Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company)

In 1942 the somewhat dilapidated Theatre Royal was sold by auction and bought for the people of Bristol. From 1943 some productions were mounted as an “offshoot” of the Old Vic, London hence the name Bristol Old Vic. It wasn’t until 1946 that the “Bristol Old Vic Company” was created with its first “official” production “The Beaux’ Stratagem”. Since that time the Theatre Royal has been the home of the Bristol Old Vic Company and the name of the company has become synonymous with the name of the theatre.

Therefore for the sake of consistency it seems appropriate that all listings after 1946 should be under the name Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal and all previous productions listed here.

Past productions

The Importance of Being Earnest 1946 – 1947.
Fear No More, (In associaton with the Arts Council of Great Britain) and The Company of Four 8^th – 13^th July 1946.
Summer at Nohant, (In associaton with the Arts Council of Great Britain) and The Company of Four 17^th – 22^nd June 1946.
Zoo in Silesia 1945 – 1946.
The Widow of 40 1945 – 1946.
Heartbreak House 1945 – 1946.
Mr Bolfry 1945 – 1946.
Madame Bovary 1945 – 1946.
No Room at the Inn, Embassy Theatre Swiss Cottage Ltd and Millennium Productions Ltd 27^th August – 8^th September 1945.
Little Eyolf, Walter Hudd Company started 15^th May 1945.
Acacia Avenue, Eliot Makeham and Guy Charles 5^th – 10^th March 1945.
Hamlet 1944 – 1945.
The Man With A Load of Mischief 1944 – 1945.
Man and Superman 1944 – 1945.
Ballets Jooss 1944 – 1945.
Murder in the Cathedral 1944 – 1945.
Hamlet, The Arts Theatre Group of Actors 1945.
Getting Married, The Arts Theatre Group of Actors 1945.
Candida 1944 – 1945.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1944 – 1945.
Eden End 1944 – 1945.
Pygmalion 1944 – 1945.
Much Ado About Nothing 1944 – 1945.
Father Malachy’s Miracle 1944 – 1945.
The New Morality 1944 – 1945.
The Constant Couple, The Arts Theatre Group of Actors 1945.
Violent Friendship 1944 – 1945.
Ballet Rambert 1944 – 1945.
Saint Joan 1944 – 1945.
The Merry Wives of Windsor 1944 – 1945.
Scandal at Barchester 1944 – 1945.
The Forrigan Reel 1944 – 1945.
The School for Scandal, The Arts Theatre Group of Actors 1945.
Mine Hostess 11^th – 16^th September 1944.
I Have Been Here Before 10^th – 22^nd July 1944.
Madeleine 1943 – 1944.
The Cricket on the Hearth 1943 – 1944.
Kate Kennedy 1943 – 1944.
A Trip to Scarborough 1943 – 1944.
The School for Scandal 1943 – 1944.
Three Cornered Moon 1943 – 1944.
Hamlet 1943 – 1944.
Sheppey 1943 – 1944.
The Brontes 1943 – 1944.
The Moon is Down 1943 – 1944.
Wuthering Heights 1943 – 1944.
Romeo and Juliet 1943 – 1944.
The Taming of the Shrew 1943 – 1944.
The Shoemaker’s Holiday 1943 – 1944.
Crooked Sapling 1943 – 1944.

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