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The University of the Third Age - Welwyn Hatfield

Play Reading Study Group

Leader: Hazel Bell, 01707 265201

Meetings are held in members' houses on the 3rd Tuesday mornings of the month, starting at 10am. We have coffee on arrival, and discuss the play when we've finished reading it.

Meetings for 2019 will be on

• Jan 15
• Feb 19
• March 19
• April 16 (Easter Sunday 21 April)
• May 21
• June 18
• July 16
• August 20
• September 17
• October 15
• November 18

The second Play Reading Group met for the first time in September 2011, and the plays that we have read to date are:

2011 - September

• Bell, Book and Candle John Van Druten
• Dangerous Corner J. B. Priestley
• The Real Thing Tom Stoppard
• Dear Brutus J. M. Barrie

2012

• The Old Country Alan Bennett
• A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt
• The Boy with a Cart Christopher Fry
• All My Sons Arthur Miller
• Love of Four Colonels Peter Ustinov
• Alphabetical Order Michael Frayn
• Arcadia Tom Stoppard
• The Cocktail Party T S Eliot
• Red Letter Day Kay Macaulife
• The Little Heir Kay Macaulife
• Hands across the Sea Noel Coward
• Under Milk Wood Dylan Thomas
• She stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith
• A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Peter Nichols

2013

• Separate Tables Terence Rattigan
• A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen
• The Doctor's Dilemma Bernard Shaw
• Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn
• Abigail's Party Mike Leigh
• 3 short plays for women Kay Macaulife
• The Matchmaker Thornton Wilder
• The Mousetrap Agatha Christie
• The Master Builder Henrik Ibsen
• Hobson's Choice Harold Brighouse
• East Lynne Brian J. Burton (based on Mrs Henry Wood)
• The Memory of Water Shelagh Stephenson

2014

• Whose life is it anyway? Brian Clark
• The Lady's not for Burning Christopher Fry
• The Cherry Orchard Anton Checkov
• Noises Off Michael Frayn
• Man and Superman Bernard Shaw
• Blithe Spirit Noel Coward
• Wind of Heaven Emlyn Williams
• Plaza Suite Neil Simon
• An Inspector Calls J B Priestley
• Lady Windermere's Fan Oscar Wilde
• Halfway Up the Tree Peter Ustinov

2015

• One-Way Pendulum N. F. Simpson
• Hay Fever Noël Coward
• School for Scandal R. B. Sheridan
• A Delicate Balance Edward Albee
• You never can tell G B Shaw
• Smash! Jack Rosenthal
• Storm in a flower vase Anton Burge
• Living together Alan Ayckbourn
• Pack of Lies Hugh Whitemore
• Blue Stockings Jessica Swale

2016

• The Merry Widower Simon Moss
• Amy’s view David Hare
• The Aspern Papers Michael Redgrave
• The Chalk Garden Enid Bagnold
• Welfarewell Cat Delaney
• On the Rocks Amy Rosenthal
• Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen
• The Real Thing Tom Stoppard
• Man of the Moment Alan Ayckbourn
• Candida G. B. Shaw
• Sylvia’s wedding Jimmy Crin
• Single Spies Alan Bennett

2017

• Quatermaine's Terms Simon Gray
• Three Sisters Anton Checkov
• Black Chiffon Lesley Storm
• Barefoot in the Park Neil Simon
• The Second Mrs Tanqueray Arthur Pinero
• Ladies in Lavender Shaun McKenna
• The history boys Alan Bennett
• Habeas Corpus Alan Bennett
• Six Characters in Search of an Author Pirandello
• Quartet Ronald Harwood
• After Mrs Rochester Polly Teale

2018

• Dancing at Lusagna Brian Friel
• Relative Values Noël Coward
• Way Upstream
• The Admirable Crichton J. M. Barrie
• Kinderstransport
• Yes Prime Minister Anthony Jay
• The Shop at Sly Corner Edward Percy
• The Gingerbread Lady Neil Simon
• shorts by Kay Macaulife
• Calendar Girls Tim Firth
• Look Back in Anger John Osborne
• Out of Focus Peter Gordon