Zurika Operetta, performed in the Church Rooms, New Tupton March 1938
The following plays were performed at the Old Tupton Association Hall, by Old Tupton Methodist Dramatic Society: Uncle John From Yorkshire One Act, January 1956 Three Half Crowns by John J Melluish. Three Act farce. January 1957 Pearly Pearls & Uncle Ben Two Act & One Act farces January 1958 Wishing Well by E Eynon Evans. Three Act comedy January 1959 Mr Satyas Great Idea One Act. For the British & Foreign Bible Society, at the Court House, Clay Cross, April 1959 The Younger End by Wilfred Massey. Three Act comedy January 1960
See How They Run by Philip King. Three Act farce February 1960 ![]() ![]() The following plays were performed by a cast from Old Tupton Methodist Church, in the Church Thirty Pieces Of Silver Easter play, March 1975 – the first of our Easter plays Night On The Hill Easter play, April 1976 The Unexpected Visitor Christmas play, December 1976 We Want Barabbas Easter play, April 1977 The Masterpiece Christmas play, December 1977 Saints Of God Easter play, March 1978 The Righteous Man Easter play, April 1979
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Most of the following plays were performed on the stage in the Schoolroom at Old Tupton Methodist Church: ![]()
Bitter Heart by G R Myres. Easter play, April 1980 Painted Sparrows by Guy Paxton & Edward Hoile. Three Act play, December 1980 The Vigil by Ladislas Fodor. Easter play, April 1981 Wishing Well by E Eynon Evans. Three Act, February 1982 Count Me Out Easter play, April 1982 The Ninth Hour Easter play, March 1983 The Victory Of The Cross Easter play, April 1984 On The Hill Easter play, April 1985 Ma’s Bit O’ Brass By Ronald Gow. Three Act comedy, November 1985
![]() Counsel For The Defence by Elizabeth Hale Easter play, March 1986, also performed at Stonebroom Methodist Basinful Of The Briny by Leslie Sands. Three Act comedy, November 1986 Three Men by Betty Haworth. Easter play, April 1987 Bless This House by E Eynon Evans. Thee Act, November 1987 The House Top by Cecil Tugman Easter play, March 1988, also performed at Stonebroom Methodist Bonaventure by Charlotte Hastings. Three Act, November 1988 The Easter Story By N Parker Easter play, March 1989, also performed at St Bartholomew’s Church, Clay Cross Sailor Beware by Philip King. Three Act comedy, November 1989 The Brothers by Elizabeth Hale. Easter play, April 1990 Jane Eyre adapted by Helen Jerome. Three Act, November 1990 No Name In The Street by Edward Murch. Easter play, March 1991 When We Are Married by J B Priestley. Three Act comedy, December 1991 His Mother Easter play, April 1992 Dark Lucy by Philip King & Parnell Bradbury. Three Act, November 1992 Love’s A Luxury by Guy Paxton & Edward V Hoile. Three Act farcical comedy, February 1993 Clerical Errors by Georgina Reid. Comedy, April 1993 Pageant June 1993 – for the Church’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations Gathering Storm by Gordon Glennon. Three Act, November 1993 Wedding Of The Year by Norman Robbins. Three Act comedy, February 1994 By Thy Glorious Resurrection by Irene Caudwell. Easter play, March 1994 Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime adapted by Constance Cox. Three Act comedy, November 1994 Haul For The Shore by Jean McConnell. Three Act comedy, February 1995 Scarlet Ribbon by Rae Shirley. Three Act, April 1995 Here We Come Gathering by Philip King & Anthony Armstrong. Three Act comedy, November 1995 Goodnight Mrs Puffin by Arthur Lovegrove. Three Act comedy, February 1996 The Victory Of The Cross by M Creagh-Henry .Easter play, April 1996 Because Of The Lockwoods adapted by Constance Cox. Three Act, November 1996 I’ll Get My Man by Philip King. Three Act farce, January 1997 The Hill by Sylvia Read. Easter play, March 1997, also performed at Heanor Baptist & Stonebroom Methodist The Woman In White adapted by Constance Cox. Three Act, November 1997 Pool’s Paradise by Philip King. Three Act farce, February 1998 Eyes Upon The Cross by Don A Mueller. Easter play, April 1998, also performed at Somercotes Hill Methodist Church Death And The Maiden by Georgina Reid. Three Act, November 1998 Post Horn Gallop by Derek Benfield. Three Act farce, February 1999 Not This Man But Barabbas by Walter Stacey. Easter play, March 1999, also performed at Somercotes Hill If Four Walls Told by Edward Percy. Three Acts, November 1999 Bitter Heart by G R Myers Easter play, April 2000, also performed at Heanor, Somercotes Hill & Stonebroom See How They Run by Philip King. Three Act farce, June 2000, also performed at Clay Cross Social Centre Hopes & Dreams by Graham Kendrick, Paul Field & Stephen Deal Performed by Clay Cross Methodist Circuit, at Clay Cross Social Centre, Mortimer Wilson School, Stonebroom St Peter & Newton Methodist, 2000 Maiden Ladies by Guy Paxton & Edward V Hoile. Three Act comedy, March 2001 On The Hill by Edward Murch & Sorrow Into Joy by Dorothy Myring Easter plays, April 2001, also performed at Somercotes Hill Mist Over The Mistletoe by Dan Sutherland. Three Act, November 2001 The Late Mrs Early by Norman Robbins. Three Act comedy, April/May 2002 Shop At Sly Corner by Edward Percy. Three Act, November 2002 The First Easter by Les Ellison. Easter play, April 2003 The Secret Tent by Elizabeth Addyman. Three Act, November 2003 Friday To Sunday by Joan Hardy and The Rose Has Thorns by Edward Bennett Easter plays, April 2004 Fish Out Of Water by Derek Benfield. Comedy, November 2004 Marigold Meadows by Andrew Dennis. Comedy, February 2005 Message Of Easter by Betty Haworth. Easter play, March 2005 Lloyd George Knew My Father by William Douglas Home. November 2005 Pick Of The Season by Jean McConnell. Three Act comedy, February 2006 Innocent Blood by Thomas Doran. Easter play, April 2006 School for Spinsters by Roland Pertwee. Three Act, November 2007 The Proof Of The Poison by Falkland L Cary & Philip Weathers. Three Act, February 2007 Once To Every Man by Frank Cumbers. Easter play, April 2007 Where There’s A Will by R F Delderfield. Three Act comedy. November/December 2007 Night On The Hill
by T B Morris. Easter play. March 2008 Quiet Weekend by Esther McCracken. Three Act comedy. November 2008 Ladies In Retirement by Edward Percy & Reginald Denham. Three Act. March 2009 The Sanhedrin Court by W.G.R.G. and A Stranger On The Road by Beatrix Carter Easter plays, April 2009 Busybody by Jack Popplewell. Three Act comedy, December 2009 The Happiest days of Your Life by John Dighton. Three Act comedy, April 2010 And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. Three Act. November 2010 Watch It, Sailor! by Philip King & Falkland L Cary. Three Act comedy. March 2011 "John Mark " Easter play by Betty Haworth April 2011 " Annie One, Two, Three " by David Summers A Murder Mystery in two acts November 2011
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