This festival finished on Saturday 09 April 1977, and this page is being kept for archival purposes only.
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Selected Student Productions
Bingo by Edward Bond,
ADC, Cambridge University
A Ceremony of Innocence (the birth and death of Jesus Christ) (ns) compiled by Mary Nelson & Judy Ratcliffe,
Middlesex Polytechnic at Ivy House
The Dark Tower by Louis MacNiece,
Sherman Arena Company, University College, Cardiff
Endgame by Samuel Beckett,
Newcastle University Theatre Society
‡Happy Days by Samuel Beckett,
Middlesex Polytechnic at Hendon (Buzz Goodbody Student Director Award (joint), Jayne Chard)
Hold Your Horses, Mussolini! (ns) by Simon Harries,
Students Union, Welsh College of Music & Drama
The Interrupted Act by Tadeusz Rozewicz,
3rd Year Certificate of Education course, Middlesex Polytechnic at Trent Park
King Lear by William Shakespeare,
Independent Theatre, Cambridge
‡King Lear by William Shakespeare,
Workshop Theatre, Leeds University
Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett,
ADC, Cambridge University (Best Actor, Alan Barker; Buzz Goodbody Student Director Award (shared: see Happy Days) Roger Michell for this & Bingo)
‡Like Dolls or Angels (n) by Stephen Jeffreys,
Carlisle College of Art & Design (Best New Play). nstc 1978; pro premiere Kings Head, Islington
Murder in the Cathedral by T S Eliot,
Glasgow University Student Theatre Group
The Occultist (ns) by Kevin Buxton,
Nottingham University Dramatic Society
The Orange, the Green and the Red, White and the Blue (n) by David Hornbrook co-written with the company,
City of Bath Technical College Drama Department (Inter-Action Community Theatre Prize)
The Private Life of Superman (n) by Chris Barlas & Phil Wharton,
Bradford University Drama Group
Pushed Into It (ns) by Dave Bell,
Durham University Theatre
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard,
Warwick University Drama Society
‡Rox (ns) by Richard Maher,
Cambridge University Mummers; tfr Cockpit, London
Saturday (ns) by Dave Jacks & Richard Lewis,
Bretton Hall College
Split Level (ns) by Iaine Renwick,
Cambridge University Mummers (Sunday Times Playwriting Award)
A Waiting Room (n) by Dave Simpson,
Bingley College Students’ Union
Wild About Harry (n) by Dave Simpson,
Bingley College Students’ Union
‡ Transferred to The Cockpit Theatre, London
International Student Playscript Competition Inaugural winner (1976), Louise Page,
UCW Cardiff: Lucy
Sponsors: The Sunday Times, Scottish Tourist Board & Scottish Arts Council;
lo: Jonathan Glenn;
td: Tim Parkin
