Winners

From previous British Finals including Geoffrey Whitworth Playwriting Trophy

Competition

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Search and filter past winners of the British Final and the Geoffrey Whitworth award.

2025	Geoffrey Whitworth			I Know a Place	Tony Domaille
2025	British Final	England	Nantwich Players	Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons	Sam Steiner
2024	Geoffrey Whitworth			These Four Walls	Louis Wharton
2024	British Final	England	TACT	The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man	Tom Wright
2023	Geoffrey Whitworth			Even Numbers	Tony Domaille
2023	British Final	England	Total Arts Community Theatre	A Sudden Violent Outburst of Rain	Sami Ibrahim
2022	British Final	England	Total Arts Community Theatre	Metamorphoses	Mary Zimmerman
2022	Geoffrey Whitworth			Normal For	Tony Domaille
2020	Geoffrey Whitworth			Late Night Fish	Liam Alexandru
2019	Geoffrey Whitworth			A Penny For Them	Keith Burton
2019	British Final	England		Edcuation, Education, Education	The Wardrobe Ensemble
2018	Geoffrey Whitworth			A Tiding of Magpies	Susan Pierce
2018	British Final	Wales	The Players’ Theatre	The Bridge	Gabe Torrens
2017	Geoffrey Whitworth			Moles & the Habits of Birds	Susan Pierce
2017	British Final	England	Total Arts Community Theatre	Lear’s Daughters	Elaine Feinstein & The Women's Theatre Workshop
2016	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Arrangement	Toby Rome
2016	British Final		The Unknown Outcasts	Contractions	Mike Bartlett
2015	Geoffrey Whitworth			I'm Still the Same Person Inside	Les Clarke
2015	British Final	Scotland	Kirkintilloch Players	Her Slightest Touch	Torben Betts
2014	Geoffrey Whitworth			Room 342	Mike Tibbetts
2014	British Final	Scotland	Fintry Amateur Dramatic Society	Victor's Dung	Seamus O'Rourke
2013	Geoffrey Whitworth			Silencing the Lambs	James Phillips
2013	British Final	England	Troupers	A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Act 1	Peter Nichols
2012	Geoffrey Whitworth			Conkers	Barbara Crass
2012	British Final	Scotland	Kirkton Players	In The Blinking Of An Eye	Jeremy Hylton Davies
2011	Geoffrey Whitworth			Sinking	Les Clarke
2011	British Final	Scotland	Tryst Theatre Club	Act 1	Yasmina Reza
2010	Geoffrey Whitworth			Cuffed	Brenda Read
2010	British Final	N. Ireland	Lurig Drama Group	Melody	Deirdre Kinahan
2009	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Funeral of Macie Loverett	Gyptha Lodge
2009	British Final	Scotland	Kirkton Players	Two	Jim Cartwright
2008	Geoffrey Whitworth			Popper	Chris Adams
2008	British Final	Scotland	Stewarton Drama Group	One Good Beating	Linda McLean
2007	Geoffrey Whitworth			The People That Live in Boxes	Les Clarke
2007	British Final	England	Total Arts Community Theatre	Find Me	Olwen Wymark
2006	Geoffrey Whitworth			Sliced	James Gillingham
2006	British Final	N. Ireland	Holywood Players	The Invisible Man	Jennifer Johnston
2005	Geoffrey Whitworth			A Day in the Life of Eleanor Duncan	Sheryle Criswell
2005	British Final		Another Theatre Company	After Liverpool	James Saunders
2004	Geoffrey Whitworth			New Place & Time	Richard Macaulay
2004	British Final	England	The Young Theatre (at Beaconsfield)	Ball Boys	David Edgar
2003	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Audition	Richard Macaulay
2003	British Final	Scotland	Kirkton Players	The Steamie	Tony Roper
2002	Geoffrey Whitworth			After The Dream	Richard Macaulay
2002	British Final	Scotland	Kirkton Players	Bouncers	John Godber
2001	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Gorkystrain	Phil Nash
2001	British Final	Scotland	Wick Players	A Bench at the Edge	Luigi Jannuzi
2000	Geoffrey Whitworth			Reconing	Kathy Mead
2000	British Final	England	Runnymede Drama Group	Lear's Daughters	Elaine Feinstein & The Women's Theatre Workshop
1999	Geoffrey Whitworth			Talent for Giving	Mike Tibbetts
1999	British Final	Scotland	Kirkton Players	The Dumb Waiter	Harold Pinter
1998	Geoffrey Whitworth			Gear Knobs & Dip Sticks	Neil Rhodes
1998	British Final	Scotland	Wick Players	Lone Star	James McLure
1997	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Dancing Fusilier	Mike Tibbetts
1997	British Final	Scotland	Kirkintilloch Players	The Dancing Fusilier	Mike Tibbetts
1996	Geoffrey Whitworth			P.V.S.	Brian Williams
1996	British Final	England	Barn Theatre Club	– Plaza Suite Act 3	Neil Simon
1995	Geoffrey Whitworth			Payment in Full	Julie Hinchliffe
1995	British Final	England	Dewsbury Arts Group	The Last Yankee	Arthur Miller
1994	Geoffrey Whitworth			Rush to Judgement	Brian Williams
1994	British Final	England	Reigate Amateur Theatrical Society	Ball Boys	David Edgar
1993	Geoffrey Whitworth			A Great Bunch of Lads	Brian Williams
1993	British Final	Scotland	Dunaverty Players	A Slight Ache	Harold Pinter
1992	Geoffrey Whitworth			Lucy K	Philip De Glanville
1992	British Final	Wales	Castaway, Aberystwyth	After Liverpool	James Saunders
1991	Geoffrey Whitworth			Perfect Partners	Alan Richardson
1991	British Final	N. Ireland	Bangor Drama Club	The Donahue Sisters	Geraldine Aron
1990	British Final	England	Thee Headley Players, Bristol	Bouncers	John Godber
1989	British Final	England	East Essex Players	Day of the Dog	Graham Swannell
1988	Geoffrey Whitworth			Moon Set Over Zeron	Martin Davies
1988	British Final	Scotland	Paisley Old Grammarians	The Birthday Party	Harold Pinter
1987	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Wooden Pear	Gillian Plowman
1987	British Final	England	Heath Players, Surrey	Private Lives Act 2	Noel Coward
1986	Geoffrey Whitworth			Lovin' Kindness	Frances M. Hendry
1986	British Final	England	The Players' Theatre, Gelligaer	The Forced Marriage	Moliere
1985	Geoffrey Whitworth			Mrs Meadowsweet	David Campton
1985	British Final	England	Riverside Players	Skirmishes	Catherine Hayes
1984	Geoffrey Whitworth			Nudes in Waning Light	George Brockhill
1984	British Final	N. Ireland	Bangor Drama Club	Winners	Brian Friel
1983	Geoffrey Whitworth			Shop for Charity	Charles Mander
1983	British Final	England	Bournemouth Little Theatre Club	Little Eyolf	Henrik Ibsen
1982	Geoffrey Whitworth			Martred Wives	Margaret Wood
1982	British Final	England	The Players' Theatre, Gelligaer	Sganarelle	Moliere
1981	Geoffrey Whitworth			Wind	Iain McLean
1981	British Final	England	Harrodian Theatre Company	Playing with Fire	Barbara Field
1980	Geoffrey Whitworth			Monmouth	Charles Mander
1980	British Final	Scotland	Paisley Old Grammarians ADS	The Brute	Anton Chekhov
1979	British Final	Scotland	Tryst Theatre, Falkirk	Equus (Act 1)	Peter Shaffer
1978	Geoffrey Whitworth			After Midnight Before Dawn	David Campton
1978	British Final		Extension Theatre Co	Lessons to Be Learned	Dave Lodge
1977	British Final	England	The Players' Theatre, Gelligaer	After I'm Gone	Frank Vickery
1976	Geoffrey Whitworth			A Moving Story	Margaret Wood
1976	British Final	N. Ireland	Slemish Players, Ballymena	No Why
1975	Geoffrey Whitworth			Everybody's Friend	David Campton
1975	British Final	England	Maidenhead Players (Christian Council)	Was He Anyone?	N. F. Simpson
1974	Geoffrey Whitworth			Charles F. Jeffrey	Hobsons Joyce
1974	British Final	N. Ireland	Clarence Players	Doreen
1973	Geoffrey Whitworth			Welsh Elders	Margaret Wood
1973	British Final	England	Claverley Players	The Miracle Worker	William Gibson
1972	Geoffrey Whitworth			Top Table	Margaret Wood
1972	British Final	England	Wye Players, Hereford	Trevor
1971	Geoffrey Whitworth			A Skeleton in the Cupboard	Donald R. Rawe
1971	British Final	England	Wye Players	How's the World Treating You?	Roger Milner
1970	Geoffrey Whitworth			Wheal Judas	Burness Bunn
1970	British Final	Scotland	Greenock Players	A Shilling for the Beadle	James Scotland
1969	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Hobby Horse	D. J. Roberts
1969	British Final	Wales	Pontllanfraith W.I.	The Nine Fathers	Leslie Bonnet
1968	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Double-Dealers	Margaret Wood
1968	British Final	Scotland	Paisley Old Grammarians ADS	The Proposal	Anton Chekhov
1967	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Umbrella God	D. J. Roberts
1967	British Final	Scotland	Stirling Amateur Dramatic Club	The Birthday Party	Harold Pinter
1966	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Deterrent	Charles Mander
1966	British Final	Scotland	The George Square Players	The Long Christmas Dinner	Thornton Wilder
1965	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Bodenham Romp	Jessica Fraser
1965	British Final	Scotland	Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group	Getting & Spending	Michael J. Chepiga
1964	Geoffrey Whitworth			Dear Descendant	G. H. W. Goodman
1964	British Final	Wales	Llyn Safaddan Players	They Simply Fade Away	T.C. Thomas
1963	Geoffrey Whitworth			You Ain't Going Nowhere	Charles Mander
1963	British Final	N. Ireland	Belfast Drama Circle	Heaven is an Island
1962	Geoffrey Whitworth			Day of Atonement	Margaret Wood
1962	British Final	Scotland	Greenock Players	Tail Piece
1961	Geoffrey Whitworth			God is my Mountain	Sybil Hollingdrake
1961	British Final	England	Oxford House Players	God is My Mountain	Sybil Hollingdrake
1960	Geoffrey Whitworth			Going out, is it	Gwyn Clark
1960	British Final	England	St. Dunstan's Players, Bristol	In the Zone
1959	Geoffrey Whitworth			Royal Adventurer	Sidney Carver
1959	British Final	N. Ireland	Belfast Drama Circle	Liberation
1958	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Tricolor Suite	Peter S. Preston
1958	British Final	Scotland	Edinburgh People's Theatre	Who Loves Moraig (Act 1)	Jack Ronder
1957	Geoffrey Whitworth			Davy Jones' Clock	T. C. Thomas
1957	British Final	Wales	Grangetown Boys Club D.G.	Sordid Story	J.A.S Coppard
1956	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Devil His Due	Seamus Fail
1956	British Final	Scotland	Greenock Players	The Reeves Tale
1955	Geoffrey Whitworth			Davy Jones' Dinner	T. C. Thomas
1955	British Final	Wales	Llyn Safaddon Players	Davy Jones' Dinner	T. C. Thomas
1954	Geoffrey Whitworth			Davy Jones's Locker	T. C. Thomas
1954	British Final		Octave Theatre Club, Northwood	The Wedding Morning
1953	Geoffrey Whitworth			Myself a Traitor	Peter S. Preston
1953	British Final	Scotland	The Barrhead Players Club	The Masterful Wife
1952	Geoffrey Whitworth			Eight Times Christopher	John Langley
1952	British Final	England	Sutton Amateur D.S.	The Heiress (Act 2)	Ruth & Augustus Goetz
1951	Geoffrey Whitworth			The Appletree, the Singing and the Gold	B. M. Clegg
1951	British Final	Scotland	The Barrhead Players Club	Displaced Persons	Elizabeth Milne
1950	British Final	England	West Hertfordshire Players Club	The Proposal	Anton Chekhov
1949	British Final	England	Birmingham International Centre	Pullman Car Hiawatha	Thornton Wilder
1948	British Final	Wales	Little Theatre, Aberdare	Birds of a Feather	Thomas Doran
1947	British Final	N. Ireland	Newpoint Civil Defence Drama Society	Jephthah's Daughter	Elma Levinger
1939	British Final	England	Unity Theatre Club, London	Plant in the Sun	Ben Bengal
1938	British Final	England	Midlands Bank Dramatic Society, London	Count Albany	Donald Carswell
1937	British Final	England	Newcastle Central Y.W.C.A. Drama Club	The Willing Spirit
1936	British Final	England	Guild of Abbey Players, Abingdon	The Spartan Girl
1935	British Final	England	Welwyn Thalians	Not This Man
1934	British Final	Scotland	Barr & Stroud Dramatic Society	What Every Woman Knows (Act 1)
1933	British Final	England	Birkenhead Institute Old Boys Dramatic Society	The Road of Poplars	Vernon Sylvaine
1932	British Final	England	The Players Club, Beaconsfield	On the High Road
1931	British Final	Scotland	Falkirk High School F.P.D.C.	Ardvorlich's Wife	Gordon Bottomley
1930	British Final	England	Hampstead Play & Pageant Union	The Man Who Wouldn't Go To Heaven	F. Sladen-Smith
1929	British Final	England	Liverpool Playgoers	The Devil Among The Skins	Ernest Goodwin
1928	British Final	Scotland	Ardrossan & Saltcoats Players	The Old Lady Shows Her Medals	J.M. Barrie
1927	British Final	England	Welwyn Garden Society	Mr Sampson	John Sherman

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