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The production company was formed in 1992. The first play presented on a long national tour was Stageland, a dramatisation of two books by Jerome K.Jerome about his comical experiences as an actor on the Victorian stage, with Trevor Bannister as Jerome In 1993 the company brought back professional productions to the Mill Studio at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford, with Feydeau's French Leave.Also in 1993 there began an ongoing series of Bernard Shaw productions, in conjunction with the National Trust, at their Shaw museum, Shaw's Corner, Ayot St.Lawrence. So far Don Juan in Hell - Too True to be Good - You Never Can Tell - Mrs Warren's Profession - Heartbreak House - Pygmalion - Major Barbara - Overruled - Man and Superman - Arms and the Man - Saint Joan - The Apple Cart - The Devil's Disciple - Misalliance - Candida - The Millionairess and Widower's Houses have been presented there and on National Tours. In 2006 the first complete performances for many years of Back to Methuselah were given. Too True to be Good visited the Labyrint Theatre in Prague in 1994 giving the Czech premiere of this Shaw work In 2009 On The Rocks was presented at Pentameters Theatre, Hampstead There have been tours of The Importance of Being Earnest, Rookery Nook Charley's Aunt, and The Miser, new adaptations of Cold Comfort Farm, and What Maisie Knew, and the premieres of Lear's Fool, The Tragedy of Lady Macbeth, and People in Cages by David Henry Wilson, Shaw Cornered by Robert Shearman Game Pie and Cock of the Walk and Caught by the Tail by Feydeau The Turnabout by Lewis Dixon Autumn Music by Bernardo Stella and Samuel Solomon' translation of Racine's Andromache. 2005 saw the inauguration of a Summer Rep season at the Theatre Royal, Margate which after two years moved to the Sarah Thorne Theatre, Broadstairs. In 2018 the season will include plays by Bernard Shaw, Frederick Knott John Buchan/Patrick Barlow and Arthur Schnitzler. Two major Shaw productions take place each summer at the National Trust property, Shaw's Corner in Hertfordshire. Those for 2017 will be Widowers' Houses and Fanny's First Play. SINCE ITS FORMATION IN 1992 MICHAEL FRIEND PRODUCTIONS HAS PRESENTED PLAYS AT THE FOLLOWING VENUES: AYOT ST.LAWRENCE - Shaw's Corner BRADFORD - Priestley Arts Centre BRIGHTON - Theatre Royal BRISTOL - Redgrave Theatre BROADSTAIRS - Memorial Theatre BROMLEY - Little Theatre BUXTON - Opera House CANTERBURY - Gulbenkian Theatre CANTERBURY - Marlowe Theatre CARSHALTON - Charles Cryer Theatre CHELMSFORD - Civic Theatre CHESTERFIELD - Pomegranate Theatre CHIPPING NORTON - The Theatre COCKERMOUTH - Kirkgate Arts Centre CONSETT - Empire Theatre CROYDON - Ashcroft Theatre DOUGLAS - Gaiety Theatre DUNDEE - Repertory Theatre EASTBOURNE - Devonshire Park Theatre FARNHAM - Redgrave Theatre GRANTHAM - Guildhall TheatreGUILDFORD - Yvonne Arnaud - Main House and Mill Studio HAYES - Beck Theatre HAYWARDS HEATH - Platform Theatre HORSHAM - Christ's Hospital Theatre ILFRACOMBE - Landmark Theatre LEATHERHEAD - Casson Room LONDON - The Cochrane Theatre LONDON - Jermyn Street Theatre LONDON - Pentameters Theatre LONDON - Shaw Theatre LONDON - Theatre Museum LONDON - Union Theatre MAIDSTONE - Hazlitt Theatre MARGATE - Theatre Royal MIDDLESBROUGH - Hexagon Theatre and Middlesbrough Theatre NEWCASTLE - New Tyne Theatre and Opera House NEW ROMNEY - Southlands Theatre NORTHAMPTON - Royal Theatre PETERBOROUGH - Key Theatre PRAGUE - Labyrint Theatre RICHMOND - Georgian Theatre Royal SOUTHSEA - Kings Theatre STAMFORD - Arts Centre SUDBURY - Quay Theatre SWINDON - Wyvern Theatre TAUNTON - Brewhouse Theatre THAMES DITTON - Vera Fletcher Hall TORQUAY - Princess Theatre TORQUAY - Cockington Court TUNBRIDGE-WELLS - Trinity Arts Centre & Theatre WALTON ON THAMES - Riverhouse Barn WESTCLIFF - Palace Theatre WIMBLEDON - Studio Theatre WIMBORNE - Layard Theatre WORTHING - Connaught Theatre YORK - Grand Opera House Click on Dramatis Personae for a full list of actors designers and stage managers |
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