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1926 Doctor Syn Jan 4th Starring Russell Thorndike and Alma Taylor Swansea Amateur Players The Thief Jan 11th, 13th, 15th, 16th The Laughing Lady Jan12th, 14th,16th Katinka Feb 1st Macdonald and Young’s Company Mixed Doubles Feb 8th Lawrence Brough, Reginald Fry and Jenia Ratmirova The Gorilla Feb 15th The Blue Bird Feb 22nd Harold Ross’s Company Dracula Mar 1st Hamilton Dean and Company Arthur Ridley as Dracula from Bram Stoker’s Book also with Kim Peacock, Dora Patrick, Nancy Poultney and Stuart Lomalz Lavender Ladies Mar 8th Archibald Nettlefold’s Company with Lydia Sherwood Katja The Dancer Mar 15th George Edwardes’ Company No No Nanette Mar 22nd Macdonald and Young’s Company The Cardinal Mar 29th Charles Doran and Company. By request “Much Ado About Nothing” was performed on 31st March The Ghost Train Apr 5th Westlan Productions, this play was penned by Arnold Ridley, who later became a household name playing Private Godfrey in “Dad’s Army” on Television Cock O’ The Roost Apr 12th Percy Hutchison and Company The Pelican Apr 19th Zillah Carter Madam Pompadour Apr 26th George Edwardes’ Company It Pays To Advertise May 3rd J. Bannister Howard’s Company Charley’s Aunt May 10th Brandon Thomas’s Company In The Next Room May 17th York Stephen’s Company Saint Joan May 24th Charles Macdona’s Company with Miss Holmes- Scotch Mist May 31st Dee Cee Tours Ltd with Brenda Dering, James Holland, J. Edward Whitty and Victor Baggette Raffles Jun 7th Frank G. Cariello and Company with Brenda Harvey Mrs Dane’s Defence Jun 14th Frank G. Cariello and Company The Walls Of Jericho Jun 21st Frank G. Cariello and Company Once A Thief Jun 28th Frank G. Cariello and Company The Barrier Jul 5th Frank G. Cariello and Company Mrs Gorringes Necklace Jul 12th Frank G. Cariello and Company The Case Of Lady Camber Jul 19th Frank G. Cariello and Company East Lynne Jul 26th Frank G. Cariello and Company Welsh Drama Week Ffordd Yr Holl Ddaer Aug 2nd Pelenni Pitar Aug 3rd Tuas Adref Aug 4th Pelenni Pitar Aug 5th Y Ffon Daff Aug 6th Ffordd Yr Holl Ddaer (mat) Aug 7th Y Ffon Daff Aug 7th The Farmers Wife Aug 9th Clifton Anderson and W. Payne Seddon Honour Aug 16th Phyllis Neilson- Betty In Mayfair Aug 23rd Fred J. Blackman’s Company The Widow’s Cruise Aug 30th Arthur Aubrey and Company Rose Marie Sep 6th From the Theatre Royal Drury Lane with Catherine Ferguson, Phyllis Edwards, Roddy Hughes and George Hayes Sun Up Sep 13th Lucille La Verne and Company Doyly Carte Opera Company The Gondolier Sep 20th Patience Sep 21st Ruddigore Sep 22nd Cox And Box Sep 23rd Pirates Of Penzance Sep 24th Patience (mat) Sep 25th The Gondolier Sep 25th Ask Beccles Sep 27th St James’s Productions Alf’s Button Oct 4th Martin Henry Productions with Jerry Verno and Ambrose Thorne Lilac Time Oct 11th Macdonald and Young’s Company The Last Of Mrs Cheyney Oct 18th Muriel Martin Harvey’s Company with Garry Marsh Mercenary Mary Oct 25th Macdonald and Young’s Company White Cargo Nov 1st Ida Molesworth and Templer Powell’s Company The Street Singer Nov 8th Macdonald and Young’s Company The Naughty Wife Nov 15th Lionel Bute’s Company with Ivy Duke and Owen Roughwood A Cuckoo In The Nest Nov 22nd Tom Wallis and Leslie Henson’s Company Just Married Nov 29th Lionel Bute’s Company Cabaret Up To Date Dec 6th Lydia Kyasht Swansea Stage Society The Rising Generation Dec 13,14,18th The Ware Case Dec 15.16,17th Variety Boy Scout Show Dec 20th Theatre Closed from 24th Dec until Boxing Day |
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1927 Katja Jan 10th George Edwardes’ Company The Lash Jan 17th Arthur Gibbons and Dennis Eadie’s Company Is Zat So Jan 24th Tom Arnold’s Company with Ronald Adair, Minty Woolf, Carl Harbord and Winifred Catterall Wild Flower Jan 31st Fred J. Blackman’s Company with Doreen Langton Loose Ends Feb 7th Henry Edwards and Chrissie White’s Company The Ghost Train Feb 14th Westlan Productions The Belle Of New York Feb 21st J. Bannister Howard’s Company with Carson Hicks A Greek Slave Feb 28th Swansea Amateur Operatic Society The Last Waltz Mar 7th Robert Courtneidge’s Company The Ringer Mar 14th Frank Curzon’s Company Mr What’s His Name Mar 21st Seymour Hick’s and Company The Wooing Of Catherine Parr Mar 28th Julia Neilson and Fred Terry Doctor Syn Mar 31st Starring Mr Russell Thorndike – the brother of Dame Sybil Thorndike - Welsh Drama Week Castell Martin Apr 4th Y Machgen Gwyn I Apr 5th Pobl Yr Ymylan Apr 6th Y Briordasorford Apr 7th Ador O’r Unlliw Croeso Y Machgen Gwyn I Apr 8th Pobl Yr Ymylan Apr 9th A Report published by the council at the time revealed that the Welsh Drama Week at The Grand had lost 18.00 pounds Theatre Closed from 11th Apr to 18th Apr for annual cleaning Lido Lady Apr 18th Horsfield and Woodward’s Company Aloma Apr 25th Daniel Mayer’s Company with Rani Waller and Juliette Joser who both appeared in an advert in the Daily Post that week endorsing Amami Shampoo No No Nanette May 2nd. Macdonald and Young’s Company Easy Virtue May 9th A Noel Coward play presented by Herbert Jay and Anthony Ellis’s Company with Jane Wood The Whole Town’s Talking May 16th M. Barry O’Brien’s Company It Pays To Advertise May 23rd The Black Spider May 30th Ida Streatham and Arthur Aubrey The Silver King Jun 6th Frank G. Cariello and Company with Lillian Hallows The Second Mrs Tanqueray Jun 13th Frank G. Cariello and Company with Lillian Hallows An Ideal Husband Jun 20th Frank G. Cariello and Company The Thief Jun 27th Frank G. Cariello and Company The Yellow Ticket Jul 4th Frank G. Cariello and Company John Claydes Honour Jul 11th Frank G. Cariello and Company with Lillian Hallows The Fake Jul 18th Frank G. Cariello and Company with Lillian Hallows The Outsider Jul 25th Frank G. Cariello and Company with Lillian Hallows this week included a benefit performance of “The Walls Of Jericho” for Frank G. Cariello and Lilian Hallows on 29th Jul The Student Prince Aug 1st Macdonald and Young’s Company Dawn Aug 8th Maurice Cowan’s Company with Godfrey Tearle. Tearle was born in the U.S.A but raised in England. He was later Knighted for his services to British Theatre. He later appeared in Hitchcocks “The 39 Steps” in 1935. He also appeared on Broadway many times. Married 3 times he lived out his last few years as the companion of tragic Actress Jill Bennett. It is also interesting to note that another Grand favourite Wilfrid Brambell, made his acting Debut in “The 39 Steps” Yvonne Aug 15th George Edwardes’ Daley Theatre Company with Jay Laurier Yellow Sands Aug 22nd Birmingham Repertory Company The Joker Aug 29th Arthur Gibbons and Dennis Eadie’s Company Escape Sep 5th Ida Molesworth and Templer Powell’s Company with Gerald Ames Sunny Sep 12th Moss Empires Ltd in Conjunction with Lee Ephraim and starring Jack Buchanan. Jack Buchanan was an actor who in 1938 achieved the unusual feat of starring in the London stage musical "This'll Make You Whistle" while concurrently filming a movie version. The movie was released while the stage version was still running; meaning the two productions competed with each other. He best known role was oposite Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in the 1954 movie “The Bandwagon”. He also provided financial backing to John Logie Baird in his endevours to develop Television. The Constant Nymph Sep 19th Dee Gee Company Mercenary Mary Sep 26th Macdonald and Young’s Company Gala Nights Oct 3rd Lydia Kyasht and the Balalaiko Orchestra with Leon Kellaway and the Russian Ballet The Best People Oct 10th Reg Fry and Prince Littler’s Company With Ena Grossmith Just A Kiss Oct 17th Macdonald and Young’s Company Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company Tannhauser Oct 24th The Barber Of Seville Oct 25th Cavalleria Rusticana and Oct 26th I Pagliacci Carmen Oct 27th The Valkyrie Oct 28th The Barber Of Seville (mat) Oct 29th Faust Oct 29th The Blue Train Oct 31st Philip Ridgeway Presentation The Last Of Mrs Cheyney Nov 7th Clayton Green and Company with Stella Patrick Campbell And So To Bed Nov 14th J.B. Fagan’s Company The Terror Nov 21st B.A. Meyer, Mary Glynne and Dennis Neilson Terry’s Company with Peter Laddon Rookery Nook Nov 28th Tom Wallis and Reginald Highley ‘s Company with William Daunt Royal Italian Circus Dec 5th Meet The Wife Dec 12th Hilda Stewart Scout Week Dec 19th Variety of fun and frolic Theatre Closed 22nd Dec until Boxing Day |
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1928 The Girlfriend Jan 9th Macdonald and Young Co Lido Lady Jan 16th Horsfield and Woodward’s Company Potiphar’s Wife Jan 23rd Lionel Bute’s Company Interference Jan 30th Frank Curzon’s Company The Blue Mazurka Feb 6th George Edwardes Daley Theatre Company Broadway Feb 13th Jed Harris’s Company The Farmer’s Wife Feb 20th Young England Feb 27th Swansea Amateur Operatic Society Lady Luck Mar 5th M. Barry O’Brien’s Company The Scarlet Pimpernel Mar 12th Julia Neilson and Fred Terry Welsh Drama Week Yr Anfarwol Mar 15th and 17th (mat) Ifan Harris John Jones Mar 16th Dros Y Dwr Art Fasnachol Y Machgen Gwyn I Mar 17th Prince Charming Mar 19th Macdonald and Young Co White Cargo Mar 26th Ida Molesworth and Templar Powell’s Company The Silent House Apr 2nd Archie Nettlefield and Company A Tale Of Alsatia Apr 6th Swansea Amateur Operatic Society The Man Who Took A Chance Apr 9th Henry Edwards and Chrissie White The Ringer Apr 16th M. Barry O’Brien Aloma Apr 23rd Daniel Mayer’s Company The Ghost Train Apr 30th Westlan Productions The Sign Of The Cross May 7th Charles Doran And Company Macbeth Matinee on May 9th Julius Caesar Matinee on May 12th Compromising Daphne May 14th J. Bannister Howard’s Company with Eastern Pickering, Edna Howard- The Monster May 21st Olga Linde Productions The Garden Of Eden May 28th Carnival Jun 4th British Legion Amateur’s The Macdona Players Bernard Shaw Repertory Company Pygmalion Jun 11th Man And Superman Jun 12th Mrs Warren’s Profession Jun 13th Pygmalion Jun 14th You Never Can Tell Jun 15th Mrs Warren’s Profession Jun 16th Thark Jun 18th Tom Wallis and Reg Highley’s Company When Blue Hills Laughed Jun 25th Fred Little and George Byrne’s Company Popular Opera’s Company Carmen Jul 2nd Faust Jul 3rd Madam Butterfly Jul 4th La Boheme Jul 5th Samson And Delilah Jul 6th Rigoletto (mat) Jul 7th Il Trovatore Jul 7th Dracula Jul 9th Bram Stoker’s Famous book transferred to the stage by Harry Warburton’s Company The Big Drum Jul 16th Ida Molesworth and Templar Powell’s Company with Connie Ediss None But The Brave Jul 23rd Hugh Bernard’s Company The Theatre advertised itself as having a system of vents and electric fans making it the coolest house of amusements in Swansea Two White Arms Jul 30th Alma Taylor Alibi Aug 6th Lionel Bute and B.A. Mayer’s Company The Macdona Players Bernard Shaw Repertory Company You Never Can Tell Aug 13th Candida Aug 14th This was followed by “How He Lied To Her Husband” Pygmalion Aug 15th Arms and The Man Aug 16th Mrs Warren’s Profession Aug 17th Widower’s Houses (mat) Aug 18th Man And Superman Aug 18th Lady Be Good Aug 20th Macdonald and Young Company with Olly Barrett, Vera Vere and Sidney Keith Marigold Aug 27th Simon Ord Presentation with Jean Clyde The House Of The Arrow Sep 3rd E. Norman and Henry Edward’s Company My Son John Sep 10th Shaftsbury Attractions Ltd The Wrecker Sep 17th E.Carol and Harry Cotton’s Company Tip Toes Sep 24th Macdonald and Young Company Yellow Sands Oct 1st Barry Jackson’s Company Lady Mary Oct 8th Lee Ephraim’s Company with Ursula Hughes and Ivan Sampson Lord Babs Oct 15th J.Bannister Howard’s Company The Crooked Billet Oct 22nd M. Barry O’Brien’s Company Rose Marie Oct 29th Macdonald and Young Co Good Morning Bill Nov 5th Cecil Barth’s Company with Richard Cooper and Patricia Bradfield Charley’s Aunt Nov 12th Mrs Brandon Thomas’s Co. Percy Crawford And James Page The Terror Nov 19th B.A.Mayer, Mary Gwynn, Dennis Neilson- Sunny Nov 26th Moss Empire and Lee Ephraim and Jack Buchanan’s Company Sleeping Partners Dec 3rd Seymour Hicks, Olwen Roose and Edmund Gwenn Other Men’s Wives Dec 10th Connie Ediss Swansea Scout Show Dec 18th Welsh Drama Presentation Y Wyr Pob Merch Dec 21st |
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1929 Swansea Hospital Concert Jan 6th Swansea and District Royal Male Choir The Squeaker Jan 7th M. Barry O’Brien’s Company So This Is Love Jan 14th Horsfield and Longstaff’s Company The Man Who Changed His Name Jan 21st M. Barry O’Brien’s Company To What Red Hell Jan 28th E. Norman and Henry Edward’s Company with Frederick Prisley and Marriott Watson Oh Kay Feb 4th Jack Hulbert, Paul Murray and Prince Littler’s Company Interference Feb 11th M. Barry O’Brien’s Company Baby Cyclone Feb 18th Reginald Fry and Prince Littler’s Company Princess Ida Feb 25th Swansea Amateur Operatic Society Thark Mar 4th J. Bannister Howard’s Company with Stanford Holme, Margery Vere and Fred C. Glover 77 Park Lane Mar 11th M. Barry O’Brien’s Company Lumber Love Mar 18th Brit Musical Productions The Real McCoy Mar 25th Arthur Sinclair and Maire O’Neil Plunder Apr 1st Reginald Highley’s Company The Silent House Apr 8th Archie Nettlefield’s Company Welsh Drama Week Pobl Yr Ymalon Apr 15th Deufor Gyfarfod Apr 16th Y Joan Danvers Apr 17th Eilunod Apr 18th Deufor Gyfarfod Apr 19th Eilunod (mat) Apr 20th Y Joan Danvers Apr 20th The Desert Song Apr 22nd Theatre Royal Drury Lane Productions The Burglar Apr 29th Terence Byron The Letter May 6th Hilda Esty- The Fourth Wall May 13th Murray Carrington’s Company Compromising Daphne May 20th The Flying Squad May 27th Knight Errant Jun 3rd Ethel Warwick Bird In Hand Jun 10th Barry Jackson’s Company The Twister Jun 17th A Welsh Singer Jun 24th Ted Hopkins When Knights Were Bold Jul 1st The 100th Chance Jul 8th Owen Reynolds, Ida Dutton and Bruce Baron Blackmail Jul 15th Langley Howard’s Company Rookery Nook Jul 22nd He Walked In Her Sleep Jul 29th Juno And The Paycock Aug 5th Journey’s End Aug 12th Clifford Hamilton presentation with Tom Macauley and Basil Gill An interesting note on the program stating that smoking is permitted in all areas. How times have changed The Farmers Wife Aug 19th Clifton Alderson The Trial Of Mary Dugan Aug 26th Macdonald and Young’s Company Hit The Deck Sep 2nd Macdonald and Young’s Company Lucky Girl Sep 9th B.A. Meyer’s Company The Chinese Bungalow Sep 16th M. Barry O’Brien’s Company with George Butler Rope Sep 23rd E. Norman and Henry Edward’s Company Marigold Sep 30th Simon Ord’s Company with Jean Clyde Young Woodley Oct 7th Clifton Alderson’s Company A Damsel In Distress Oct 14th Margaret Carlisle, Violet Ormonde and Raysen Cousins Keepers Of Youth Oct 21st Norman Loring’s Company The Sacred Flame Oct 28th Gladys Cooper and Company The Vagabond King Nov 4th M. Barry O’Brien’s Company The Last Hour Nov 11th Archie Nettlefield’s Company This Thing Called Love Nov 18th Godfrey Terle and Mary Masson The Patsy Nov 25th Macdonald and Young’s Company The High Road Dec 2nd Frank G. Cariello and Company Passing Brompton Road Dec 9th Connie Ediss and Company Within The Law Dec 16th Carnival Players The Man At Six Dec 26th for three nights only |
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1930 Peter Pan Jan 13th Gilbert Millers Principal Company A Cup Of Kindness Jan 20th Starring Laurence Caird and a young Rex Harrison, who after a distinguished career in Hollywood returned to the Grand in 1969 with his then wife Rachel Roberts, who was appearing in the play “Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Wolf?” The Flag Lieutenant Jan 27th Henry Edwards and Chrissie White Persons Unknown Feb 3rd Edgar Wallace Play The Macdona Players Pygmalion Feb 10th Man And Superman Feb 11th Mrs Warren’s Profession Feb 12th You Never Can Tell Feb 13th Mrs Warren’s Profession Feb 14th Pygmalion (mat) Feb 15th Man And Superman Feb 15th The Calender Feb 17th Edgar Wallace Play The Duchess Of Dantzic Feb 24th Swansea Amateur Operatic Society The Private Secretary Mar 3rd Cecil Barth’s Company Sorry You’ve Been Troubled Mar 10th M. Barry O’Brien’s Company The First Mrs Fraser Mar 17th Tarnish Mar 24th E. Norman and Henry Edward’s Company Welsh Drama Week Pelenni Pitar Mar 31st Ffordd Yr Holl Ddaer Apr 1st Yr Hew Anian Apr 2nd Fford Y Menywod Adar O’r Unlliw Apr 3rd Croeso Antur Fasnachol Yr Hew Anian Apr 4th Fford Y Menywod Ffordd Yr Holl Ddaer (mat) Apr 5th Pelenni Pitar Apr 5th Plunder Apr 7th Sweet Nell Of Old Drury Apr 10th Julia Neilson and Fred Terry The Woman In Room 13 Apr 14th Treasure Island Apr 21st Kyrle Bellew and Lloyd Osbourne’s Company The Squeaker Apr 28th Edgar Wallace Play Symphony In Two Flats May 5th Ivor Novello Play with Hilda Carmichael and Elsie Wagstaff French Leave May 12th From The Vaudeville Theatre London Journey’s End May 19th. Baa Baa Black Sheep May 26th Langley Howard’s Company My Wife’s Family Jun 2nd Fred Duprez The Green Lamp Jun 9th The Stranger Within Jun 16th W.T. Ellwanger’s Company with Mary Livingstone When Blue Hills Laughed Jun 23rd M. Carr’s Company with Denise St Ledger and George Pughe Paddy The Next Best Thing Jun 30th Cecil Barth and Company The Burglar Jul 7th Terence Byron Sarah Ann Holds Fast Jul 14th Armitage Productions Tell Me The Truth Jul 21st Clive McKee’s Company Eliza Comes To Stay Jul 28th W. Payne Seddon’s Company On The Spot Aug 4th Edgar Wallace Play Her First Affair Aug 11th Joseph Cunningham’s Company Third Time Lucky Aug 18th Howard Leslie And Company with Cedric Percival, Fred Moule, Louie Tinsley and Margery Weston Suspense Aug 25th Lionel Bute’s Company The Man In Possession Sep 1st Meldike Lito’s Company A Warm Corner Sep 8th Leslie Henson and Firth Shepherd’s Company Cape Forlorn Sep 15th M. Barry O’Brien’s Company with Marie Blanche Sir Frank Benson Farewell Visit Twelfth Night Sep 22nd The Merchant Of Venice Sep 23rd The Tempest Sep 24th Twelfth Night Sep 25th The Merchant Of Venice Sep 26th The Tempest (mat) Sep 27th She Stoops To Conquer Sep 27th Silver Wings Sep 29th Macdonald and Young’s Company The Limping Man Oct 6th Franklyn Dyall, Phyllis Thomas and Arthur Hardy Murder On The 2nd Floor Oct 13th Lionel Bute’s Company Two Deep Oct 20th Hilda Trevelyan, Kathleen O’Brien, Morris Harvey and Watson Hume Mr Cinders Oct 27th Macdonald and Young’s Company The Middle Watch Nov 3rd Basil Foster and Tom Miller’s Company The Girl Friend Nov 10th Macdonald and Young’s Company The Patsy Nov 17th Cecil Barth’s Company Sarah Ann Holds Fast Nov 24th Armitage Productions Honours Easy Dec 1st E. Norman and Henry Edward’s Company with Lillian Hall- Alibi Dec 8th Serge De Kazarine, Paul Neville, Edward Spreston, Lilian Temple and Idina Scott- The Purple Mask Dec 15th Carnival Players A Midsummer Nights Dream Dec 22nd Theatre Closed from 23rd Dec to Boxing Day Simba Dec 26th For 8 nights |
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1931 The Silent Witness Jan 19th Almost A Honeymoon Jan 26th Arthur Gibbon’s Company The Arcadians Feb 2nd Swansea Amateur Operatic Society The Macdona Players Man And Superman Feb 9th Misalliance Feb 10th Pygmalion Feb 11th The Doctor’s Dilemma Feb 12th Getting Married Feb 13th The Doctor’s Dilemma (mat) Feb 14th Man And Superman Feb 14th Odd Numbers Feb 16th The beginning of a twice- Nine Till Six Feb 23rd Margery Caldicott None So blind Mar 2nd Terence Byron Abie’s Irish Rose Mar 9th Terence Byron and Percy Leonard’s Company Darling I Love You Mar 16th This show was once nightly only due to its length Welsh Drama Week Y Ddraenen Wen Mar 23rd Y Pwyllgorddyn Mar 24th Canmwydd Mar 25th Jane Clegg Mar 26th Canmwydd Mar 27th Jane Clegg (mat) Mar 28th Y Pwyllgorddyn Mar 28th Traffic Mar 30th Lilac Time Apr 6th Leon Underwood and Company with Hughes Macklin, Sinclair Cotter, Edna Rees, Nellie Griffiths and Seven Days Leave Apr 13th This was the first visit to Swansea of the Denville Players who became famed for their extremely long runs at theatres all around the country Swansea was no exception as they played consecutively for 60 shows in this run ending on Jun 25th 1932 Daddy Long Legs Apr 20th Premier Denville Company Proof Apr 27th Premier Denville Company The Black Moth May 4th Premier Denville Company Lord Richard In The Pantry May 11th Premier Denville Company Lady Windermere’s Fan May 18th Premier Denville Company The Rosary May 25th Premier Denville Company A Sinner In Paradise Jun 1st Premier Denville Company If Four Walls Told Jun 8th Premier Denville Company Her Past Jun 15th Premier Denville Company The Lie Jun 22nd Premier Denville Company A Woman Of No Importance Jun 29th Premier Denville Company Bulldog Drummond Jul 6th Premier Denville Company The Naughty Wife Jul 13th Premier Denville Company Moths Jul 20th Premier Denville Company Spring Cleaning Jul 27th Premier Denville Company Gentleman Jim Aug 3rd Premier Denville Company The Hypocrites Aug 10th Premier Denville Company Carnival Aug 17th Premier Denville Company The Story Of The Rosary Aug 24th Premier Denville Company His House In Order Aug 31st Premier Denville Company A Bunch Of Violets Sep 7th Premier Denville Company Loose Ends Sep 14th Premier Denville Company Smouldering Fires Sep 21st Premier Denville Company The Man From Toronto Sep 28th Premier Denville Company Polly With A Past Oct 5th Premier Denville Company The Barrett’s Of Wimpole Street Oct 12th Premier Denville Company The Underdog Oct 19th Premier Denville Company The Faker Oct 26th Premier Denville Company The Christian Nov 2nd Premier Denville Company Paddy The Next Best Thing Nov 9th Premier Denville Company The Walls Of Jericho Nov 16th Premier Denville Company The Manxman Nov 23rd Premier Denville Company The Cat And The Canary Nov 30th Premier Denville Company The Maid Of Cefn Ydfa Dec 7th Premier Denville Company Maria Marten Dec 14th Premier Denville Company story reworked by Alfred Denville himself The Grand closed the following week for redecoration and re- The Life Guardsman Dec 26th Premier Denville Company |
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1932 Tilly Of Bloomsbury Jan 4th Premier Denville Company A Butterfly On A Wheel Jan 11th Premier Denville Company The Yellow Ticket Jan 18th Premier Denville Company starring Peggy Page Tom, Dick and Harry Jan 25th Premier Denville Company The Silent House Feb 1st Premier Denville Company Baby Mine Feb 8th Premier Denville Company The Last Of Mrs Cheyney Feb 15th Premier Denville Company The Silver King Feb 22nd Premier Denville Company Interference Feb 29th Premier Denville Company Donald Edwards, Walter Leybourne, Peggy Page and Betty Nelson The Squall Mar 7th Premier Denville Company 49th consecutive week of same company Nobody’s Daughter Mar 14th Premier Denville Company The Passing Of The Third Mar 21st Floor Back Premier Denville Company The Light Of The World Mar 28th Premier Denville Company The speckled Band Apr 4th Premier Denville Company Welsh Drama Week Y Pwyllgorddyn Apr 11th Pen- Ann Marlow Apr 13th Streic Apr 14th Ann Marlow Apr 15th Streic (mat) Apr 16th Pen- Under Two Flags Apr 18th Premier Denville Company Concert In Aid Of The Apr 24th Denville Homes for Aged Actors Easy Virtue Apr 25th Premier Denville Company The Man Who Stayed At Home May 2nd Premier Denville Company The Bird Of Paradise May 9th Premier Denville Company The Face At The Window May 16th Premier Denville Company Peg O’ My Heart May 23rd Premier Denville Company The Blindness Of Virtue May 30th Premier Denville Company The Crooked Billet Jun 6th Premier Denville Company Rain Jun 13th Premier Denville Company Outcast Jun 20th Premier Denville Company listed as its 60th and last week at Swansea A Butterfly On A Wheel Jun 24th This play for one night only was by request of the theatregoers of Swansea performed by the Premier Denville Players with Phillip Cunningham, Walter Leybourne and Betty Larke Smith The O’Mara Opera Company then began a six- The O’Mara Opera Company Il Trovatore Jun 27th Faust Jun 28th Maritana Jun 29th Il Trovatore Jun 30th Faust Jul 1st Maritana Jul 2nd The O’Mara Opera Company Rigoletto Jul 4th Carmen Jul 5th The Bohemian Girl Jul 6th Rigoletto Jul 7th Carmen Jul 8th The Bohemian Girl Jul 9th The O’Mara Opera Company Madam Butterfly Jul 11th La Traviata Jul 12th Lily Of Killarney Jul 13th Madam Butterfly Jul 14th La Traviata Jul 15th Lily Of Killarney Jul 16th The O’Mara Opera Company Tales Of Hoffman Jul 18th The Barber Of Seville Jul 19th Daughter Of The Regiment Jul 20th Tales Of Hoffman Jul 21st The Barber Of Seville Jul 22nd Il Trovatore Jul 23rd The O’Mara Opera Company Faust Jul 25th Featuring Ivor John from Morriston Carmen Jul 26th Rigoletto Jul 27th Tannhauser Jul 28th Maritana Jul 29th Tales Of Hoffman Jul 30th The O’Mara Opera Company Il Trovatore Aug 1st The Barber Of Seville and Aug 2nd Lily Of Killarney Tales Of Hoffman Aug 3rd Carmen Aug 4th Rigoletto Aug 5th Bohemian Girl (mat) Aug 6th Maritana Aug 6th Eliza Comes To Stay Aug 9th The Premier Denville Company return for a new season John Glayde’s Honour Aug 15th The Premier Denville Company The Barrier Aug 22nd The Premier Denville Company Brown Sugar Aug 29th The Premier Denville Company The Trial Of Mary Dugan Sep 5th The Premier Denville Company Diplomacy Sep 12th The Premier Denville Company Grumpy Sep 19th The Premier Denville Company The Sign On The Door Sep 26th The Premier Denville Company Three Wise Fools Oct 3rd The Premier Denville Company The Silent Witness Oct 10th The Premier Denville Company The Rookery Nook Oct 17th The Premier Denville Company My Old Dutch Oct 24th The Premier Denville Company starring Charles Denville A Royal Divorce Oct 31st The Premier Denville Company The Eleventh Commandment Nov 7th The Premier Denville Company Facing The Music Nov 11th The Premier Denville Company in their last production in Swansea The Improper Duchess Nov 14th Reginald Fry’s Company with Mary Byron, Derek Cotter, Leslie Kyle and A.W. Tyrone The Barrett’s Of Wimpole Street Nov 21st Prince Littler’s Company While Parents Sleep Nov 28th Arthur Gibbon’s Company Dangerous Corner Dec 5th W. Foster Horsfield Ltd Autumn Crocus Dec 12th Alexander Ivo and Ann Titley Theatre Closed From Dec 19th until Boxing Day |
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1933 Lilac Time Jan 9th Clive brooks and Company Michael And Mary Jan 16th Clive brooks and Company Blackmail Jan 23rd Clive Brooks and Company. On the 26th of January the theatre was closed with immediate effect due to the Flu
Epidemic sweeping the Nation “Almost A Honeymoon” scheduled for Jan 30th and featuring
the same company was also cancelled. It Re- Welsh drama Week Gwraig Y Ffermwr Apr 3rd Dewis Anorfod Apr 4th Gwraig Y Ffermwr Apr 5th Ffordd Yr Holl Ddaer Apr 6th Dewis Anorfod Apr 7th Ffordd Yr Holl Ddaer (mat) Apr 8th Gwraig Y Ffermwr Apr 8th Theatre Closes again and as a last throw of the dice it re- Her First Affair May 29th Jack O’Shea and George Laurence’s Company Starring Zillah Bateman The Ghost Train Jun 5th Jack O’Shea and George Laurence’s Company Starring Zillah Bateman The Last warning Jun 12th Jack O’Shea and George Laurence’s Company Starring Zillah Bateman A Bill Of Divorcement Jun 19th Jack O’Shea and George Laurence’s Company Starring Zillah Bateman Bought And Paid For Jun 26th Jack O’Shea and George Laurence’s Company Starring Zillah Bateman Important People Jul 3rd Jack O’Shea and George Laurence’s Company Starring Zillah Bateman, there was a benefit for Zillah Bateman on Jul 7th when “Room 87” was performed Sadly the shilling theatre idea failed as the grand was to become a cinema, opening as the Grand Cinema and Variety on August 14th 1933 with the film “East Of Fifth Avenue”. Obviously still managed by the same management, as a gimmick together with the film they would have dancers or conjurers as an added live feature. The Management signed off with the annual Pantomime “Babes In The Wood” which began on 23rd Dec 1933 and ended on Jan 12th 1934. It closed that night and as the last patrons left, with the laughter of the pantomime still ringing, little did they know that there would not be a Grand Theatre again until thirteen years later. A Chapter in the history of Swansea theatre had closed with it. |
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1934 Choral and orchestral concert Jan 14th In aid of Swansea Hospital with the Swansea Festival Orchestra and Swansea and District Royal Mail Choir Welsh Drama Week Points Mar 19th Y Briodas Arian Mar 20th Dirgel Ffyrdd Mar 21st Y Briodas Arian Mar 22nd Dirgel Ffyrdd Mar 23rd Points (mat) Mar 24th Y Briodas Arian Mar 24th The theatre was taken over by new management and opened as a fully fledged Cinema now called the New Grand Cinema On March 26th 1934 |
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1935 Welsh Drama Week Gwraig Y Ffermwr Apr 8th Cwm Glo Apr 9th Awel Dro Apr 10th Cwm Glo Apr 11th Awel Dro Apr 12th Gwraig Y Ffermwr (mat) Apr 13th Cwm Glo Apr 13th |
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1936 King George V dies on January 22nd 1936 Welsh Drama Week Bugail Y Fan Mar 30th Y Ferch O Cefn Ydfa Mar 31st Dau Dylwyth Apr 1st Bugail Y Fan Apr 2nd Dau Dylwyth Apr 3rd Y Ferch O Cefn Ydfa Apr 4th King Edward VIII Abdicates on December 11th 1936 |
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1937 Welsh Drama Week Y Praith Mar 15th Y Dyn Hysbys Tylwyth Ei Dy Ei Hun Mar 16th Yr Oruchwyiaeth Newydd Mar 17th Y Praith Mar 18th Y Dyn Hysbys Tylwyth Ei Dy Ei Hun Mar 19th Tylwyth Ei Dy Ei Hun (mat) Mar 20th Yr Oruchwyiaeth Newydd Mar 20th |
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1938 Welsh Drama Week Pobl Yr Ymylon Mar 28th Y Bachgennyn Hwn Mar 29th Castell Garth Arian Ac Aur Mar 30th Y Bachgennyn Hwn Mar 31st Castell Garth Arian Ac Aur Apr 1st Y Bachgennyn Hwn (mat) Apr 2nd Castell Garth Pobl Yr Ymylon Apr 2nd |
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1939 Welsh Drama Week Llain Y Delyn Mar 27th Llywelyn Ap Gruffydd Mar 28th Tywysog Cymru Dewis Anorfod Mar 29th Llywelyn Ap Gruffydd Mar 30th Tywysog Cymru Llain Y Delyn Mar 31st Llywelyn Ap Gruffydd (mat) Apr 1st Tywysog Cymru Dewis Anorfod Apr 1st World War II began on September 1st 1939 |
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1940 Welsh Drama Week Tywydd Mawr May 6th Yr Erodrom May 7th Castell Martin May 8th Tywydd Mawr May 9th Yr Erodrom May 10th Castell Martin (mat) May 11th Tywydd Mawr May 11th |
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1941 The Grand was exclusively a cinema at this point |
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1942 The Grand was exclusively a cinema at this point |
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1943 The Grand was exclusively a cinema at this point |
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1944 The Grand was exclusively a cinema at this point |
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1945 The Grand was exclusively a cinema at this point World War II ends on September 2nd 1945 |
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1946 The Grand was exclusively a cinema at this point |
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1947 On July 10th 1947 Captain Billy Willis Of Willis Cinemas acquires The Theatre |
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1948 Frieda Mar 8th My Wife’s Family Mar 15th See How They Run Mar 22nd The Shop At Sly Corner Mar 29th Smilin’ Through Apr 5th Jane Steps Out Apr 12th Pygmalion Apr 19th They Walk Alone Apr 26th Arsenic And Old Lace May 3rd The Guinea Pig May 10th Pink String And Sealing Wax May 17th While The Sun Shines May 24th This Happy Breed May 31st The Night Must Fall Jun 7th Grand National Night Jun 14th A Hasty Heart Jun 21st The Man From The Ministry Jun 28th Claudia Jul 5th Rope Jul 12th Anna Christie Jul 19th Blithe Spirit Jul 26th Rebecca Aug 2nd Ten Little Niggers Aug 9th The Corn Is Green Aug 16th Thunder Rock Aug 23rd When We Are Married Aug 30th The Shining Hour Sep 6th French Without Tears Sep 13th The Crime Of Margaret Foley Sep 20th Love In Idle Sep 27th An Inspector Calls Oct 4th The Sacred Flame Oct 11th The Light Of Heart Oct 18h The First Mrs Fraser Oct 25th Ladies In Retirement Nov 1st Pride And Prejudice Nov 8th Fools rush in Nov 15th Swansea Repertory Company Present laughter Nov 22nd The Little Foxes Nov 29th You Can’t Take It With You Dec 6th All Through The Night Dec 13th Swansea Little Theatre |
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1949 Arms and the Man Feb 7th Patrick Lawrence and Company starring Audrey Edwards Murder Without Crime Feb 14th Patrick Lawrence and Company starring Audrey Edwards, Jane Fitzgerald and Patrick Young Continental Ballet Company Feb 21st Starring Molly Lake and Travis Kent George and Margaret Feb 28th Starring Jean Sheridan, Jeanette Joyce and Alistair Audsley Wishing Well Mar 7th Swansea Little Theatre The Last Of Mrs Cheyney Mar 14th The Swansea Theatre Company this play ran for two weeks The Years Between Mar 28th The Swansea Theatre Company On The Spot Apr 4th The Swansea Theatre Company The Linden Tree Apr 11th The Swansea Theatre Company The Winslow Boy Apr 18th The Swansea Theatre Company Miranda Apr 25th The Swansea Theatre Company The Shop At Sly Corner May 2nd The Swansea Theatre Company Rain on the Just May 9th The Swansea Theatre Company starring Joseph James, Phillipa Sparrow and Anne Padwick The Eagle Has Two Heads May 16th The Swansea Theatre Company Storm in a Teacup May 23rd The Swansea Theatre Company Jane Eyre May 30th The Swansea Theatre Company Bird in Hand Jun 6th The Swansea Theatre Company Juno And The Paycock Jun 13th The Swansea Theatre Company The Amazing Doctor Jun 20th Clitterhouse The Swansea Theatre Company Dark Summer Jun 27th The Swansea Theatre Company Doctor Angelus Jul 4th Swansea Theatre Company Saloon Bar Jul 11th Swansea Theatre Company Fumed Oak/ The Browning Jul 18th Version double bill Gaslight Jul 25th The Scarlet Pimpernel Aug 1st Winterset Aug 15th Fresh Fields Aug 22nd Desire Under The Elms Aug 29th Wilfrid Bramble, Beatrix Lehman Quiet Weekend Sept 5th Goodbye Mr Chips Sep 12th Wilfrid Bramble Black Limelight Sep19th Clutterbuck Sep 26th The Paragon Oct 3rd Guilty Oct 10th By Candlelight Oct 17th Duet For Two Hands Oct 24th King Lear Oct 31st Hugh Griffith and Wilfrid Brambell The Chiltern Hundreds Nov 7th Hugh Griffith The Importance of Nov 14th Being Earnest Ghosts Nov 21st Beatrix Lehman, Wilfrid Brambell The Arabian Night Nov 28th The Druid’s Rest Dec 5th The Man Who Came Dec 12th To Dinner |
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1950 The Rose Without A Thorn Jan 23rd Candida Jan 30th Doctor’s Joy Feb 6th The Old Ladies Feb 13th Born Yesterday Feb 20th The Second Mrs Tanqueray Feb 27th Wilfrid Brambell The Whirligig of Time Mar 6th The Circle Mar 13th The Enemy of the people Mar 20th Wilfrid Brambell Daughters of the parsonage Mar 27th On Approval Apr 3rd Wilfrid Brambell Oliver Twist Apr 10th Starring Russell thorndyke Welsh Drama Festival Apr 17th The Happiest days of Apr 24th Your life Swansea Theatre Company Lovers leap May 1st Mary Rose May 8th They fly by Twilight May 15th Wilfrid Brambell The Respectable Prostitute May 22nd See how they run May 29th Wilfrid Brambell Murder at the vicarage Jun 5th The Continental Ballet Jun 12th Company It’s you I want Jun 19th Adventures of Tommy Jun 26th Trouble Pygmalion Jul 3rd Starring Jessie Matthews as Eliza Doolittle. Jesse was a famous singer, dancer and actress. She went on to star as the mother of Russ Tamblin in the 1958 movie “Tom Thumb”. Jesse was a very graceful and charismatic performer, whose private life suffered greatly; married three times she died in 1981. On the 17th July 1950 she stayed at the Castle Hotel in Neath, whilst appearing in “Pygmalion” at the Public Hall Briton Ferry – the interior of the Public Hall In Briton Ferry is shown in the film “Only Two Can Play” with Peter Sellars. The Sacred Flame Jul 10th With Mary Jerrold and her daughter Joan Harben Reluctant Heroes Jul 17th Brian Rix with Dermot Walsh and Colin Morris. This production was fraught with problems
I reproduce a letter sent to the Grand Theatre Club by Brian Rix. “We arrived at
the grand Theatre, Swansea, on Monday 17th July (1950). Apparently the electrician
had drunk more than was good for him on the previous Saturday night – had been sacked
and proceeded to avenge himself by smashing up the switchboard with a five- Worm’s eye view Jul 24th O’Donovan Shiell Family Portrait Aug 1st Rachel Roberts, Barbara Cole, Kenneth Williams Little Lambs Eat Ivy Aug 14th Kenneth Williams and Wilfrid Brambell The Seagull Aug 28th Richard Burton, Kenneth Williams, Wilfrid Brambell, Clifford Evans and Lydia Sherwood Blithe Spirit Sep 11th Monica Cairns St Joan Sep 25th Hello Out There Oct 9th And Harlequinade (double bill) Bonaventure Oct 23rd Rachel Roberts, Barbara Cole Crime Passionnel Nov 6th Wilfrid Brambell, Kenneth Williams, Rachel Roberts Castle In The Air Nov 20th David Morrell, Annette Kerr Twelfth Night Dec 4th Wilfrid Brambell, Kenneth Williams, Rachel Roberts |
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1951 The Rambert Ballet Mar 5th The Student Prince Mar 12th Queen Elizabeth Slept Here Mar 19th Party Manners Mar 26th Here We Came Gathering Apr 2nd Derek Bond, Helen Haye, Hugh Lattimer Home At Seven Apr 9th Kevin Stoney, Nancy Poultney, Peggy Burt and John Derrick The Devil’s Bride Apr 16th Patrick Holt and Anne Wrigg Shw’ Mae Heno Apr 23rd Stars from Welsh Rarebit including Alun Williams, The Royalettes, Ossie Noble, Frank Desmond, Les Jones, Marjorie Scott and Richard Payno (hypnotist) No, No, Nanette Apr 30th Mrs Warren’s Profession May 7th I Must Have Hush May 14th With Ossie Morris, Stan Stennett and Rita Page A Guardsman’s Cup Of Tea May 21st Bed, Board and Romance May 28th Patricia Plunkett and Mark Daly Welsh Drama Week Jun 4th Llygad Y Geiniog M, Th & Sat Pen Llanw T & Sat Mat Llywelyn Ap Gruffydd W and F King Of The Castle Jun 11th Swansea Little Theatre Don’t Listen Ladies Jun 18th The Maudie Edwards Players Season Begins Fair And Warmer Jun 25th Black Chiffon Jul 2nd While Parents Sleep Jul 9th The Dominant Sex Jul 16th This Was A Woman Jul 23rd Count Your Blessings Jul 30th With Hilda Braid who is famous for playing Florence Johnson in “Citizen Smith” with Robert Lindsay and more recently as Nana Moon in “Eastenders” Sadly Hilda Braid Died On November 6th 2007 after a short illness The Family Upstairs Aug 6th Suspect Aug 13th Grace Pool High Temperature Aug 20th Dangerous Corner Aug 27th Joanne Hilliard The Perfect Woman Sep 3rd Private Lives Sep 10th Double Door Sep 17th London Wall Sep 24th George and Margaret Oct 1st The Heiress Oct 8th Eliza Comes To Stay Oct 15th Mother Of Men Oct 22nd The Tolerant Husband Oct 29th The Shining Hour Nov 5th Love Let Loose Nov 12th A Murder Has Been Nov 19th Arranged The Holly And The Ivy Nov 26th Tons Of Money Dec 3rd The Late Christopher Bean Dec 10th Maudie Edwards as Gwenny last in the season |
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1952 King George VI dies on February 6th 1952 Full House Feb 18th Maudie Edwards Players begin second season with Salvin Stewart, Joanne Hilliard and Glyn Davys Without A Prince Feb 25th Love From A Stranger Mar 3rd It’s a Boy Mar 10th Granite Mar 17th Love In A Mist Mar 24th Wandering Jew Mar 31st Laburnum Grove Apr 7th Two- The Silver Chord Apr 21st The Girl Who Couldn’t Apr 28th Quite Payment Deferred May 5th What Anne Brought Home May 12th Larger Than Life May 19th Maudie Edwards Guignol Drama May 26th At The Grand Coals Of Fire In Death They Were Not Divided Titus Andronicus The Magic Cupboard Jun 2nd The Gathering Storm Jun 9th The Cat And The Canary Jun 16th School For Husbands Jun 23rd Rookery Nook Jun 30th The Two Mrs Carrolls Jul 7th Isle Of Umbrellas Jul 14th Fifty Mark Jul 21st Doctor Brent’s Household Jul 28th Up The Garden Path Aug 4th The Enchanted Cottage Aug 11th The Good Young Man Aug 18th To Kill A Cat Aug 25th The Dover Road Sep 1st Lady Audrey’s Secret Sep 8th Gooseberry Fool Sep 15th Night Was Our Friend Sep 22nd Crystal Clear Sep 29th A lady Mislaid Oct 6th The Chinese Bungalow Oct 13th For The Love Of Mike Oct 20th Peg O’ My Heart Oct 27th French For Love Nov 3rd Spring At Marino Nov 10th Murder Out Of Time Nov 17th Don’t Call Me Madam Nov 24th Johnny Belinda Dec 1st Welsh Drama Week Dec 8th The Hasty Heart Dec 15th Young Welsh Theatre Group |
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1953 After the famous disagreement with the management of The Grand Maudie Edwards refurbished the Palace Theatre and opened it on Jan 26th 1953 and began a repertory season in direct opposition to the Grand Charley’s Aunt Feb 9th Terence Dudley’s Repertory season starts in direct opposition to Maudie Edwards Company across town in the newly refurbished Palace Theatre To Dorothy a Son Feb 16th The Winter Journey Feb 23rd The River Line Mar 2nd The Bat Mar 9th The Male Animal Mar 16th Maria Marten Mar 23rd The Vigil Mar 30th When Knights Were Bold Apr 6th Random Harvest Apr 13th The Seventh Veil Apr 20th White Sheep Of The Family Apr 27th Interference May 4th The Outsider May 11th Smilin’ Through May 18th Will Any Gentleman May 25th Queen Elizabeth Jun 1st A Woman Or Two Jun 8th The Young Madame Conti Jun 15th The Patsy Jun 22nd White Cargo Jun 29th Starring a young Mollie Sugden who is most famous for her role as Mrs Slocombe in “Are You Being Served” The Green Pack Jul 6th Mollie Sugden The Fan Dancer Jul 13th Mollie Sugden The Day Is Gone Jul 20th Mollie Sugden Husbands Don’t Count Jul 27th A Little Bit Of Fluff Aug 3rd The Hollow Aug 10th Mollie Sugden Rain Aug 17th Mollie Sugden Maiden Ladies Aug 24th Mollie Sugden To What Red Hell Aug 31st Mollie Sugden The Gift Sep 7th Mollie Sugden Murder Mistaken Sep 14th Mollie Sugden Written For A lady Sep 21st Mollie Sugden Sleeping Partnership Sep 28th Mollie Sugden The Letter Oct 5th The Barretts Of Oct 12th Wimpole Street Too Young To Marry Oct 19th Mollie Sugden Mantrap Oct 26th The Case Of The Nov 2nd Frightened Lady Her Past Nov 9th Mollie Sugden Reefer Girl Nov 16th Mollie Sugden Golden Rain Nov 23rd Mollie Sugden Ghost Train Nov 30th Mollie Sugden Jane Dec 4th Mollie Sugden Death Takes A Holiday Dec 14th |
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1954 Ambrose Applejohn’s Feb 15th Adventure Meet Mr Callaghan Feb 22nd The Man In Grey Mar 1st Paddy The Next Best Thing Mar 8th The Maniac Mar 15th The Painted Veil Mar 22nd The Fanatics Mar 29th The Happy Marriage Apr 5th The Vigil Apr 12th Separate Rooms Apr 19th Safe Harbour Apr 26th Tell Tale Murder May 3rd The Seven- Four Winds May 17th Down Came A Blackbird May 24th Madame Tic- The Wild Oat Jun 7th No Other Verdict Jun 14th The Happy Prisoner Jun 21st Deadlock Jun 28th Dial ‘M’ For Murder Jul 5th The Dashing White Sergeant Jul 12th Someone Waiting Jul 19th For Better Or Worse Jul 26th Honeymoon Beds Aug 2nd East Of Suez Aug 9th Spring Model Aug 16th Give Me Yesterday Aug 23rd Deliver My Darling Aug 30th Where There’s A Will Sep 6th Her Shop Sep13th A Man With Red Hair Sep 20th Beside The Seaside Sep 27th Rebecca Oct 4th Jane Steps Out Oct 11th Voices On The Wind Oct 18th The Burning Glass Oct 25th The Running Tramp Nov 1st Pygmalion Nov 8th All Done With Mirrors Nov 15th Murder Story Nov 22nd As Long As They’re Happy Nov 29th The Wind And The Rain Dec 6th The Soul Of Dec 13th Nicholas Snyders |
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1955 Pin- Late Love Feb 28th The Prisoner Mar 7th Yes And No Mar 14th Maid Of Cefn Ydfa Mar 21st Its Never Too Late Mar 28th Outward Bound Apr 4th High Temperature Apr 11th Come Back Little Sheba Apr 18th Whispering Gallery Apr 25th Jinny Morgan May 2nd Tilly Of Bloomsbury May 9th Human Passion May 17th Vice In The Street May 23rd The Party Spirit May 30th The Secret Tent Jun 6th Relations Are Best Apart Jun 13th Someone At The Door Jun 20th Dangerous Corner Jun 27th Swansea Theatre Scandal Jul 4th Yours Faithfully Jul 11th The Dark Horse Jul 18th Serious Charge Jul 25th A Bed For Two Aug 1st Bed, Board And Romance Aug 8th Granite Aug 15th Manor Of Northstead Aug 22nd Witness For The Prosecution Aug 29th Third Party Risk Sep 5th Intimate Relations Sep 12th Alibi Sep 19th Lord Arthur Saville’s crimes Sep 26th I Am A Camera Oct 3rd The Rotters Oct 10th The Fall Of The Sparrow Oct 17th The Ticking Clock Oct 24th Jane Eyre Oct 31st The Squall Nov 7th Peril At End House Nov 14th Poor Dad Nov 21st I’ve Been Here Before Nov 28th On Approval Dec 5th The Four Poster Dec 12th |
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1956 It’s a Small World Feb13th With the Harry Hanson Court Players Life Begins At fifty Feb 20th The Golden Earring Feb 27th Smith Mar 5th Love On The Never- Children Of Wrath Mar 19th Widows Mite Mar 26th Mad About Men Apr 2nd Sabrina Fair Apr 9th Lady Look Behind You Apr 16th Friendly Relations Apr 23rd Desire In The Night Apr 30th Blackmail May 7th I Hold You Prisoner May 14th Jackie May 21st Wuthering Heights May 28th Autumn Crocus Jun 4th Holiday For Simon Jun 11th Ten Green Bottles Jun 18th The Age Of Indiscretion Jun 25th The Shining Hour Jul 2nd Draw The Blinds Slowly Jul 9th Daughter Of My House Jul 16th September Tide Jul 23rd Black Chiffon Jul 30th Reluctant heroes Aug 6th The Shadow Of Doubt Aug 13th The Tender Trap Aug 20th Dead On Nine Sep 3rd All For Mary Sep 10th Mrs Moonlight Sep 17th Doctor Morelle Sep 24th The Love Match Oct 1st Doctor Angelus Oct 8th Spider’s Web Oct 15th My Three Angels Oct 22nd The Whole Truth Oct 29th Death Of A Rat Nov 5th William Moore Love In A Mist Nov 12th Indoor Sort Nov 19th Nobody’s Fool Nov 26th Nightmare Dec 3rd The Moon Is Blue Dec 10th |
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1957 We Proudly Present Feb 4th The beginning of the John Chilvers Era This first play starred Tom Bell, Rosamunde Hartley, Elaine Mitchell, Daphne Wetton and James Beattie Ten Little Niggers Feb 11th Trespass Feb 18th No Escape Feb 25th The Facts Of Life Mar 4th Freddie Lees first appearance at the Grand No Trees In The Street Mar 11th Hip Hip Hooray Circus Mar 18th Belle Of New York Mar 25th Swansea Amateur Operatic Society Disc Doubles Apr 1st Welsh Drama Festival Apr 8th Pick Of The Town Apr15th Four Jones Boys Apr 22nd Girls In Cellophane Apr 29th The Bed May 6th Legs That Thrill May 13th Ballet Rambert May 20th Murder On The Nile May 27th Master Of Arts Jun 3rd South Sea Bubble Jun 10th Ring For Catty Jun 17th Reluctant Debutante Jun 24th Strange Request Jul 1st Waters Of The Moon Jul 8th Book Of The Month Jul 15th A Man About The House Jul 22nd Waiting For Gillian Jul 29th Tabitha Aug 5th The Man Aug 12th Mr Kettle And Mrs Moon Aug 19th Black Coffee Aug 26th Dance Of Death Sep 2nd Touch Of Fear Sep 9th Plaintiff In A Pretty Hat Sep 16th Doctor In The house Sep 23rd Double Image Sep 30th Breakfast In Bed Oct 7th Wind Of Heaven Oct 14th A likely Tale Oct 21st Murder When Necessary Oct 28th Welsh National Opera Nov 4th Look Back In Anger Nov 11th The Opium Eaters Nov 18th Our Dear Delinquents Nov 25th A Picture Of Autumn Dec 2nd Bell, Book And Candle Dec 9th |
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1958 After the Pantomime “Cinderella” starring Des O’Connor finished on February 8th,
it was announced by the Manager, Ewert Evers that the Grand would have to close,
ironically barely a year earlier the same man announced that the Empire (where he
was then the manager) would close, luckily the Grand was saved and re- The House By The Lake Mar 3rd With Tom Bell, Freddie Lees, Margaret John and Joanna Field Cosh Boy Mar 10th Oklahoma Mar 17th Swansea Amateur Operatic Society The Diary Of Anne Frank Mar 24th The Rainmaker Mar 31st This Happy Home Apr 7th Summer Of Apr 14th The Seventeenth Doll Silver Wedding Apr 21st Subway In The Sky Apr 28th Separate Tables May 5th Wanted, One Body May 12th For Pete’s Sake May 19th Towards Zero May 26th Johnny Belinda Jun 2nd Night Of The Fourth Jun 9th Nude With Violin Jun 16th The Shadow Between Jun 23rd Picnic Jun 30th Paddle Your Own Canoe Jul 7th The Food Of Love Jul 14th A Hatful Of Rain Jul 21st Hippo Dancing Jul 28th Dry Rot Aug 4th The Chalk Garden Aug 11th Sailor Beware Aug 18th Beth Aug 25th Something To Hide Sep 1st The Little Foxes Sep 8th Mrs Gibbon’s Boys Sep 15th Murder At The Vicarage Sep 22nd The Bride And Sep 29th And The Batchelor Variations On A Theme Oct 6th The Lovebirds Oct 13th Time Murderer Please Oct 20th Welsh Drama Week Oct 27th Wythnos Y Ddrama Gymraeg 1958 Dear Delinquent Nov 3rd Family On Trial Nov 10th Three Way Switch Nov 17th The Bad Seed Nov 24th A Touch Of The Sun Dec 1st Mist Over The Mistletoe Dec 8th |
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1959 Dancing Years Mar 9th Swansea Amateur Operatic Society Films were shown from March- and for two weeks in May Welsh National Opera Die Fledermaus Apr 13,18th Rigoletto Apr 14th I Lombardi Apr 15th Cavalleria Rusticana & Apr 16,18th I Pagliacci Nabucco Apr 17th The Tunnel Of Love May 18th Speaking Of Murder May 25th George Dillon Jun 1st Verdict Jun 8th Ride A Cock Horse Jun 15th Flowering Cherry Jun 22nd Gigi Jun 29th By A Hand Unknown Jul 6th A View From A Bridge Jul 13th The Hollow Jul 20th The Gentle Savage July 27th You, Too Can Have Aug 3rd A Body Tea And Sympathy Aug 10th Breakout Aug 17th Bus Stop Aug 24th Breath Of Spring Aug 31st Murder On Arrival Sep 7th The Open Cage Sep 14th Friends And Neighbours Sep 21st How Say you? Sep 28th The Telescope Oct 5th Caught Napping Oct 12th The Light Of Heart Oct 19th Not In The Book Oct 26th The Love Match Nov 2nd The Ten Commandments Nov 9th Welsh Drama Festival Nov 16th Films shown from 23rd November – 12th December |
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1960 Films shown from February – May except SAOS w/s 21st March Hit The Deck Mar 21st Swansea Amateur Operatic Society The Unexpected Guest May 23rd Guilt And Gingerbread May 30th The French Mistress Jun 6th The Sound Of Murder Jun 13th Power Without Glory Jun 20th The Grass Is Greener Jun 27th Films shown first two weeks in July Loves A Luxury Jul 4th Five Finger Exercise Jul 11th The Pleasure Of His Company Jul 18th Murder At Midnight Jul 25th Basinful Of The Briny Aug 1st Roar Like A Dove Aug 8th Spider’s Web Aug 15th The Corn Is Green Aug 22nd High Temperature Aug 29th And Suddenly It’s Spring Sep 5th The Chinese Bungalow Sep 12th This Thing Called Love Sep 19th A Shred Of Evidence Sep 26th Rookery Nook Oct 3rd The Circle Oct 10th The Complaisant Lover Oct 17th Key Of The Door Oct 24th See How They Run Oct 31st Love From A Stranger Nov 14th A Taste Of Honey Nov 21st Murder At Quay Cottage Nov 28th Charley’s Aunt Dec 5th |
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