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Winners of the HOWARD DE-WALDEN CUP 2018 Woking College Theatre The Bridge Photo by Walter Hampson 2018 The Players’ Theatre - The Bridge 2016 The Unknown Outcasts - Contractions 2015 Kirkintilloch Players - Her Slightest Touch 2014 Fintry Amateur Dramatic Society-Victor's Dung 2013 Troupers - A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Act 1 2012 Kirkton Players In The Blinking Of An Eye 2011 Tryst Theatre Club Act 1 2010 Lurig Drama Group - Melody 2009 Kirkton Players - Two 2008 Stewarton Drama Group - One Good Beating 2007 Total Arts Community Theatre - Find Me 2006 Holywood Players - The Invisible Man 2005 Another Theatre Company - After Liverpool 2004 The Young Theatre (at Beaconsfield) - Ball Boys 2003 Kirkton Players - The Steamie 2002 Kirkton Players - Bouncers 2001 Wick Players - Bench at the Edge 2000 Runnymede Drama Group - Lear's Daughters 1999 Kirkton Players - The Dumb Waiter 1998 Wick Players - Lone Star 1997 Kirkintillock Players - The Dancing Fusilier 1996 Barn Theatre – Plaza Suite Act 3 1995 Dewsbury Arts Group - The Last Yankee 1994 Reigate Amateur Theatrical Society - Ball Boys 1993Dunaverty Players - A Slight Ache 1992 Castaway, - Aberystwyth - After Liverpool 1991 Bangor Drama Club - The Donahue Sisters 1990 Headley Players – Bristol - Bouncers 1989 East Essex Players - Day of the Dog 1988 Paisley Old Grammarians - The Birthday Party 1987 Heath Players – Surrey - Private Lives Act 2 1986 Players Theatre - The Forced Marriage 1985 Riverside Players - Skirmishes 1984 Bangor Drama Club - Winners 1983 Bournemouth Little Theatre Club - Little Eyolf 1982 Players Theatre - Sganarelle 1981 Harodian Theatre - Playing with Fire 1980 Paisley Old Grammarians - The Brute 1979 Tryst Theatre - Equus (Act 1) 1978 Extension Theatre Co- Lessons to Be Learned 1977 Players Theatre - After I'm Gone 1976 Flemish Players – Ballymena - No Why? 1975 Maidenhead Players (CC) - Was He Anyone? 1974 Clarence Players - Doreen 1973 Claverley - The Miracle Worker 1972 Wye Players – Hereford - Trevor 1971 Wye Players - How's the World Treating You? 1970 Greenock Players - A Shilling for the Beadle 1969 Pontinlanfraith W.I. - The Nine Fathers 1968 Paisley Old Grammarians - The Proposal 1967 Stirling ADC - The Birthday Party 1966 The George Square Players - The Long Christmas Dinner 1965 Edinburgh Graduate Theatre- Getting & Spending 1964 Llyn Safaddan Players - They Simply Fade Away 1963 Belfast DC - Heaven is an Island 1962 Greenock Players - Tail Piece 1961 Oxford House Players - God is My Mountain 1960 St. Dunstans Players - In the Zone 1959 Belfast Drama Circle - Liberation 1958 Edinburgh Peoples Theatre - Who Loves Moraig Act 1 1957 GrangeTown Boys Club D.G. - Sordid Story 1956 Greenock Players - The Reve's Tale 1955 Llyn Safaddon Players - Davy Jones' Dinner 1954 Octave Theatre Club - The Wedding Morning 1953 The Barrhead Players Club - The Masterful Wife 1952 Sutton Amateur D.S - The Heiress Act 2 1951 The Barrhead Players Club - Displaced Persons 1950 West Hertfordshire Players Club - The Proposal 1949 Birmingham International Centre - Pullman Car Hiawatha 1948 Little Theatre – Aberdare - Birds of a Feather 1947 Newpoint Civil Defence D.S. - Jephthah's Daughter 1946 No festival. 1945 No festival. 1944 No festival. 1943 No festival. 1942 No festival. 1941 No festival. 1940 No festival. 1939 Unity Theatre Club - Plant in the Sun 1938 Midlands Bank D.S. - Count Albany 1937 Newcastle Central Y.W.C.A. - The Willing Spirit 1936 Abbey Players – Abingdon - The Spartan Girl 1935 Welwyn Thalians - Not This Man 1934 Bar & Stroud D.S. - What Every Woman Knows (Act 1) 1933 Birkenhead Institute Old Boys D.S. -The Road of Poplars 1932 Players Club Beaconsfield - On the High Road 1931 Falkirk High School F.P. - Ardvorlich's Wife 1930 Hampstead Play & Pageant Union

Winners of the GEOFFREY WHITWORTH TROPHY 2024 Louis Wharton - These Four Walls 2023 Tony Domaille - Even Numbers 2022 Tony Domaille - Normal For 2021 Cancelled (Covid) 2020 Liam Alexandru - Late Night Fish 2019 Keith Burton A Penny For Them 2018 Susan Pierce - A Tiding of Magpies 2017 Susan Pierce - Moles & the Habits of Birds 2016 Toby Rome - The Arrangement 2015 Les Clarke - I'm Still the Same Person Inside 2014 Mike Tibbetts - Room 342 2013 James Phillips - with Silencing the Lambs 2012 Barbara Crass - with Conkers 2011 Les Clarke - with Sinking 2010 Brenda Read - with Cuffed 2009 Gyptha Lodge - with The Funeral of Macie Loverett 2008 Chris Adams - with Popper 2007 Les Clarke - with The People That Live in Boxes 2006 James Gillingham - with Sliced 2005 Sheryle Criswell - A day in the life of Eleanor Duncan 2004 Richard Macaulay - with New Place & Time 2003 Richard Macaulay - with The Audition 2002 Richard Macaulay - with After The Dream 2001 Phil Nash - with The Gorkystrain 2000 Kathy Mead - with Reconing 1999 Mike Tibbetts - with Talent for Giving 1998 Neil Rhodes - with Gear Knobs & Dip Sticks 1997 Mike Tibbetts - with The Dancing Fusilier 1996 Brian Williams - with P.V.S. 1995 Julie Hinchliffe - with Payment in Full 1994 Brian Williams - with Rush to Judgement 1993 Brian Williams - with A Great Bunch of Lads 1992 Philip De Glanville - with Lucy K 1991 Alan Richardson - with Perfect Partners 1990 No information 1989 No information 1988 Martin Davies - with Moon Set Over Zeron 1987 Gillian Plowman - with The Wooden Pear 1986 Frances M Hendry - with Lovin' Kindness 1985 David Campton - with Mrs Meadowsweet 1984 George Brockhill - with Nudes in Waning Light 1983 Charles Mander - with Shop for Charity 1982 Margaret Wood - with Martred Wives 1981 Iain McLean - with Wind 1980 Charles Mander - with Monmouth 1979 No information 1978 David Campton - with After Midnight Before Dawn 1977 No information 1976 Margaret Wood - with A Moving Story 1975 David Campton - with Everybody's Friend 1974 Hobsons Joyce - with Charles F. Jeffrey 1973 Margaret Wood - with Welsh Elders 1972 Margaret Wood - with Top Table 1971 Donald R. Rawe - with A Skeleton in the Cupboard 1970 Burness Bunn - with Wheal Judas 1969 D.J. Roberts - with The Hobby Horse 1968 Margaret Wood - with The Double - Dealers 1967 D.J.Roberts - with The Umbrella God 1966 Charles Mander - with The Deterrent 1965 Jessica Fraser - with The Bodenham Romp 1964 G.H.W.Goodman - with Dear Descendant 1963 Charles Mander - with You Ain't Going Nowhere 1962 Margaret Wood - with Day of Atonement 1961 Sybil Hollingdrake - with God is my Mountain 1960 Gwyn Clark - with Going out, is it 1959 Sidney Carver - with Royal Adventurer 1958 Peter S. Preston - with The Tricolor Suite 1957 T.C.Thomas - with Davy Jones's Clock 1956 Seamus Fail - with The Devil His Due 1955 T.C.Thomas - with Davy Jones' Dinner 1954 T.C.Thomas - with Davy Jones's Locker 1953 Peter S. Preston - with Myself a Traitor 1952 John Langley - with Eight Times Christopher 1951 B.M.Clegg - The Appletree, the Singing and the Gold

Winners of the HOWARD DE-WALDEN CUP 2019 Education, Education, Education P 2017 Total Arts Community Theatre - Lear’s Daughters 2016 The Unknown Outcasts - Contractions 2015 Kirkintilloch Players - Her Slightest Touch 2014 Fintry Amateur Dramatic Society-Victor's Dung 2013 Troupers - A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Act 1 2012 Kirkton Players In The Blinking Of An Eye 2011 Tryst Theatre Club Act 1 2010 Lurig Drama Group - Melody 2009 Kirkton Players - Two 2008 Stewarton Drama Group - One Good Beating 2007 Total Arts Community Theatre - Find Me 2006 Holywood Players - The Invisible Man 2005 Another Theatre Company - After Liverpool 2004 The Young Theatre (at Beaconsfield) - Ball Boys 2003 Kirkton Players - The Steamie 2002 Kirkton Players - Bouncers 2001 Wick Players - Bench at the Edge 2000 Runnymede Drama Group - Lear's Daughters 1999 Kirkton Players - The Dumb Waiter 1998 Wick Players - Lone Star 1997 Kirkintillock Players - The Dancing Fusilier 1996 Barn Theatre – Plaza Suite Act 3 1995 Dewsbury Arts Group - The Last Yankee 1994 Reigate Amateur Theatrical Society - Ball Boys 1993Dunaverty Players - A Slight Ache 1992 Castaway, - Aberystwyth - After Liverpool 1991 Bangor Drama Club - The Donahue Sisters 1990 Headley Players – Bristol - Bouncers 1989 East Essex Players - Day of the Dog 1988 Paisley Old Grammarians - The Birthday Party 1987 Heath Players – Surrey - Private Lives Act 2 1986 Players Theatre - The Forced Marriage 1985 Riverside Players - Skirmishes 1984 Bangor Drama Club - Winners 1983 Bournemouth Little Theatre Club - Little Eyolf 1982 Players Theatre - Sganarelle 1981 Harodian Theatre - Playing with Fire 1980 Paisley Old Grammarians - The Brute 1979 Tryst Theatre - Equus (Act 1) 1978 Extension Theatre Co- Lessons to Be Learned 1977 Players Theatre - After I'm Gone 1976 Flemish Players – Ballymena - No Why? 1975 Maidenhead Players (CC) - Was He Anyone? 1974 Clarence Players - Doreen 1973 Claverley - The Miracle Worker 1972 Wye Players – Hereford - Trevor 1971 Wye Players - How's the World Treating You? 1970 Greenock Players - A Shilling for the Beadle 1969 Pontinlanfraith W.I. - The Nine Fathers 1968 Paisley Old Grammarians - The Proposal 1967 Stirling ADC - The Birthday Party 1966 The George Square Players - The Long Christmas Dinner 1965 Edinburgh Graduate Theatre- Getting & Spending 1964 Llyn Safaddan Players - They Simply Fade Away 1963 Belfast DC - Heaven is an Island 1962 Greenock Players - Tail Piece 1961 Oxford House Players - God is My Mountain 1960 St. Dunstans Players - In the Zone 1959 Belfast Drama Circle - Liberation 1958 Edinburgh Peoples Theatre - Who Loves Moraig Act 1 1957 GrangeTown Boys Club D.G. - Sordid Story 1956 Greenock Players - The Reve's Tale 1955 Llyn Safaddon Players - Davy Jones' Dinner 1954 Octave Theatre Club - The Wedding Morning 1953 The Barrhead Players Club - The Masterful Wife 1952 Sutton Amateur D.S - The Heiress Act 2 1951 The Barrhead Players Club - Displaced Persons 1950 West Hertfordshire Players Club - The Proposal 1949 Birmingham International Centre - Pullman Car Hiawatha 1948 Little Theatre – Aberdare - Birds of a Feather 1947 Newpoint Civil Defence D.S. - Jephthah's Daughter 1940-1946 1939 Unity Theatre Club - Plant in the Sun 1938 Midlands Bank D.S. - Count Albany 1937 Newcastle Central Y.W.C.A. - The Willing Spirit 1936 Abbey Players – Abingdon - The Spartan Girl 1935 Welwyn Thalians - Not This Man 1934 Bar & Stroud D.S. - What Every Woman Knows (Act 1) 1933 Birkenhead Institute Old Boys D.S. -The Road of Poplars 1932 Players Club Beaconsfield - On the High Road 1931 Falkirk High School F.P. - Ardvorlich's Wife 1930 Hampstead Play & Pageant Union

2 022 Total Arts Community Theatre - Metamorphoses 2021 Cancelled (Covid) 2020 Cancelled (Covid) 2019 Woking College Theatre Co - Education,Education, Education 2018 The Players’ Theatre - The Bridge 2017 Total Arts Community Theatre - Lear’s Daughters 2016 The Unknown Outcasts - Contractions 2015 Kirkintilloch Players - Her Slightest Touch 2014 Fintry Amateur Dramatic Society-Victor's Dung 2013 Troupers - A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Act 1 2012 Kirkton Players In The Blinking Of An Eye 2011 Tryst Theatre Club Act 1 2010 Lurig Drama Group - Melody 2009 Kirkton Players - Two 2008 Stewarton Drama Group - One Good Beating 2007 Total Arts Community Theatre - Find Me 2006 Holywood Players - The Invisible Man 2005 Another Theatre Company - After Liverpool 2004 The Young Theatre (at Beaconsfield) - Ball Boys 2003 Kirkton Players - The Steamie 2002 Kirkton Players - Bouncers 2001 Wick Players - Bench at the Edge 2000 Runnymede Drama Group - Lear's Daughters 1999 Kirkton Players - The Dumb Waiter 1998 Wick Players - Lone Star 1997 Kirkintillock Players - The Dancing Fusilier 1996 Barn Theatre – Plaza Suite Act 3 1995 Dewsbury Arts Group - The Last Yankee 1994 Reigate Amateur Theatrical Society - Ball Boys 1993Dunaverty Players - A Slight Ache 1992 Castaway, - Aberystwyth - After Liverpool 1991 Bangor Drama Club - The Donahue Sisters 1990 Headley Players – Bristol - Bouncers 1989 East Essex Players - Day of the Dog 1988 Paisley Old Grammarians - The Birthday Party 1987 Heath Players – Surrey - Private Lives Act 2 1986 Players Theatre - The Forced Marriage 1985 Riverside Players - Skirmishes 1984 Bangor Drama Club - Winners 1983 Bournemouth Little Theatre Club - Little Eyolf 1982 Players Theatre - Sganarelle 1981 Harodian Theatre - Playing with Fire 1980 Paisley Old Grammarians - The Brute 1979 Tryst Theatre - Equus (Act 1) 1978 Extension Theatre Co- Lessons to Be Learned 1977 Players Theatre - After I'm Gone 1976 Flemish Players – Ballymena - No Why? 1975 Maidenhead Players (CC) - Was He Anyone? 1974 Clarence Players - Doreen 1973 Claverley - The Miracle Worker 1972 Wye Players – Hereford - Trevor 1971 Wye Players - How's the World Treating You? 1970 Greenock Players - A Shilling for the Beadle 1969 Pontinlanfraith W.I. - The Nine Fathers 1968 Paisley Old Grammarians - The Proposal 1967 Stirling ADC - The Birthday Party 1966 The George Square Players - The Long Christmas Dinner 1965 Edinburgh Graduate Theatre- Getting & Spending 1964 Llyn Safaddan Players - They Simply Fade Away 1963 Belfast DC - Heaven is an Island 1962 Greenock Players - Tail Piece 1961 Oxford House Players - God is My Mountain 1960 St. Dunstans Players - In the Zone 1959 Belfast Drama Circle - Liberation 1958 Edinburgh Peoples Theatre - Who Loves Moraig Act 1 1957 GrangeTown Boys Club D.G. - Sordid Story 1956 Greenock Players - The Reve's Tale 1955 Llyn Safaddon Players - Davy Jones' Dinner 1954 Octave Theatre Club - The Wedding Morning 1953 The Barrhead Players Club - The Masterful Wife 1952 Sutton Amateur D.S - The Heiress Act 2 1951 The Barrhead Players Club - Displaced Persons 1950 West Hertfordshire Players Club - The Proposal 1949 Birmingham International Centre - Pullman Car Hiawatha 1948 Little Theatre – Aberdare - Birds of a Feather 1947 Newpoint Civil Defence D.S. - Jephthah's Daughter 1940-1946 No Festival 1939 Unity Theatre Club - Plant in the Sun 1938 Midlands Bank D.S. - Count Albany 1937 Newcastle Central Y.W.C.A. - The Willing Spirit 1936 Abbey Players – Abingdon - The Spartan Girl 1935 Welwyn Thalians - Not This Man 1934 Bar & Stroud D.S. - What Every Woman Knows (Act 1) 1933 Birkenhead Institute Old Boys D.S. -The Road of Poplars 1932 Players Club Beaconsfield - On the High Road 1931 Falkirk High School F.P. - Ardvorlich's Wife 1930 Hampstead Play & Pageant Union

Winners of the HOWARD DE WALDEN CUP

2023

Total Arts Community Theatre - A Sudden Violent Outburst of Rain

2024 Total Arts Community Theatre The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man