Royal Court Theatre
A–Z of all Productions
- “Yes We Have No Pyjamas”, Mark Furness and Barbara Plays Ltd
5th February – 23rd June 1979.
- Acacia Avenue, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
23rd August 1943 – 15th April 1944.
- Accolade, H M Tennent, in association with Joshua Logan and Leland Hayward
31st July 1950 – 10th February 1951.
- According to the Evidence, Le Clare Productions Ltd and Sherwood and Reid Ltd
14th August 1967 – 8th June 1968.
- After the Ball
March 1954 – 8th January 1955.
- Age of Consent, Jack Waller
15th June – 29th August 1953.
- All for Mary, David Conville
29th April – 6th July 1968.
- And So To Bed
1st August 1951 – 26th July 1952.
- Angel, H M Tennent Ltd
12th May – 14th June 1947.
- Angels in Love, Jack De Leon
24th August – 3rd October 1953.
- The Angry Deep, Stephen Mitchell and Kenneth More
16th January – 18th February 1961.
- Another Love Story
6th November 1944 – 12th May 1945.
- Ardèle, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
13th August – 27th October 1951.
- Aren’t We All?
July – 21st November 1953.
- The Aspern Papers, Duncan C Weldon & Louis I Michaels for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd
19th February – 12th May 1979.
- The Bed-Sitting Room, Associated London Theatre and Bloomsbury Plays Ltd
20th February – 25th November 1967.
- Bell, Book and Candle, H M Tennent Ltd
13th September 1954 – 21st January 1956.
- The Big Tickle, H M Tennent Ltd and George Black Ltd
7th April – 14th June 1958.
- Big Top (revue)
18th March – 29th August 1942.
- Billy Liar, Oscar Lewenstein Plays Ltd
5th March – 24th November 1962.
- Bird in Hand, Barry Jackson
13th August – 15th December 1928.
- The Bird of Time, Harold Fielding and Allan Davis Ltd
16th May – 18th November 1961.
- Birds on the Wing, Peter Bridge
23rd September 1969 – 10th January 1970.
- A Bit Between the Teeth, Brian Rix Enterprises
11th April 1974 – 22nd November 1975.
- Black Chiffon, Windsor Theatre Company and Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
2nd September – 14th December 1963.
- Blue For a Boy
14th August 1950 – 28th June 1952.
- The Body was Well Nourished, Frank Launder & Sydney Gilliat
14th April – ? 1941.
- Boeing Boeing, Mansion Plays Ltd
10th March – 29th November 1975.
- Boeing Boeing, Bernard Delfont in association with Michael Hamilton and John Gale
15th May – 30th September 1967.
- Book of the Month, Emile Littler
30th August 1954 – 11th June 1955.
- Breaking Point, Peter Bridge, in Association with Greville Poke for GP Productions
5th September 1962 – 30th March 1963.
- Brick Up the Mersey Tunnels, Royal Court Liverpool
21st June – 30th July 2011.
- The Bride and the Bachelor, Peter Saunders
12th November 1956 – 9th August 1958.
- Brother and Sister, H M Tennent Ltd
10th April – 27th May 1967.
- Brush With a Body, City Stage Productions and Anna Deere Wiman
21st May – 11th August 1962.
- Canaries Sometimes Sing, Duncan C Weldon & Louis I Michaels for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
13th February – 30th June 1979.
- Canaries Sometimes Sing, Firth Shephard and Play Plans Ltd
3rd November 1947 – 13th March 1948.
- Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, Company of Four and H M Tennent Ltd
27th September 1948 – 12th February 1949.
- Captain Carvallo, Laurence Olivier Productions
12th June 1950 – 20th January 1951.
- Castle in the Air, Jack Buchanan and Stanley French
20th September 1949 – 16th December 1950.
- The Cat and the Canary, George Grossmith and J A E Malone
30th July – 1st December 1923.
- The Cat and the Canary, Guy Charles and Bill Luckwell
26th September – 17th December 1966.
- The Cavern, Tennent Productions Ltd
13th September – 11th December 1965.
- The Chalk Garden, Tennent Productions Ltd
20th January – 17th May 1958.
- Change of Tune, Toby Rowland Ltd and Gilbert Miller
13th April – 6th June 1959.
- Charley’s Aunt, H M Tennent Ltd and The Brandon Thomas Company
5th November – 1st December 1956.
- Charley’s Aunt, 69 Theatre Company
30th August 1971 – 13th February 1972.
- The Cherry Orchard, Meadow Players and Oxford Playhouse
20th September – 6th November 1971.
- The Circle, Clement Scott Gilbert and New Pembroke Theatre Ltd
12th April – 31st July 1965.
- Close Quarters
28th April – 23rd August 1941.
- Close the Coalhouse Door
9th April 1968 – 19th April 1969.
- The Cocktail Party, H M Tennent Ltd and Chichester Festival Theatre Productions
started 28th May 1968.
- Colombe, H M Tennent Ltd
29th October 1951 – 29th March 1952.
- The Complaisant Lover, H M Tennent Ltd and Donmar Productions Ltd
18th May 1959 – 4th June 1960.
- The Corn is Green, Stephen Mitchell
15th August 1938 – 15th June 1940.
- The Count of Clérambard, Jack De Leon
25th July – 12th November 1955.
- The Count of Luxembourg
14th June – 18th November 1943.
- The Dark is Light Enough, Tennent Productions Ltd
22nd February – 4th December 1954.
- Dead on Nine, James P Sherwood
8th August 1955 – 14th April 1956.
- Dear Delinquent, Minster Productions Ltd
21st May 1957 – 23rd August 1958.
- Dear Delinquent, Minster Productions Ltd
21st May 1957 – 23rd August 1958.
- Dear Octopus, Peter Bridge and Allied Theatre Productions
19th September 1967 – 8th June 1968.
- Dear Octopus, H M Tennent Ltd
9th October 1939 – 31st August 1940.
- Death on Demand, Eddie Kulukundis for Knightsbridge Theatrical Productions Ltd
30th October – 9th December 1972.
- The Devil’s Sanctuary, Tod Slaughter and Hubert Woodward
19th August – 6th September 1941.
- Dinner with the Family, Oxford Playhouse Company
1st October 1957 – 24th May 1958.
- A Doll’s House, Thelma Holt and Triumph Proscenium Productions Ltd
4th September 1996 – 11th January 1997.
- Down the Dock Road, Royal Court Liverpool
11th March – 9th April 2016.
- Edward, My Son, Henry Sherek and Gilbert Miller
21st April 1947 – 23rd April 1949.
- The Elephant’s Foot, Nottingham Theatre Trust Ltd
19th April – 5th June 1965.
- Everywoman
started December 1913.
- The First Gentleman, Henry Sherek Ltd
2nd April 1945 – 16th November 1946.
- First Night, MFA Productions Ltd
25th July – 17th December 1955.
- Five Finger Exercise, H M Tennent Ltd and New Watergate Presentations Ltd
30th June 1958 – 26th March 1960.
- Flowering Cherry, H M Tennent Ltd and Frith Banbury Ltd
14th October 1957 – 4th April 1959.
- Fool’s Paradise, The Peter Haddon Company
21st September – 5th December 1959.
- Forget-Me-Not Lane, David Gordon Productions Ltd
24th January – 10th June 1972.
- French Without Tears, Bronson Albery and Howard Wyndham
13th February – 10th June 1939.
- The Frog, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
5th – 10th March 1945.
- Fun on the Bristol, Henry C. Jarrett’s Company
28th January – 3rd May 1884.
- The Gay Dog, H M Tennent Ltd and Lornor Ltd
started 31st March 1952.
- The Gay Invalid, Peter Daubeny Presentations Ltd
6th November 1950 – 24th March 1951.
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Addey, Owen and Hollerith Ltd and Kenneth Wagg
3rd July 1962 – 20th April 1963.
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Addey, Owen and Hollerith Ltd and Kenneth Wagg
3rd July 1962 – 20th April 1963.
- Getting Married, Peter Bridge and Allied Theatre Productions
14th March – 26th August 1967.
- Go Back for Murder, Peter Saunders
22nd February – 23rd April 1960.
- Goodnight Mrs Puffin, Sherwood and Reid Ltd
22nd May 1961 – 16th March 1963.
- The Gorilla, Herbert Clayton, Jack Waller, and Charles B Cochran
22nd June – 24th October 1925.
- A Greek Slave, George Edwardes
20th December 1926 – 16th April 1927.
- A Guardsman’s Cup of Tea, Hattan Duprez in association with Maurice Berkeley
2nd October – 9th December 1950.
- Guilty Party, Peter Bridge for Bridge Productions Ltd
17th August 1961 – 1st September 1962.
- Halfway Up the Tree, H M Tennent Ltd and Alexander H Cohen
2nd October 1967 – 4th January 1969.
- Hamlet
started 25th July 1944.
- Hanging Judge, Walter P Chrysler Jr and Michael Powell
25th August – 13th December 1952.
- The Happy Man, E P Clift, Jack Minster, and Minster Productions Ltd
7th October 1957 – 1st February 1958.
- The Hasty Heart, Play Plans Ltd
20th August 1945 – 9th November 1946.
- Heirs and Graces
? – 15th May 1965.
- Hippo Dancing, H M Tennent Ltd
26th September 1955 – 31st March 1956.
- His Majesty’s Guest
started 14th August 1939.
- The Holly and the Ivy, Tennent Productions Ltd and The Company of Four
6th March 1950 – 14th July 1951.
- Home and Away, Stanley Willis-Croft for Playguild Ltd
11th July – 10th September 1955.
- Horizontal Hold, H M Tennent Ltd and John Counsell Ltd
20th March – 17th June 1967.
- Hostile Witness, Peter Saunders, by arrangement with the Frederick Harrison Trust and H M Tennent Ltd
5th October 1964 – November 1965.
- Hot Summer Night, Emile Littler
29th September 1958 – 10th January 1959.
- The Hot Tiara, Minster Productions Ltd
5th November – 1st December 1962.
- The House by the Lake, Peter Daubeny Presentations Ltd
17th March – 21st June 1958.
- The House of Jeffreys, Alex B Nichols and Jeffreys Production Ltd
17th August 1942 – 20th March 1943.
- The Irregular Verb to Love, Anna Deere Wiman and Jack Minster
27th February 1961 – 17th February 1962.
- It’s the Geography that Counts, Toby Rowland Ltd
29th April – 27th July 1957.
- Jane Eyre, Barry O’Brien
14th February – 17th June 1944.
- Jane Eyre, Hubert Woodward
10th February – 13th June 1964.
- Jane Eyre, Hubert Woodward and Ariadne (Theatrical Managers) Ltd
13th February – 1st July 1967.
- Joie de Vivre, H M Tennent Ltd
3rd May – 16th July 1960.
- The King and I, Williamson Music Ltd
19th March 1956 – 9th March 1957.
- The King’s Mare, Stanley Gordon and Jerry Wayne
14th June – 26th November 1966.
- La Contessa, H M Tennent Ltd, Leland Hayward, and Ray Stark
6th April – 15th May 1965.
- Lady Barker’s Last Appearance , Jimmy Wax in association with Amphitheatre Ltd
13th February – 1st April 1961.
- Lady Frederick, Henry Sherwood Prouctions Ltd and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
2nd February 1970 – 9th January 1971.
- Lady Windermere’s Fan, Tennent Plays Ltd and CEMA
18th June 1945 – February 1947.
- Lady Windermere’s Fan, Tennent Plays Ltd
3rd March – 19th July 1947.
- The Lark, Tennent Productions Ltd
28th March – 13th August 1955.
- The Last Joke, Irene Mayer Selznick and Tennent Productions Ltd
1st August – 19th November 1960.
- Let Sleeping Wives Lie, Brian Rix Enterprises
7th April – 13th September 1969.
- Let’s Be Frank, Geoffrey Hastings, Michael Hamilton, and Windsor Theatre Company
9th September 1963 – 15th February 1964.
- The Letter, Gladys Cooper
6th February – 2nd June 1928.
- Life with Father, Firth Shephard and Play Plans Ltd
19th May 1947 – 4th September 1948.
- Life with Father, Firth Shephard and Play Plans Ltd
19th May 1947 – 4th September 1948.
- Lloyd George Knew My Father, Ray Cooney Productions and Volcano Productions
18th March – 11th May 1974.
- Love in Idleness
27th November 1944 – 23rd June 1945.
- Maigret and the Lady, John Gale Productions Ltd
23rd August – 6th November 1965.
- The Marriage-Go-Round, John Clements and S A Gorlinsky
22nd September 1959 – 30th April 1960.
- Mary, Mary, H M Tennent Ltd and Roger L Stevens
17th February – 11th April 1964.
- Matilda Shouted Fire, Linnit and Dunfee Ltd
20th October – 15th November 1958.
- The Mating Game, Volcano Productions and Ray Cooney Productions
23rd May 1972 – 23rd June 1973.
- Medea, Tennent Productions Ltd
23rd August – 20th November 1948.
- Meet Mr Callaghan, David Kirk Productions
23rd March – 6th June 1970.
- Message for Margaret, Sherek Players Ltd
28th August 1946 – 26th April 1947.
- Misery Me!, E P Clift and Daniel M Angel
14th February – 9th April 1955.
- Mister Venus, S A Gorlinsky
1st October – 8th November 1958.
- The Monkey Talks, Horsfield and Woodward
18th January – 3rd July 1926.
- The Morning Star
1st December 1941 – 12th December 1942.
- Morning’s at Seven, ADW Productions Ltd and Minster Productions Ltd
21st November 1955 – 26th May 1956.
- Mr Bolfry, Merlith Productions Ltd
30th July – 1st December 1956.
- Murder Mistaken, Henry Sherwood Prouctions Ltd and Simon Clarke Productions
17th March – 26th July 1975.
- My Three Angels, H M Tennent Ltd and George and Alfred Black
31st January – 26th November 1955.
- Night Must Fall
8th March – 31st July 1943.
- No Escape, E P Clift
5th July – 23rd October 1954.
- No Room at the Inn, Jack Hylton and Barry O’Brien
19th January – 5th June 1948.
- Norman, Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
22nd April – 8th June 1963.
- Norman, Is That You?, JCD Theatres Ltd
23rd October – 16th December 1972.
- Now Barabbas, Tom Arnold, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd, and Boltons Theatre (Kensington) Ltd
11th February – 9th August 1947.
- Nude with Violin, H M Tennent Ltd
24th September 1956 – 15th February 1958.
- Number 10, Peter Bridge
29th August 1967 – 9th March 1968.
- Odd Man In, Henry Sherek
3rd June 1957 – 22nd March 1958.
- One for the Pot, Brian Rix Enterprises
6th July – 7th November 1964.
- One Over the Eight, Michael Codron
31st January 1961 – 19th May 1962.
- Out of the Crocodile, Michael Codron
7th October 1963 – 25th January 1964.
- Outside Edge, Bill Kenwright
18th February – 30th August 1980.
- The Painted Veil
17th October – 2nd December 1932.
- Penny Plain, Prometheus Productions
28th June 1951 – 4th October 1952.
- Peter Pan, Daniel Mayer Company
21st March – ? 1950.
- Peter Pan, Howard & Wyndham
24th December 1973 – 2nd March 1974.
- Peter Pan, Daniel Mayer Company
16th December 1966 – 1st April 1967.
- Peter Pan, Daniel Mayer Company
16th December 1960 – 4th March 1961.
- Peter Pan, Daniel Mayer Company
24th December 1948 – 23rd April 1949.
- The Petrified Forest, H M Tennent Ltd in association with Henry Sherek
7th December 1942 – 17th April 1943.
- Plaintiff in a Pretty Hat, E P Clift Productions Ltd and Minster Productions Ltd
12th October 1956 – 14th September 1957.
- The Pleasure of His Company
23rd March 1959 – 9th April 1960.
- Pools Paradise
16th February – 27th May 1961.
- Portrait in Black
4th March – 7th September 1946.
- Present Laughter, H M Tennent Ltd and John Gale Productions Ltd
28th March – 14th May 1966.
- The Punch-Bowl, Archibald de Bear, André Charlot, and Violet Melnotte
21st May 1924 – 19th December 1925.
- Pygmalion, Sherek Players Ltd
14th August 1951 – 5th January 1952.
- Quartette in Discord, Clifford Webb and Sidney Watts
6th – 25th May 1946.
- A Question of Fact, Tennent Productions Ltd
21st September 1953 – 24th July 1954.
- Rattle of a Simple Man, Michael Codron Ltd
23rd July 1962 – April 1964.
- The Reluctant Debutante, E P Clift, Minster Productions Ltd, and Anna Deere Wiman
16th May 1955 – 3rd August 1957.
- The Reluctant Debutante, E P Clift, Minster Productions Ltd, and Anna Deere Wiman
16th May 1955 – 3rd August 1957.
- Reluctant Heroes, Rix Theatrical Productions
27th March 1950 – 24th July 1954.
- Restless Heart, Stephen Mitchell (Theatrical Productions) Ltd
4th February – 25th May 1957.
- The Ringer, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
5th – 10th March 1945.
- Roar Like a Dove, Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
2nd September 1957 – 11th June 1960.
- Romanoff and Juliet, Linnit and Dunfee Ltd
2nd April 1956 – 13th April 1957.
- The Sack Race, Ray Cooney Productions
14th May – August 1974.
- Sailor, Beware!, Jack Waller Ltd
17th March – 12th July 1958.
- Saloon Bar, O’Bryen, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
28th August 1939 – 30th March 1940.
- Seagulls Over Sorrento, George and Alfred Black and H M Tennent Ltd
10th April 1950 – 24th April 1954.
- Second Helping, CWL Ltd
31st October 1939 – 16th March 1940.
- The Secretary Bird, John Gale for Volcano Productions Ltd
9th September 1968 – 10th June 1972.
- See How They Run, Michael Codron Ltd
21st September – 5th December 1964.
- The Seven Year Itch, Williamson Music Ltd and H M Tennent Ltd
13th April 1953 – 13th March 1954.
- Shavings
11th July – 27th August 1927.
- She Was Only an Admiral’s Daughter, Brian Rix Theatre of Laughter and Leslie Grade
14th August – 11th November 1972.
- The Shop at Sly Corner, Jack De Leon and Barry O’Brien
19th July – 14th December 1946.
- A Shot in the Dark, Williamson Music Ltd, in association with Leland Hayward Enterprises Ltd
29th April – 11th May 1963.
- Sign Here, Please (aka I Want to See Musov!), Ernest Hecht and Stanley Dubens
29th May – September 1967.
- Signpost to Murder, Emile Littler
13th November 1961 – 1st June 1963.
- Silver Wedding, George and Alfred Black
15th April – 23rd November 1957.
- Simon and Laura, H M Tennent Ltd
started 30th August 1954.
- Someone Waiting, H M Tennent Ltd
14th September 1953 – 12th June 1954.
- Spider’s Web, Peter Saunders
27th September 1954 – 17th November 1956.
- Spring Meeting, H M Tennent Ltd
20th March – 5th August 1939.
- Springtime for Henry, E G Norman and TW Productions
18th March – 14th December 1940.
- A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennent Productions Ltd
21st August – 16th December 1950.
- Suspect, Windsor Repertory Company, E P Clift for Minster Productions Ltd, and Anna Deere Wiman for ADW Productions Ltd
26th September – 10th December 1955.
- There Shall Be No Night, H M Tennent Ltd and John C Wilson
31st July – 5th August 1944.
- There Shall Be No Night, H M Tennent Ltd and John C Wilson
31st July – 4th November 1944.
- They Ride on Broomsticks, Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
24th February – 22nd March 1969.
- They Walk Alone, Bernard Delfont Ltd
20th April – 12th September 1942.
- The Tilted Scales, Bill Kenwright for David Gordon Productions Ltd
11th March – 8th June 1974.
- Time Remembered, Tennent Productions Ltd
25th October 1954 – 30th July 1955.
- Touch It Light, Windsor Repertory Company and Basil Dean Productions
30th September 1957 – 21st June 1958.
- Traveller’s Joy, H M Tennent Ltd
15th March 1948 – 16th December 1950.
- Treasure Island, Arthur Bourchier
23rd July 1923 – 26th January 1924.
- Trespass, H M Tennent Ltd and Stephen Mitchell
9th June – 29th November 1947.
- The Tulip Tree, Tennent Productions Ltd
5th November 1962 – 30th March 1963.
- The Tunnel of Love, Robin Fox Partnership Ltd, S A Gorlinsky, and Theatre Guild
28th October 1957 – 14th February 1959.
- Two Stars for Comfort, Michael Codron Ltd and David Hall Productions Ltd
12th March – 22nd September 1962.
- Uncle Harry, H M Tennent Ltd and Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
17th – 22nd July 1944.
- Uncle Harry, H M Tennent Ltd and Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
24th January 1944 – 17th February 1945.
- Under Milk Wood
13th August – 15th September 1956.
- Wait Until Dark, Peter Bridge
22nd June 1966 – 15th March 1968.
- While the Sun Shines, H M Tennent Ltd and Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
22nd January – 7th July 1945.
- The White Carnation, H M Tennent Ltd
5th January – 25th July 1953.
- The White Sheep of the Family, Daniel Mayer Company
3rd September 1951 – 7th June 1952.
- Who Goes Bare?, Stepham Bell Promotions Ltd, Mark Furness, and Al Mitchell
28th May – 8th December 1979.
- Wild Thyme, Laurier Lister
23rd May – 27th August 1955.
- Windfall, John Gale and Packard Productions
8th April – 10th August 1963.
- The Winslow Boy, H M Tennent Ltd
28th September 1970 – 29th May 1971.
- Wolf’s Clothing, E P Clift and Anna Deere Wiman
started 16th February 1959.
- Women of Twilight, Jack Hylton and Barry O’Brien
6th April – 22nd August 1953.
- Worm’s Eye View
7th April – 30th August 1952.
- The Wrong Side of the Park, Andrew Broughton
1st August – 24th September 1960.
- The Yellow Ticket, Denville Players
started 13th July 1931.
- The Yes-Yes-Yes Man, Sherwood and Reid Ltd
4th – 30th November 1963.