The Wisbech Players, the Glossary
The Wisbech Players is an amateur theatre group based in Wisbech, Isle of Ely.[1]
Table of Contents
27 relations: 'Allo 'Allo!, Aldeburgh, Angles Theatre, Arsenic and Old Lace (play), David Croft (TV producer), Edinburgh, Eisteddfod, Far from the Madding Crowd, Ian Hislop, Jeremy Lloyd, Jessica Swale, Joan Littlewood, Joseph Kesselring, Ladies in Lavender, Llangollen, National Operatic and Dramatic Association, Nick Newman, Oh! What a Lovely War, Rebecca (novel), Royal Albert Hall, Shaun McKenna, Steel Magnolias (play), The Luxe Cinema, Thomas Hardy, William Archibald (playwright), Wisbech Grammar School, Women's Institute.
- Amateur theatre companies in England
- Culture in Cambridgeshire
- Wisbech
'Allo 'Allo!
Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom television series, created by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, starring Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Guy Siner and Richard Gibson.
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Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, north of the River Alde.
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Angles Theatre
The Angles Theatre is a theatre and historic Georgian playhouse in the market town of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The Wisbech Players and Angles Theatre are Wisbech.
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Arsenic and Old Lace (play)
Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939.
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David Croft (TV producer)
Major David John Croft, (born David John Andrew Sharland; 7 September 1922 – 27 September 2011) was an English television comedy screenwriter, producer and director.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
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Eisteddfod
In Welsh culture, an eisteddfod is an institution and festival with several ranked competitions, including in poetry and music.
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth published novel and his first major literary success.
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Ian Hislop
Ian David Hislop (born 13 July 1960) is a British journalist, satirist, and television personality.
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Jeremy Lloyd
John Jeremy Lloyd, OBE (22 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an English writer, screenwriter, author, poet and actor.
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Jessica Swale
Jessica Swale (born 27 February 1982) is a British playwright, theatre director and screenwriter.
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Joan Littlewood
Joan Maud Littlewood (6 October 1914 – 20 September 2002) was an English theatre director who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and is best known for her work in developing the Theatre Workshop.
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Joseph Kesselring
Joseph Otto Kesselring (June 21, 1902 – November 5, 1967) was an American playwright who was best known for writing Arsenic and Old Lace, a hit on Broadway from 1939 to 1944 and in other countries as well.
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Ladies in Lavender
Ladies in Lavender is a 2004 British drama film written and directed by Charles Dance.
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Llangollen
Llangollen is a town and community, situated on the River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales.
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National Operatic and Dramatic Association
NODA has a membership of 2500 amateur theatre groups and 1000 individual enthusiasts throughout the UK, staging musicals, operas, plays, concerts and pantomimes in a wide variety of performing venues, ranging from the country's leading professional theatres to tiny village halls.
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Nick Newman
Nick Newman (born 17 July 1958) is a satirical British cartoonist and comedy scriptwriter.
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Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War is a 1969 British epic comedy historical musical war film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Nanette Newman, Edward Fox, Susannah York, John Clements, Phyllis Calvert and Maurice Roëves.
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Rebecca (novel)
Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier.
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Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England.
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Shaun McKenna
Shaun Patrick McKenna (born 5 April 1957 in Maidstone, Kent) is an English dramatist, lyricist and screenwriter.
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Steel Magnolias (play)
Steel Magnolias is a stage play by American writer Robert Harling, based on his experience with his sister's death.
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The Luxe Cinema
The Luxe Cinema is a cinema in Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The Wisbech Players and The Luxe Cinema are Wisbech.
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Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet.
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William Archibald (playwright)
William Archibald (7 March 1917 – 27 December 1970) was a Trinidadian-born playwright, dancer, choreographer and director, whose stage adaptation of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw was made into the 1961 British horror film The Innocents.
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Wisbech Grammar School
Wisbech Grammar School is an 11–18 co-educational, Church of England, private day school and sixth form in Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The Wisbech Players and Wisbech Grammar School are Wisbech.
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Women's Institute
The Women's Institute (WI) is a community-based organization for women in the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.
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See also
Amateur theatre companies in England
- Act Too Group
- Altrincham Garrick
- Bolton Little Theatre
- Bournemouth Little Theatre Club
- BrassNeck Theatre
- Bromley Little Theatre
- Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club
- Congleton Players
- Erith Playhouse
- Folkestone-Hythe Operatic & Dramatic Society
- Footlights
- Garden Suburb Theatre
- Greene Shoots Theatre
- Ilkley Upstagers' Theatre Group
- Knutsford Little Theatre
- Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain
- Loft Theatre Company
- Lytham Academy of Theatre Arts
- MADS Theatre
- Middle Ground Theatre Company
- Non zero one
- Old Stagers
- Oxford Classical Drama Society
- Oxford University Dramatic Society
- Oxford Youth Theatre
- Pembroke Players
- Playbox Theatre Company
- Priory Theatre
- Progress Theatre
- Rugby Theatre
- Runnymede Drama Group
- Saint Monica's Players
- Sheffield Repertory Theatre
- Southsea Shakespeare Actors
- Stamford Senior Youth Theatre
- Stamford Shakespeare Company
- Talisman Theatre and Arts Centre
- The Antics
- The Hardy Players
- The Marlowe Society
- The Oxford Revue
- The Questors Theatre
- The Wisbech Players
- University College Players
- Urmston Musical Theatre
- York Shakespeare Project
- Zenith Youth Theatre Company
Culture in Cambridgeshire
- BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
- List of public art in Cambridgeshire
- Pathfinder March
- The Wisbech Players
Wisbech
- 1891 Wisbech by-election
- A1101 road
- Angles Theatre
- Clarkson Memorial
- Elgood's Brewery
- Geoff Hastings
- Isle College, Wisbech
- Municipal Borough of Wisbech
- Murder of Una Crown
- North Cambridgeshire Hospital
- Our Lady & Saint Charles Borromeo Church
- Peckover House and Garden
- Port of Wisbech
- St Peter and St Paul's Church, Wisbech
- The Crescent, Wisbech
- The Luxe Cinema
- The Wisbech Players
- Walsoken
- Wisbech
- Wisbech & Fenland Museum
- Wisbech Canal
- Wisbech Castle
- Wisbech East railway station
- Wisbech Electric Theatre
- Wisbech Grammar School
- Wisbech Greyhound Stadium
- Wisbech North railway station
- Wisbech St Mary railway station
- Wisbech Stirs
- Wisbech Town Council
- Wisbech Town F.C.
- Wisbech Town Hall
- Wisbech and Upwell Tramway