PAST PRODUCTIONS BY TITLE
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| Play | Date |
| 3 into 1 – | Feb 2007 |
| 3 into 1 – | Nov 2004 |
| 39 Steps (The) – Patrick Barlow (adapted by) John Buchan & Alfred Hitchcock | Apr 2015 |
| Abandonment – Kate Atkinson | Apr 2006 |
| Abigail's Party – Mike Leigh | 1983 |
| Absurd Person Singular – Alan Ayckbourn | Oct 2015 |
| Accrington Pals (The) – Peter Whelan | Apr 1995 |
| Aladdin – Norman Robbins | Jan 2006 |
| Aladdin – | 1989 |
| Aladdin – | 1978 |
| Aladdin – | Jan 1966 |
| Aladdin – Martin Blinkhorn and Roy Albans | Jan 1955 |
| Alice in Wonderland /Through the Looking Glass – | 1981 |
| Alice Through The Looking Glass – | 1965 |
| All For Mary – Kay Bannerman, Harold Brooke | 1957 |
| All My Sons – Arthur Miller | 1997 |
| Allotment (The) – Gillian Plowman | Jun 2017 |
| Amadeus – Peter Shaffer | Nov 2010 |
| An Ideal Husband – Oscar Wilde | 1951 |
| An Inspector Calls – J B Priestley | Mar 2013 |
| An Inspector Calls – J B Priestley | 1985 |
| An Inspector Calls – J B Priestley | 1962 |
| Angels In Love – Hugh Mills | 1958 |
| Anniversary (The) – Bill Macilwraith | 1971 |
| Arsenic and Old Lace – Joseph Kesselring | 1993 |
| Arsenic and Old Lace – Joseph Kesselring | 1949 |
| As You Like It – William Shakespeare | 1981 |
| Audience with Murder – Roger Leach & Colin Wakefield | Nov 2018 |
| Babes In The Wood – Paul Reakes | Nov 2009 |
| Babes In The Wood – | Jan 1956 |
| Barefoot in the Park – Neil Simon | Apr 2005 |
| Beauty and the Beast – | Dec 1952 |
| Bedroom Farce – Alan Ayckbourn | Oct 2014 |
| Bell, Book and Candle – John Van Druten | 1963 |
| BFG (The) – Roald Dahl Adapted by David Wood | Jan 2004 |
| Black Comedy – Peter Shaffer | 1979 |
| Blithe Spirit – Noël Coward | Nov 2003 |
| Blithe Spirit – Noël Coward | 1947 |
| Blue Remembered Hills – Dennis Potter | 1997 |
| Bonaventure – Charlotte Hastings | 1956 |
| Brassed Off – Paul Allen & Mark Herman | Mar 2011 |
| Breaking the Code – Hugh Whitemore | Apr 2008 |
| Breath Of Spring – Peter Coke | 1960 |
| Cabaret – John Van Druten and Stories by Christopher Isherwood | 1991 |
| Caesar and Cleopatra – George Bernard Shaw | 1980 |
| Calendar Girls – Tim Firth | Nov 2013 |
| Calendar Girls Cancelled due to flood – Tim Firth | Nov 2012 |
| Canary Cage (The) – Diana Raffle | Jun 2015 |
| Candied Peel – Falkland L Cary | Jan 1946 |
| Caucasian Chalk Circle (The) – Bertolt Brecht | Jul 1995 |
| Caught in the Net – Ray Cooney | Feb 2017 |
| Caught Napping – Geoffrey Lumsden | 1972 |
| Charley's Aunt – Brandon Thomas | 1981 |
| Charley's Aunt – Brandon Thomas | 1957 |
| Cherry Orchard (The) – Anton Chekhov | 1970 |
| Chicago – Maurine Dallas Watkins adapted by David Thompson | 1992 |
| Christmas Carol (A) – Adapted for the stage by Tony Neale, from the story by Charles Dickens | Jan 2000 |
| Cider with Rosie – Laurie Lee, adapted for the stage by James Roose-Evans | Jul 2002 |
| Cinderella – | 2003 |
| Cinderella – | 1983 |
| Cinderella – | 1973 |
| Cinderella – | 1962 |
| Cinderella – Martin Blinkhorn | Jan 1954 |
| Comedy of Errors – William Shakespeare | 1987 |
| Communicating Doors – Alan Ayckbourn | Apr 2010 |
| Confusions – Alan Ayckbourn | 1989 |
| Contractions – Mike Bartlett | Jun 2019 |
| Cripple of Inishmaan (The) – Martin McDonagh | Jul 2018 |
| Crucible (The) – Arthur Miller | Nov 2016 |
| Crucible (The) – Arthur Miller | 1964 |
| Daisy Pulls It Off – Denise Deegan | 1992 |
| Dancing at Lughnasa – Brian Friel | Mar 2002 |
| Dangerous Corner – J B Priestley | 1949 |
| Dear Brutus – J M Barrie | Oct 1950 |
| Dear Charles – Alan Melville | 1961 |
| Death Knell – James Cawood | May 2019 |
| Dial M for Murder – Frederick Knott | 2003 |
| Dick Turpin & Black Bess – | 1998 |
| Dick Whittington – | 1984 |
| Dick Whittington – | 1958 |
| Ding Dong – Marc Camoletti & Tudor Gates | May 2012 |
| Dinner With The Family – Jean Anouilh | 1964 |
| Dock Brief – John Mortimer | 1979 |
| Doll's House (A) – Henrik Ibsen | 1994 |
| Don't Blame it on the Boots – N J Warburton | Jun 2013 |
| Dracula – Bram Stoker adapted by Jane Thornton & John Godber | Jul 2015 |
| Dresser (The) – Ronald Harwood | Jul 2007 |
| Dumb Waiter (The) – Harold Pinter | Jul 2016 |
| Dumb Waiter (The) – Harold Pinter | 1989 |
| Entertaining Mr. Sloan – Joe Orton | 1977 |
| Epitaph for George Dillon – John Osborne | 1965 |
| Extraordinary Revelations of Orca the Goldfish (The) – David Tristram | Jul 2016 |
| Fairy Queen Who Lost Her Crown (The) – | 1970 |
| Fallen Angels – Noël Coward | 1974 |
| Flashing Stream (The) – Charles Morgan | Oct 1952 |
| Fools Rush In – Kenneth Horne | 1949 |
| Forty Years On – Alan Bennett | 1973 |
| from Beyond the Fringe (The Sermon) - part of 3 into 1 – Alan Bennett | Nov 2004 |
| from Confusions (Gosforth's Fete) - part of 3 into 1 – Alan Ayckbourn | Nov 2004 |
| from Visiting Hour (Plaster and Waiting) - part of 3 into 1 – Richard Harris | Nov 2004 |
| Fumed Oak – Noel Coward | Oct 2007 |
| GamePlan – Alan Ayckbourn | Feb 2019 |
| Garden Party (The) – Hazel Wyld and Jimmie Chinn | Jul 2011 |
| Gaslight – Patrick Hamilton | 1998 |
| George and Margaret – Gerald Savory | May 1946 |
| Ghost of a Chance – Brian J Burton | Jun 2014 |
| Ghost Train (The) – Arnold Ridley | 1976 |
| Ghosts – Henrik Ibsen adapted by Mike Poulton | Jul 2019 |
| Gingerbread Man (The) – David Wood | Jan 1991 |
| God of Carnage – Yasmina Reza | Mar 2014 |
| Goodnight Mrs Puffin – Arthur Lovegrove | 1987 |
| Government Inspector (The) – Nikolai Gogol. Translated and adapted by Alistair Beaton | 1976 |
| Grand National Night – Campbell and Dorothy Christie | 1950 |
| Habeus Corpus – Alan Bennett | 1994 |
| Hamlet of Stepney Green – Bernard Kops | 1967 |
| Hans, the Witch and the Gobbin – Alan Cullen | 1977 |
| Happiest Days of Your Life (The) – John Dighton | 1952 |
| Hay Fever – Noël Coward | Feb 1995 |
| Hay Fever – Noël Coward | Oct 1955 |
| Hay Fever – Noël Coward | Apr 1945 |
| Herbal Bed (The) – Peter Whelan | May 2001 |
| Here We Come Gathering – Philip King and Anthony Armstrong | Oct 1953 |
| Hippo Dancing – Robert Morley | Apr 1959 |
| Hitman (The) - part of 3 in 1 2007 – JCW Brook | Feb 2007 |
| Hobson's Choice – Harold Brighouse | 1997 |
| Hobson's Choice – Harold Brighouse | 1969 |
| Hollow (The) – Agatha Christie | Apr 2016 |
| Hollow (The) – Agatha Christie | 1966 |
| Hostage (The) – Brendan Behan | 1963 |
| Hotel Paradiso – Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallieres Translation by Peter Glenville | 1978 |
| Hound of the Baskervilles (The) – Arthur Conan Doyle (Sir), adapted by Simon Williams | Nov 2005 |
| How Are They at Home – J B Priestley | 1947 |
| How He Lied to her Husband (Part of Divertissement) – George Bernard Shaw | Jul 1954 |
| How The Other Half Loves – Alan Ayckbourn | 1984 |
| Importance of Being Earnest (The) – Oscar Wilde | 1959 |
| In Room five Hundred and Four - part of 3 in 1 2007 – Jimmie Chinn | Feb 2007 |
| It Runs in the Family – Ray Cooney | Feb 2016 |
| Jack and the Beanstalk – Jeff Clarke | Jan 2005 |
| Jack and the Beanstalk – | 1963 |
| James and the Giant Peach – Roald Dahl Adapted by David Wood | Nov 2011 |
| Journeys End (Excepts from) – R C Sherriff | Nov 1953 |
| Katherine Howard – William Nicholson | Jul 2005 |
| Kiss on the Bottom (A) – Frank Vickery | Feb 2009 |
| Ladies in Retirement – Edward Percy & Reginald Denham | Sep 1946 |
| Lady Audley's Secret – C H Hazelwood | 1977 |
| Lady Windermere's Fan – Oscar Wilde | 1967 |
| Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme – Molière | 1989 |
| Lion In Winter (The) – James Goldman | 1975 |
| Little Red Riding Hood – K O Samuel | Jan 1953 |
| Live Like Pigs – John Arden | Oct 1970 |
| Look After Lulu – Noël Coward | 1968 |
| Lord Arthur Savile's Crime – Constance Cox Based on the story by Oscar Wilde | Feb 2008 |
| Love In Idleness – Terence Rattigan | 1950 |
| Lover (The) – Harold Pinter | 1989 |
| Lovers' Leap – Bill Daily | 1948 |
| Lovesong – Abi Morgan | Jul 2017 |
| Macbeth – William Shakespeare | 1999 |
| Magistrate (The) – Arthur Wing Pinero | 1981 |
| Major Barbara – Bernard Shaw | 1975 |
| Mayor of Casterbridge (The) – Thomas Hardy | 1999 |
| Memory of Water (The) – Shelagh Stephenson | Jul 2014 |
| Men of the World – John Godber | Jul 2008 |
| Merchant Of Venice (The) – William Shakespeare | 1991 |
| Merchant Of Venice (The) – William Shakespeare | 1982 |
| Merrie England – Edward German | Aug 2000 |
| Merry Wives of Windsor – William Shakespeare | 1978 |
| Merry Wives of Windsor – William Shakespeare | Jul 1965 |
| Merry Wives of Windsor (The) – William Shakespeare | 1993 |
| Midsummer Night's Dream (A) – William Shakespeare | Jul 2000 |
| Midsummer Night's Dream (A) – William Shakespeare | 1988 |
| Midsummer Night's Dream (A) – William Shakespeare | 1977 |
| Miser (The) – Molière | Dec 2001 |
| Mother Courage – Bertolt Brecht | 1978 |
| Much Ado About Nothing – William Shakespeare | 1996 |
| Much Ado About Nothing – William Shakespeare | 1980 |
| Murder Has Been Arranged (A) – Emlyn Williams | 1947 |
| My Boy Jack – David Haig | Feb 2018 |
| My Love is for Francis (Part of Divertissement) – Martin Blinkhorn | Jul 1954 |
| My Three Angels – Sam and Bella Spewack | 1982 |
| Nell Gwynn – Jessica Swale | Feb 2020 |
| Neville's Island – Tim Firth | Jul 2010 |
| Noises Off – Michael Frayn | 1990 |
| Not Now Darling – Ray Cooney and John Chapman | 1973 |
| Not Quite Sunset – Dorothy Burrows | Oct 2008 |
| Odd Couple (The) – Neil Simon | 1983 |
| Odd Couple (The) (Female Version) – Neil Simon | Jul 2013 |
| Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe (The) – | 1960 |
| Oliver – Lionel Bart | 1987 |
| On Approval – Frederick Lonsdale | Oct 1970 |
| On Golden Pond – Ernest Thompson | Apr 2004 |
| One for the Road – Willy Russell | May 2002 |
| Our Country's Good – Timberlake Wertenbaker | 1994 |
| Our Day Out – Willy Russell | 1990 |
| Outside Edge – Richard Harris | 1985 |
| Owl and The Pussycat (The) – | 1972 |
| Pack of Lies – Hugh Whitemore | Feb 2015 |
| Pack of Lies – Hugh Whitemore | 1989 |
| Peas – David Tristram | Jul 2016 |
| Penny for a Song (A) – John Whiting | Apr 1965 |
| People – Alan Bennett | Apr 2018 |
| Peter Pan – | 1985 |
| Peter Pan – | 1964 |
| Physicists (The) – Friedrich Durrenmatt | 1972 |
| Pied Piper – | 1959 |
| Pinocchio – Brian Way | Jan 1986 |
| Pinocchio – | 1974 |
| Pirates Of Penzance – W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan | 1961 |
| Play's the Thing (The) – Ferenc Molnar from P.G. Wodehouse | Nov 1995 |
| Plaza Suite – Neil Simon | 1980 |
| Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner (The) – David Wood | 1976 |
| Pocket Dream (The) – Sandi Toksvig & Elly Brewer | May 2007 |
| Present Laughter – Noël Coward | 1968 |
| Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (The) – Muriel Spark / Jay Presson Allen | Apr 1986 |
| Princess and the Swineherd (The) – | 1968 |
| Quartet – Ronald Harwood | Feb 2010 |
| Railway Children (The) – Dave Simpson | 1990 |
| Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier | 1966 |
| Regina Monologues (The) – Rebecca Russell and Jenny Wafer | Jun 2016 |
| Relapse (The) – John Vanbrugh | 1998 |
| Relatively Speaking – Alan Ayckbourn | 1982 |
| Ride A Cock Horse – David Mercer | 1971 |
| Ride A Cock Horse – David Mercer | 1961 |
| Ring Round The Moon – Jean Anouilh | 1983 |
| Ring Round The Moon – Jean Anouilh | 1961 |
| Rivals (The) – Richard Brinsley Sheridan | 1985 |
| Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates – Paul Reakes | Nov 2007 |
| Role Play – Alan Ayckbourn | May 2009 |
| Rookery Nook – Ben Travers | 1956 |
| Ruddigore – W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan | 1960 |
| Running Riot – Derek Benfield | 1988 |
| Saloon Bar – Frank Harvey | 1984 |
| Say Something Happened - part of 3 into 1 – Alan Bennett | Nov 2004 |
| School for Scandal – Richard Brinsley Sheridan | 1992 |
| Season's Greetings – Alan Ayckbourn | Nov 2017 |
| Season's Greetings – Alan Ayckbourn | Jul 2001 |
| See How They Run – Philip King | Oct 1986 |
| See How They Run – Philip King | 1951 |
| Semi-Detached – David Turner | 1974 |
| Separate Tables – Terence Rattigan | 1999 |
| Servant of Two Masters (The) – Carlo Goldoni adapted by David Turner and Paul Lapworth | Jul 1986 |
| Sex, Drugs and Rick 'n' Noel – David Tristram | Jul 2006 |
| She Stoops to Conquer – Oliver Goldsmith | 1994 |
| Sinbad The Sailor – | 1969 |
| Sleeping Beauty – | 1957 |
| Slight Ache (A) – Harold Pinter | 1989 |
| Snatching of Horrible Harold/Stevie (The) – | 1991 |
| Steel Magnolias – Robert Harling | Apr 2000 |
| Stepping Out – Richard Harris | Nov 2000 |
| Taking Steps – Alan Ayckbourn | 1993 |
| Tale of Two Cities (A) – Matthew Francis, adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens | Jul 2004 |
| Taming Of The Shrew – William Shakespeare | 1971 |
| Taming of the Shrew (The) – William Shakespeare | Jul 1984 |
| Tempest (The) – William Shakespeare | Apr 2017 |
| Ten Little Niggers – Agatha Christie | Apr 1952 |
| The Donahue Sisters – Geraldine Aron | Jun 2010 |
| The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – | 1996 |
| The Orchestra/The Real Inspector Hound – Jean Anouilh Translated by Miriam John/Tom Stoppard | 1993 |
| The Thrill of Love - Cancelled due to Flooding - Rescheduled November 2020 – Amanda Whittington | Nov 2019 |
| The Trench – Steve Hatt | Sep 2012 |
| Theatrical Feast (A) – One-act plays by David Tristram and Harold Pinter | Jul 2016 |
| Thieves' Carnival – Lucienne Hill | 1974 |
| Three Sisters (The) – Anton Chekhov | 1988 |
| Tilly of Bloomsbury – Ian Hay | 1948 |
| Time and the Conways – J B Priestley | 1951 |
| Tinder Box (The) – Hans Christian Andersen | Nov 2008 |
| Toad Of Toad Hall – | 1979 |
| Toad Of Toad Hall – | 1967 |
| Tom's Midnight Garden – David Wood From the book by Philippa Pearce | Nov 2006 |
| Trespass – Emlyn Williams | Oct 1954 |
| Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare | May 2014 |
| Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare | 1990 |
| Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare | 1979 |
| Two - part of 3 in 1 2007 – Jim Cartwright | Feb 2007 |
| Under Milk Wood – Dylan Thomas | 1989 |
| Unexpected Guest (The) – Agatha Christie | Mar 2012 |
| Up 'n' Under – John Godber | 1996 |
| Victim – Don West | Jul 2009 |
| Wait Until Dark – Frederick Knott | 1971 |
| Waiting for Gillian – Nigel Balchin | 1958 |
| Warm, Hot, Getting Hotter – Lou Treleaven | Jun 2018 |
| Way Upstream – Alan Ayckbourn | 1997 |
| When We Are Married – J B Priestley | Dec 2002 |
| When We Are Married – J B Priestley | 1987 |
| White Sheep of the Family (The) – L Du Garde Peach & Ian Hay | Mar 1954 |
| Whodunnit – Anthony Shaffer | May 2013 |
| Will Any Gentleman? – Vernon Sylvaine | 1962 |
| Wind in the Willows (The) – Kenneth Grahame adapted by Alan Bennett | Jan 2001 |
| Wind Of Heaven (The) – Emlyn Williams | 1960 |
| Winnie the Pooh – | 1992 |
| Winnie the Pooh – | 1975 |
| Without the Prince – Philip King | Sep 1945 |
| Witness For The Prosecution – Agatha Christie | 1969 |
| Wizard Of Oz (The) – | 1982 |
| Worm's Eye View – Hugh Hastings | Mar 1953 |
| Wuthering Heights – Jane Thornton (adapted by) from the novel by Emily Brontë | Jul 2012 |
| Wyrd Sisters – Terry Pratchett | May 2011 |
| You Can't Take It With You – Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman | Mar 1955 |
| Young Mrs Barrington – Warren Chetham | 1948 |
This Productions by Title page provides a full list of past productions from over 70 years of theatre in Banbury. To assist members in planning the future programme, plays can also be listed in date or playwright order. Some plays have, in a separate page, information which may include cast lists, photographs, a synopsis and other information relation to the show. Please click the play title to see this information.
Banbury Cross Players produce four full length plays a year, performed at The Mill Arts Centre. In addition we regularly take part in Drama Festivals in Oxfordshire. At our annual Season Preview event each Autumn we present our forthcoming programme to Members and Gold Card Holders and perhaps perform a short one-act play. This is sometimes the play performed at the Drama Festival which many in the audience will have been unable to see previously. We take part in Banbury’s Canal Day each year and have performed at other interesting locations such as Wroxton Abbey, Upton House, Sulgrave Manor and The RSC Courtyard at Stratford. For each of our plays we hold a members’ audition and a separate open audition to encourage people from outside the group to come along and show their skills. Many new members start via an open audition.