Previous
Productions
Blimey!
The Royal Manor Theatre Company has come a long way since
its birth, more than 60 years ago as the Portland Dramatic Society! Sprung from the ideas of a dozen or so
people wanting to bring live theatre back to
Starting in 1947 the group joined various concerts, contributing sketches and
thus gained experience. In April 1949, the first full-length play,
"Mystery at Greenfingers" by J.B. Priestley was performed in the
Masonic Hall,
Here’s just a sample of what we’ve produced over the years…
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1978 |
Wedding
of the Year |
1994 |
My Friend
Miss Flint |
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1979 |
Murder in
Company |
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Relatively
Speaking |
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The Other
Fellow’s Oats |
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Post Horn
Gallop |
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Mist over
the Mistletoe |
1995 |
Who Says
Murder? |
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1980 |
The Day
After the Fair |
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Feeling
the Pinch |
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Big Bad
Mouse |
1996 |
Stepping
Out |
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The Full
Treatment |
|
Wait
Until Dark |
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1981 |
Dark Lucy |
|
A Letter
from the General |
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A Tomb
with a View |
|
Turning
Blind Eyes |
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Three
One-Act Plays |
1997 |
They Came
from Mars |
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The |
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Same Time
Next Year |
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Aladdin |
1998 |
Communicating
Doors |
|
1982 |
Blithe
Spirit |
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Barefoot
in the Park |
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I’ll Get
My Man |
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Deathtrap |
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The
Middle Watch |
1999 |
Talking
Heads |
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Joking
Apart |
|
Haywire |
|
1983 |
Wizard of
Oz |
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Cinderella |
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Murder
Deferred |
2000 |
Lord
Arthur Savile’s Crime |
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Busy Body |
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Jack and
the Beanstalk |
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Ring
Round the Moon |
2001 |
Love
Hurts |
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On Monday
Next |
|
Killing
Time |
|
1984 |
Gaslight |
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Tarara
Boom De Ay (Playmakers) |
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The Late
Mrs Early |
|
Rattle of
a Simple Man |
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Arms and
the Man |
|
Outside
Edge |
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|
Murder
Mistaken |
2002 |
Dark Lucy |
|
1985 |
My Giddy
Aunt |
|
Kindly
Keep It Covered |
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The House
on the Cliff |
|
Dick Whittington |
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The Owl
and the Pussycat |
2003 |
Deadly
Nightcap |
|
|
Pool’s |
|
Our Day
Out (Playmakers) |
|
1986 |
Kind
Cousin |
|
The
Gingerbread Lady |
|
|
Just the
Ticket |
|
Party
Piece |
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|
House
Guest |
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Daughter
of the Left Hand |
2004 |
Separate
Tables |
|
1987 |
When we
are Married |
|
Bazaar
& Rummage |
|
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A Funny
Kind of Day |
|
The
Servant |
|
|
A Murder
is Announced |
|
Aladdin |
|
1988 |
Educating
Rita |
2005 |
Pollyanna |
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|
Aurelia |
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Fantastic
Mr Fox (Playmakers) |
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See How
They Run |
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Trip of a
Lifetime |
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|
The |
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The Shop
at Sly Corner |
|
1989 |
Waiting
in the Wings |
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Good
Night Mrs Puffin |
|
1989 |
Suddenly at
Home |
2006 |
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The Late
Christopher Bean |
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A Doll's
House |
|
1990 |
Spine-Chiller |
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Pygmalion |
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|
Bonaventure |
|
Arsenic
and Old Lace |
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|
Look No
Hans |
|
Snow
White |
|
1991 |
Night Must
Fall |
2007 |
Popcorn |
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|
Plaza
Suite |
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A Dog’s
Life & The Pomegranate Seeds (Playmakers) |
|
|
Pardon Me
Prime Minister |
|
The Ghost
Train |
|
|
Ladies in
Retirement |
|
The
Birthday Party |
|
1992 |
The Day
After the Fair |
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Cinderella |
|
|
The Year
After the Fair |
2008 |
The Lover / After Midnight Before
Dawn / Arthur |
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|
Fish Out
of Water |
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Teechers (Playmakers) |
|
1993 |
Charley’s
Aunt |
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Murder on
the |
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The
Unvarnished Truth |
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Nightmare |
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Of course, the company’s production history dates back much further than this!
Why not take a look at our ‘History’ page to find out exactly what sort of plays we produced all those years ago?