REMO Players - The Plays

REMO Players - the plays.

Page/Site created by Bob Tame.

This is not a complete list but some of the early productions between 1948 and 1968 include:

Count your Blessings
The Happiest days of your life
Wolf's Clothing
The touch of fear
Dark Cottage
Wild Goose Chase
Caught Napping
Basinful of the Briny
Sailor Beware!
The Orchard Walls
The House by the Lake
Sit Down a Minute Adrian
Rebecca
Leap in the Dark
For Pete's Sake
Dear Charles
Fresh Fields

I remember seeing or being involved with the following Plays and Pantomimes between 1969 and 1979:

Post Horn Gallop (1968?)

The Hollow (1969) ( I watched these two)

Picnic (1969)	(I was on Sound Effects - first attempt, nearly got them all right)
	The cast of Picnic stop while the Producer makes a few points. Click on Picture for more info and pics.

Little Women (1970)	(I did Sound Effects and Music)
	Little Women won the Best Set Award from the Wolverhampton Drama Federation, (the A.E Wood Plaque). Click on Picture for more info and pics. (Glynis worked backstage on the REMO production and since then has produced the play with the Duston Players)

Boeing Boeing (1970)	(I did Sound Effects and Music and was quite pleased withthe intro where I overlapped two layers of magnetic tape to create a fade effect from a plane landing into a typically Parisienne Can-Can)
	The air hostesses all arrive on stage together. Click on Picture for more info and pics.

Rain (Spring 1971)	My Sound FX included lots of Rain, (which I recorded under the cooling towers at Wolverhampton Bilston Road Power station) and jungle drums (played by me, backstage) that drove the cast insane!
	This play won the Express & Star trophy for Wolverhampton Drama Federation Best Production of the year Click on Picture for more info and pics.

Waltz of the Toreadors (Autumn 1971)

(I did Sound Effects and Music)

I recall we needed a bugle so I recorded Will Morgan playing one live in the railway shed where we rehearsed, which had very good acoustics for bugle

I have no details of the REMO production at present but click here for info about the play

Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood

(Jan 1972) -- I was Alan a Dale in this production

Me (Alan a Dale), seen here with Glynis (the Jester), Elaine Brindley and Ron Willcocks (The King)

(Click on the picture to see the program)

Photo Finish (Spring 1972)	I was Sound FX
	Click on Picture for more info and pics.

Separate Tables	(Autumn 1972)
	Click on Picture (This is Glynis Tame as a maid in this production) for more info and pics.

Sleeping Beauty	(January 1973) (Sound FX)
	Click on Picture for more info and pics.

Cat on the Fiddle	(Spring 1973)
	Click on Picture for more info and pics.

Pygmalion (Autumn 1973)

(I had walk on part, probably my last time on Stage)

Click on Title to see cast and crew details.

Click on Picture for a bigger version with names, and a full Cast and Crew listing.

Something to Hide	(Spring 1974)
	Click on Picture for more info and pics.

Enter a Free Man	(Autumn 1974)
	Click on Picture for more info and pics.

Wuthering Heights	(Spring 1975)
	Click on Picture for more info and pics.

The Importance of being Ernest	(Autumn 1975)
	Click on Picture for more info and pics.

Rumpelstiltskin	(January 1976)
	Click on Picture for more info and pics.

Flat Spin	(Spring 1976)....
	(Click here to see Cast & Crew)

The Italian Girl

(Autumn 1976) (Sound FX/Music again)

(Click here for Cast & Crew and Photo's from the production.)

This play won the best Set award from the Wolverhampton Drama Federation, the A.E Wood Plaque.

When we are Married	(Spring 1977)
	Click on Picture for more info and pics.

Move over Mrs Markham

(Autumn 1977) (I was on Lighting)

(Click here for Cast and Crew)

- Glynis Tame was very pregnant during this REMO production

but later played Mrs Markham in the Duston Players production of this play in 1996)

Little Boxes

(3rd - 5th April 1978)

(by John Bowen)

This was in fact two one act plays designed to be shown together using two very similar sets.
- The first play was called 'The Coffee Lace', in which a group of elderly concert party artistes sell the body for a celebration when one of them dies'
The second one was called 'Trevor' in which a lesbian couple hire an actor to pretend to be fiance of one of them, when her parents come to visit. Complications arise when the other girl's parents also arrive, and 'Trevor' finds he has two parts to play

The Man Most Likely To

(April 1979) (Sound FX/Music again)

(Click here for Cast & Crew and Photo's from the production.)

which was my last before leaving Wolverhampton in 1979

The Pied Piper of Hamelin	(a Pantomime) (Jan 1980)
	(Click here for Cast & Crew and Photo's from the production.)

I left to move to North Staffordshire in 1979, but I have now had information about some of the later playsfrom Peter Hall, who joined the group in the 1980's and married Jan Lavender. and also from Steve Kirby.

Steve remembers "Billy Liar", in which he played the part of "Billy" and won the Wolverhampton Drama Federation Best Actor award.
Steve also remembers doing "The diary of Anne Frank" in which he played the part of "Otto", Anne's Father. He was also nominated for an award for this performance. He thinks these two plays were put on in about 1980/81.
Peter says "Move over Mrs Markham" was performed in early 1980's, so I don't know if that was a repeat of the 1977 version or not.
Noises off
Rattle of a Simple Man. -- Jan Lavender was Stage Manager.
April 1983 -- Ten Times Table. Cast included Steve Kirby, Bob Burrows, Will Morgan, Janet Lavender, Sally Freeman and Janet Barrett.
Abigail's party.
198? Knight in four Acts
April 1986 -- See How They Run. It was to be advertised by members of the group running round the town Centre, but apparently the council banned that on Safety Grounds, so the group advertised it by "running" in slow motion instead. The runners included, Steve Rowbotham. Janet Davies, Shirley Pitchford, Roy and Marion Waldon, Bob Hopkins and Jan Lavender.The play was produced by Jan Lavender.
1987 Lord Arthur Saville's Crime
December 1987 -- Seasons Greetings. - Peter Hall was on Lighting.
June 1988. -- A sense of the ridiculous.
October 1988 -- Deathtrap - Peter Hall was in this play.
Jan 1989 -- The Glums - Peter Hall played 'Ron'
May 1989 -- Murder Mystery (Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild) - Peter Hall was in this.
Nov 1989 -- Childrens Day. - Peter Hall was in this play
1990 -- Hobson's Choice. - Jan Lavender was the female lead in this play.
Mar 1991 -- Bedroom Farce - Peter was in this.
Jul 1991 -- One for the Road - Peter was Stage Manager
May 1993 -- Fur Coat and No Knickers
- Peter Hall was the male lead.
October 1993 -- Underground -- Produced by Jan, Peter was in the play. This was the first play under the merged group of Remo and Phoenix Players.
April 1994 -- A chorus of disapproval. - Peter Hall was Stage Assistant.

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