised/Drew Griffiths

Company:  Gay Sweatshop (1976)

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley, Julie Parker

John

Writer: Adele Saleem

Company: Hard Corps

Interviewees: Michele Frankel, Adele Salem

John Ford’s Cuban Missile Crisis

Writer: Devised

Company: Bradford Arts College Theatre Group (1970)

Interviewee: Albert Hunt

The Journey

Writer: Naftali Yavin

Company: Inter-Action

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Jubu Lubu (from Ubu Roi)

Writer: Noel Greig from Jarry

Company: May Days theatre company

Interviewee: Noel Greig

K

Kiss and Kill

Writer: Ann Mitchell and Lily Susan Todd

Company: Monstrous Regiment (1977-78)

Interviewee: Lily Susan Todd

Kitchen Matters

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Gay Sweatshop (1990)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

L

The Ladies

Writer: Sandra Freeman

Company: Character Ladies

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley

Ladies of the Vale

Writer: Sandra Freeman

Company: Character Ladies

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley

Laughter on the Other Side

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Theatre Centre (1986)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Lay Up Your Ends

Writer: Devised (Marie Jones and company)

Company: Charabanc

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Lear’s Daughters

Writer:  Devised / Elaine Feinstein

Company: Women’s Theatre Group (1987)

Interviewee: Tony Coult

Limbo Tales

Writer: Len Jenkin

Company: 1981

Interviewee: Michele Frankel

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire

Writer: Caryl Churchill

Company: Joint Stock (1976)  

Interviewee: Lily Susan Todd

Love Comes in at the Window (Black Shalwar and The Ecstasy)

Writers: Rukhsana Ahmad and Anu Kumar

Company: Kali

Interviewee: Adele Salem

Love and Dissent

Writer: Elisabeth Bond

Company: Women’s Theatre Group

Interviewee: Adele Salem

Love in Vain

Writer: Bob Mason

Company: Tricycle Theatre (1982)

Interviewee: Andrea Montag

The Lunatics Take Over the Asylum

Writer: Unknown

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

M

M3, Junction 4
Writer: Devised by the company
Company: Graeae (c1981)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

The Mad Girls

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son (1974)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Madonna in Slag City

Writer: Jude Alderson

Company: Sadista Sisters

Interviewee: Jude Alderson

Mal de Mère

Writer: Michelene Wandor

Company: Portable, Almost Free (1972)

Interviewee: Michelene Wandor

Man Friday

Writer: Adrian Mitchell

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

The Marriage Bed: an Uncivil Partnership

Writer: Nona Shepphard

Company: Ruby Tuesday, Drill Hall (2006)

Interviewee: Julie Parker

Mata Hari

Writers: Chris Judge Smith, Lene Lovich and

Les Chappel

Company: Lumiere and Son (1982)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake


Mister X

Writer: Drew Griffiths and Roger Baker

Company: Gay Sweatshop (1975)

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley, Noel Grieg


Molester

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son (1975)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake


Money to Live

Writer: Jacqueline Rudet

Company: Black Theatre Co-op (1984)

Interviewee: Jacqueline Rudet


More Female Trouble

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Female Trouble (c1983)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery


Mother’s Arms

Writer: Natasha Morgan

Company:  That’s Not It (1982)

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan


Mrs Colly Pepper

Writer: Gavin Richards

Company: Belt and Braces (1977/78)

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock


The Mummy’s Curse

Writer: Ruth Mackenzie

Company: Moving Parts

Interviewee: Ruth Mackenzie


My Mother Said I Never Should

Writer: Devised with Michelene Wandor

Company: Women’s Theatre Group (1974)

Interviewees: Anne Engel, Lily Susan Todd

 My Left Foot
Writer: adapted by Jim Sheridan and Shane Connaughton from Christy Brown (film)
Company: N/A
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban 

N

The NAB (National Assistance Board) Play

Writer: Devised

Company: Brighton Combination (1970)

Interviewee: Noel Greig


Neptune
’s Net

Writer: Hilary Westlake

Company:  SOS exhibition, Tollhouse Gallery in Great Yarmouth (1996)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Never Mind You’ll Soon Get Better
Writer: Devised by the company
Company: Hereward College (c1977)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

New Anatomies

Writer: Timberlake Wertenbaker

Company: Women’s Theatre Group (1981)

Interviewee: Adele Salem

A New Communion for Freaks, Prophets and Witches

Writer: Devised by Jane Arden with company

Company: Holocaust, Open Space (1971)

Interviewees: Natasha Morgan, Adele Salem

Nightfall

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son (1978)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Nightlife

Writer: Hilary Westlake

Company: Lumiere and Son, Northampton Arts Centre (1987)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

No Offence

Writer: Ruth Mackenzie

Company: Moving Parts

Interviewee: Ruth Mackenzie

The Normal Heart

Writer: Larry Kramer

Company: Royal Court (1985)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Not Too Much to Ask
Writer: Adaptation by Patsy Rodenburg from Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Company: Graeae (1983)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

Nuts

Writer: Devised

Company: Beryl and the Perils

Interviewee: Michele Frankel

O

The Offshore Island

Writer: Marghanita Laski

Company: Mystery Guest

Interviewee: Anne Engel


On the Cut
Writer: Unknown

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Origin of the Species

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Monstrous Regiment (1984-5)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

The Other Side of the Underneath (film)

Writer: Jane Arden

Company: Film (1972)

Interviewees: Sheila Allen, Natasha Morgan

The Oracle

Writer: Susannah Cibber

Company: Mrs Worthington’s Daughters (1979)

Interviewee: Anne Engel

Out on the Costa Del Trico

Writer: Devised

Company: Women’s Theatre Group (1976)

Interviewee: Anne Engel

Out of Order

Writer: Ruth Mackenzie

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Ruth Mackenzie

Out to Lunch

Writer: Unknown

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Over and Out

Writer: Unknown

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

P

Pack of Women

Writer: Robyn Archer

Company:Drill Hall

Interviewee: Julie Parker


Panic

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son (1987)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Paradise Now and Then

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Gay Sweatshop (1989)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

The Passion of Adolf Hitler

Writer: Devised

Company: Bradford Arts College Theatre Group (1972)

Interviewee: Albert Hunt

Passionate Positions

Writer: David Gale

Company: Lumiere and Son (1977)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake


Patience and Sarah

Writer: Joyce Halliday, based on Isobel Miller

Company: Character Ladies (early 1980s)

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley

People Show: The Boxing Show

Writer: Devised

Company: The People Show

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan

People Show: Jim’s Gym

Writer: Devised

Company: The People Show

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan

People’s Show 73: The Tower Show

Writer: Devised

Company: The People Show

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan

Pest Cure

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son (1975)

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake


Peter Pan
Writer: Unknown

Company: Drill Hall

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Picture Me

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Red Ladder(1999)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

The Pit,

Writer: Naftali Yavin

Company: Inter-Action

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Plague of Innocence

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Sheffield Crucible (1988)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Plays for Rubber Go-Go Girls

Writer: Chris Wilkinson

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Michelene Wandor

Poppies

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Gay Sweatshop (1983)

Interviewee: Julie Parker, Noel Greig

Poor Beast in the Rain

Writer: Billy Roche

Company: Unknown    

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Portrait of Jason  

Writer: Unknown

Company: Film

Interviewee: Natasha Morgan

Precious Bane

Writer: Bryony Lavery from Mary Webb

Company: New Perspectives (2003)

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Present Your Briefs

Writer: Devised

Company: The General Will  

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Pretty Ugly

Writer: Devised

Company: The Women’s Theatre Group

Interviewee: Anne Engel

The Prison Show

Writer: David Edgar

Company: The General Will

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Puckeroo

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Punch and Judy

Writer: Harrison Birtwhistle

Company: Opera Factory (1982)

Interviewee: Julie Parker
 

Q

Queen Christina

Writer: Pam Gems

Company: RSC (1977)

Interviewee: Sheila Allen

A Quiet End

Writer: Unknown

Company: Gay Sweatshop

Interviewee: Noel Greig  

R

Rachael and the Roarettes (TV)

Writer: Jude Alderson

Company: TV

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Rainbows Ending,

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Tricycle Youth Theatre (1984)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Raising the Wreck

Writer: Sue Frumin

Company: Gay Sweatshop
Interviewee: Noel Greig

Raspberry Ripple
Writer: Gurmit Casbah? (film)
Company: N/A
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban


Rasputin Show

Writer: Michael Elmers

Company: Brighton Combination

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Razzle Dazzle

Writer: Noel Greig and John Turner

Company: Brighton Combination (1970)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Ready Salted Crips
Writer: Devised by the company
Company: Hereward College (c1978)
Interviewee: Nabil Shaban

Reaping Paradise

Writer: Unknown

Company: Unknown

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Red Door Without a Bolt

Writer: Jude Alderson

Company: Sadista Sisters

Interviewee: Jude Alderson

Renfield

Writer: Unknown

Company:Unknown

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Rise & Fall of Tony Banana

Writer: Devised

Company: Brighton Combination

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Robin Hood and Her Merry Men

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Drill Hall

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery


Roots

Writer: Arnold Wesker

Company:  Royal Court

Interviewee: Jacqueline Rudet

Rutherford and Son

Writer: Githa Sowerby

Company: Mrs Worthington’s Daughters (1980)

Interviewee: Anne Engel

S

Savannah Bay

Writer: Marguerite Duras

Company: Foco Novo

Interviewee: Lily Susan Todd

Saved

Writer: Edward Bond

Company: referred to play but not production (originally produced Royal Court)

Interviewee: Tony Coult

Scream and Dream Again

Writer: Cheryl Robson

Company: Man in the Moon Theatre

Interviewee: Michele Frankel

Scum- Death, Destruction, and Dirty Washing

Writer: Claire Luckham and Chris Bond

Company: Monstrous Regiment

Interviewee: Lily Susan Todd, Andrea Montag

Senseless

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance

Writer: John Arden

Company: originally produced Royal Court

Interviewee: Albert Hunt

Seven Seas

Writer: Adele Saleem

Company: Gay Sweatshop (x10 Festival)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Shakespeare’s Sister

Writer: Theatre de L’Aquarium

Company: Monstrous Regiment

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Sharing

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Les Oeufs Malades

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Ship Shape

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Shoulder to Shoulder (TV)

Writer: Midge Mackenzie

Company: BBC, 1974

Interviewee: Sheila Allen, Natasha Morgan

The Shrinking Man

Writer: David Glass

Company: David Glass and Co

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

A Sky Blue Life

Writer: Howard Brenton

Company: Little Theatre, Cambridge students

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Sleeping Beauty

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Drill Hall

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

The Sleeping Quarters of Sophia

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Slips

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Smile Orange

Writer: Trevor Rome

Company: Strafford East

Interviewee: Andrea Montag

The Snow Queen

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Drill Hall

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Son of Circus Lumiere

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Space Invaders

Writer: Ruth Mackenzie and co.

Company: Moving Parts

Interviewee: Ruth Mackenzie

Special Forces

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Spinning a Yarn

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Double Exposure

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Spin/Stir

Writer: Devised

Company: Red Rag

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley

The 1980 Spit and Polish Girly Show 

Writer: Devised

Company: Camouflage

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock,

The Sport of My Mad Mother

Writer: Ann Jellicoe

Company: Royal Court

Interviewee: Lily Susan Todd

The Stick Wife

Writer: Darrah Cloud

Company: Charabanc

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Stones in His Pockets

Writer: Marie Jones

Company: Dubbeljoint

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Swings

Writer: Edward Bond

Company:  performed Almost Free

Interviewee: Tony Coult

T

Take Back What’s Yours

Writer: Jacqueline Rudet

Company: Croydon Warehouse

Interviewee: Jacqueline Rudet

Teendreams

Writer: Susan Todd and David Edgar

Company: Monstrous Regiment

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley, Lily Susan Todd

These Foolish Things

Writer: Philip Davis

Company: Old Red Lion

Interviewee: Michele Frankel

Three Marias

Writer: Devised from New Portuguese Letters by translator Faith Gillespie

Company: the Women’s Company (Natasha Morgan, Faith Gillespie, Ann Mitchell, Anne Engel), 1973

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley

Three Women Mime

Writer: Tessa Schneideman and co

Company: Three Women Mime

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley

Time Gentlemen, Please

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Monstrous Regiment

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Time Pieces

Writer: Devised/ Lou Wakefield

Company: Women’s Theatre Group

Interviewee: Adele Salem

Tip Top Condition

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Tissue

Writer: Louise Page

Company: Belgrade, Coventry, 1978

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley

Trafford Tanzi

Writer: Claire Luckham

Company: Liverpool Everyman

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Translations

Writer: Brian Friel

Company: Green Fields and Far Away

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Trashed

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Theatre Centre

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Trickster

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Trumpet

Writer: Jackie Kay

Company: Skeklers Theatre Company, 2005

Interviewee: Julie Parker


The Twelve Pound Look 

Writer: J.M Berrie

Company: Mrs Worthington’s Daughters

Interviewee: Anne Engel

The Two Marias

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Theatre Centre

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

U

US

Writer: Denis Cannon

Company: RSC, devised with Peter Brook, Albert Hunt, Geoffrey Reeves

Interviewee: Albert Hunt

V

Vagina Rex and the Gas Oven

Writer: Jane Arden

Company: Arts Lab Drury Lane, 1969

Interviewee: Sheila Allen, Natasha Morgan

Video Wicked

Writer: Dilip Hiro

Company: Half Moon YPT

Interviewee: Michele Frankel

Vinegar Tom

Writer: Caryl Churchill

Company: Monstrous Regiment

Interviewee: Lily Susan Todd, Andrea Montag

Voices

Writer: Susan Griffin

Company: Drill Hall

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley, Julie Parker

Vulture Culture

Writer: Devised

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

W

Waiting for Godot

Writer: Samuel Beckett

Company: Arts Theatre

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock, Natasha Morgan, Jim Haynes

Wandsworth Warmers

Writer: Devised/Bryony Lavery

Company: Wandsworth Warmers

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery


Wandsworth Warmers’ Christmas Carol

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Wandsworth Warmers

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

War Dance

Writer: Devised

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake


The Warp

Writer: Neil Oram and Ken Campbell

Company: ICA, 1979

Interviewee: Michele Frankel


The Wasps

Writer: Aristophanes

Company: Brighton Combination

Interviewee: Noel Greig


What Did You Do in the War Mummy?

Writer: Devised

Company: Age Exchange

Interviewee: Kate Crutchley

Who are the Guinea-Pigs?

Writer: Devised

Company: Ovarian Sisters

Interviewee: Michele Frankel

Wedding Story

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Birmingham Rep, 2000

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Wenzani

Writer: Dorcas Faku

Company: West Six

Interviewee: Adele Salem

Whale Music

Writer: Anthony Mingella

Company: University of Hull, 1980

Interviewee: Ruth Mackenzie

Which Doctor?

Writer: ?

Company: Little Women

Interviewee: Adele Salem

Whispers in the Dark

Writer: Noel Greig from Michel Tremblay’s The Good Sisters

Company: Sheffield (Crucible?)

Interviewee: Noel Greig

White Man’s Mission

Writer: Devised

Company: Queensland popular theatre

Interviewee: Albert Hunt

White Men Dancing

Writer: David Gale and company

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Wife Fronts

Writer: Ruth Mackenzie and Rachael Feldberg

Company: Moving Parts

Interviewee: Ruth Mackenzie

The Wild Bunch

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company: Women’s Theatre Group, 1979

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

With Friends Like You

Writer: Jacqueline Rudet

Company: Imani Faith

Interviewee: Jacqueline Rudet

Women on the Verge of HRT

Writer: Marie Jones

Company: Dubbeljoint

Interviewee: Eileen Pollock

Working Hearts

Writer: Noel Greig

Company: Graeae Theatre Company

Interviewee: Noel Greig

Wounds

Writer: Devised

Company: Lumiere and Son

Interviewee: Hilary Westlake

Wyre’s Cross

Writer: Peta Masters and Geraldine Griffiths

Company: Mrs Worthington’s Daughters’ Daughters

Interviewee: Anne Engel

X

Y

Z

Zita

Writer: Jacqueline Rudet

Company: ?

Interviewee: Jacqueline Rudet

Zulu Hot Club

Writer: Bryony Lavery

Company:?, 1984

Interviewee: Bryony Lavery

Zulu 

Writer: Devised

Company: National Theatre of Brent

Interviewee: Lily Susan Todd