The Alman Dramatic Club
at The Coach House Theatre, Alloa
The Alman Dramatic Club
at The Coach House Theatre, Alloa
To date, the Alman have given well over 200 plays. Here is our complete performance history.
During the first few years of the club's existence, the members met and read plays but no productions were given.
All titles marked with an asterisk (*) were sketches or short plays rather than one-act or longer presentations.
1. The Hat Shop *
2. Wanderlust *
3. World Without Men *
4. Vitamin ‘X’ *
5. The Black Bun *
6. Green Ink *
7. Vitamin X *
8. Wanderlust *
9. Who Only Stand and Wait *
10. Black-Out Flashes *
11. Variety Entertainments *
12. The Legend *
13. Here Comes The Bride *
14. Life’s A Mixture *
15. Gretna Green *
16. Black-Out Flashes *
17. Variety Entertainments *
18. The Black Bun *
19. In Waltz Time *
20. Gretna Green *
21. Perchance to Dream *
22. Black-Out Flashes *
23. Variety Entertainments *
24. Apple Pie Order *
25. Green Ink *
26. Wedding Bells *
27. In Waltz Time *
28. Life’s A Mixture *
29. John Brown’s Body *
30. Variety Entertainments *
31. No Tears For Henry *
32. The Shadow Passes *
33. The Druid’s Ring *
34. The Ajax Touch *
35. John Brown's Body *
36. Painless Extraction *
37. In Waltz Time *
38. The Wee Motto *
39. Variety Entertainments *
40. Number Ten by Muriel and Sydney Box (Dir. Bessie Proctor)
41. Come Away Death by Rosemary Blair (Premiere)
42. The Wee Motto *
43. Painless Extraction*
44. Dangerous Corner by JB Priestley (Dir. Sandy Kelso)
45. White Queen, Red Queen by TB Morris (Dir. Bessie Proctor)
46. Mr Hunter *
47. Fumed Oak by Noel Coward (Dir. Bessie Proctor)
48. Variety Entertainments *
49. No Fair Tomorrow (Dir. Bessie Proctor)
50. Bride in Samaria (Dir. Bessie Proctor)
51. Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward (Dir. Bessie Proctor)
52. They Move On by Gregory Page (Dir. Bessie Proctor)
53. John Grumlie by Joe Corrie (Dir. Bessie Proctor)
54. Before You Roast Your Beef by TB Morris (Dir. Bessie Proctor)
55. Hangman’s Noose by TM Watson (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
56. Pavane For Mary by TK Morris (Dir. Millicent Arnott)
57. Treasure Hunt by MJ Farrell and John Perry (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
58. The Mistress of Carse by TH Roughhead (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
59. Night On The Hill (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
60. Bright Is The Weaning Moon (Dir. Bessie Proctor)
61. The Paragon by Roland and Michael Pertwee (Dir. Dr J Howrie)
62. On Monday Next by Philip King (Dir. Jim Mathewson)
63. The Ring Game by Leonard de Franquen (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - This was a joint production with other clubs for the SCDA
64. Bessie Bell and Marv Grav by John MS McCabe (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
65. Johnny Cockatoo by George Waddell (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
66. The Wooin' O't *
67. Well Connected * - This was the first production at Inglewood
68. Painless Extraction *
69. Winds For Sale by J Coleman Milton (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
70. Shetland Yarn by Alexander Scott (Dir. Dr J Howrie)
71. Relatives Values by Noel Coward (Dir. Edward Horton)
72. Whaups At Midnight by John MS McCabe (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
73. Shall We Join The Ladies by JM Barrie (Dir. Bessie Proctor)
74. The Friars of Berwick by John MS McCabe (Dir. Dr J Howrie)
75. The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
76. The Carlin Moth by Robert MacLellan (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
77. The Asset by Robert Kemp (Dir. Sandy Smith)
78. An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - This was the first production in the Coach House Theatre
79. White Queen, Red Queen by TB Morris (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
80. The Gowfer and the Widnae by AB Paterson (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
81. Portrait of a Mother by Alfred Emmet and Barbara Hutchison (Dir. Dr J Howrie)
82. Victoria Regina by Laurence Housman (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - This was a joint production with other clubs for the SCDA
83. The Mistress of Carse by TH Roughhead (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - Performed in Alloa Town Hall
84. Boyd’s Shop by St John Irvine (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
85. Seperate Tables by Terence Rattigan (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - Performed in Alloa Town Hall
86. Portrait of a Mother by Alfred Emmet and Barbara Hutchison (Dir. Dr J Howrie) - Performed in Alloa Town Hall
87. The Gowfer and the Widnae by AB Paterson (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - Performed in Alloa Town Hall
88. Sailor Beware by Philip King and Falkland L Cary (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
89. The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - Scottish Premiere
90. The Bower of Wandel by Gordon Bottomly (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - Performed in Alloa Town Hall
91. Drums of Deliverance by Anthony Feist (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - Performed in Alloa Town Hall
92. Angels in Love by Hugh Mills (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
93. Waters of the Moon by NC Hunter (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
94. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
95. The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
96. Someone Waiting by Emlyn Williams (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
97. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
98. Five Finger Exercise by Peter Shatter (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
99. Watch It Sailor by Philip King and Falkland L Cary (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
100. A Question of Fact by Wynyard Browne (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
101. Hotel Paradiso by Georges Feydeau (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
102. The Rainmaker by N Richard Nash (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
103. Hedda Gabbler by Henrick Ibsen (Dir. Jim Mathewson)
104. The Shop At Sly Corner by Edward Percy (Dir. SCDA advisor)
105. Picnic by William Inge (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - Scottish Premiere
106. Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - Scottish Premiere
107. He Was Born Gay by Emlyn Williams (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
108. The Year Of The Hiker by John B. Keane (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - UK Premiere
109. John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
110. The Seven Year Itch by George Axelrod (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
111. The Paragon by Roland and Michael Pertwee (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
112. The Night Of The Iguana by Tennessee Williams (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - Scottish Premiere
113. The Crucible by Arthur Miller (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
114. Barefoot In The Park by Neil Simon (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
115. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
116. The Odd Couple by Neil Simon (Dir. Janet Doran)
117. Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
118. The Man With A Load Of Mischief by Ashley Dukes (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
119. The Public Prosecutor by Fritz Hochwalder (Dir. Janet Doran) - Scottish Premiere
120. Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
121. Philadelphia, Here I Come by Brian Friel (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
122. Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen in a Scottish translation by Graeme Cairns (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
123. Never Too Late by Sumner Arthur Long (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
124. Someone Waiting by Emlyn Williams (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
125. Death Of A Salesman by Arthur Miller (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
126. Not Now Darling by Ray Coony and John Chapman (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
127. The Woman From The Sea in a Scottish translation by Graeme Cairns from Ibsen’s The Lady Of The Sea (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
128. Plaza Suite by Neil Simon (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
129. The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Presson Allen adapted from Muriel Spark’s novel (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
130. Sunday In New York by Norman Krasna (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
131. The Secretary Bird by William Douglas Home (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
132. The Price by Arthur Miller (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
133. Two For The Seesaw by William Gibson (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
134. A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
135. Juno And The Paycock by Sean O'Casey (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
136. Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott (Dir. Mary Wilson)
137. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
138. Relatively Speaking by Alan Ayckbourn (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
139. A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
140. Lloyd George Knew My Father by William Douglas Home (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
141. The Seagull by Anton Chekhov (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
142. Let's All Go Down The Strand by Hugh and Margaret Williams (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
143. Move Over Mrs. Markham by Ray Coony and John Chapman (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
144. I Never Sang For My Father by Robert Anderson (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - Scottish Premiere
145. Bus Stop by William Inge (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
146. Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton revised and adapted into Scots by Graeme Cairns (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
147. All In Good Faith by Roddy MacMillan (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
148. Lovers by Brian Friel (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
149. The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold (Dir. Graeme Cairns and Janet Doran)
150. In Time O' Strife by Joe Corrie (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
151. A View From The Bridge by Arthur Miller (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
152. Deathtrap by Ira Levin (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
153. The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
154. Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - Scottish Premiere
155. Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
156. How The Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
157. The Plough And The Stars by Scan O'Casey (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
158. Pack Of Lies by Hugh Whitemore (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
159. Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose (Dir. Graeme Cairns) - Scottish Premiere
160. Men Should Weep by Ena Lamont Stewart (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
161. The Tempest by William Shakespeare (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
162. Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! by Michael Pertwee (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
163. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
164. The Sash My Father Wore by Hector MacMillan (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
165. Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
166. Accidental Death Of An Anarchist by Dario Fo (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
167. The Gingerbread Lady by Neil Simon (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
168. Richard III by William Shakespeare (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
169. Absent Friends by Alan Ayckbourn (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
170. The Shadow Of A Gunman by Sean O'Casey (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
171. Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
172. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
173. Dancing At Lughnasa by Brian Friel (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
174. Mary Queen Of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off by Liz Lochhead (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
175. Your Turn To Clean The Stairs by Rona Munro (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
176. The Taming Of The Shrew by William Shakespeare (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
177. Can't Pay? Won't Pay! by Dario Fo in a Scottish translation by Graeme Cairns (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
178. Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, adapted by Alastair Cording (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
179. Bold Girls by Rona Munro (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
180. Brighton Reach Memoirs by Neil Simon (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
181. One For The Road by Willy Russell (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
182. The Lion In Winter by James Goldman (Dir. Stephen Ritchie)
183. Cloud Howe by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, adapted by Alastair Cording (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
184. Bouncers by John Godber (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
185. The Killing Of Sister George by Frank Marcus (Dir. Stephen Ritchie)
186. Perfect Days by Liz Lochead (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
187. All My Sons by Arthur Miller (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
188. The Slab Boys by John Byrne (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
189. Long Days Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neil (Dir. Graeme Cairns)
190. Loot by Joe Orton (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
191. Refuge by Janet Paisley (Dir. Alan Graham)
192. Silly Cow by Ben Elton (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
193. Educating Rita by Willy Russell (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
194. Josef by Raymond Ross (Dir. George Marcinkiewicz)
195. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
196. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (Dir. George Marcinkiewicz)
197. Dolly West’s Kitchen by Frank McGuiness (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
198. Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn (Dir. Alan Boyd)
199. The Playboy Of The Western World by J.M.Synge (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
200. The Merchant by William Shakespeare (adapted and directed by Lawrence Gibb)
201. A Tomb With A View by Norman Robbins (Dir. George Marcinkiewicz)
202. The Lie Of The Land by Gerry Docherty (Dir. Gerry Docherty) - Presented at the Devonvale Hall, Tillicoultry
203. Arsenic And Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring (Dir. Lawrence Gibb)
204. Bondagers by Rona Munro (Dir. Richard Mackintosh)
205. The Odd Couple by Neil Simon (Dir. Ian Williams)
206. The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil by John McGrath (Dir. George Marcinkiewcz)
207. How to Giftwrap a Chicken by Rosa Macpherson, George Marcinkiewcz, and Karen Strang (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
208. Dead as a Donut by Alan Boyd (Dir. by Alan Boyd.)
209. Tartuffe by Moliere in a translation by Liz Lochead (Dir. Yvonne Cook)
210. Othello by William Shakespeare (adapted and directed by Gerry Docherty)
211. Cash on Delivery by Ray Cooney (Dir. Ian Williams)
212. M*A*S*H by Peter Jeary adapted from the novel by Richard Hooker (Dir. George Marcinkiewicz and Gerry Docherty)
213a. Sounds Like Heaven (Written and directed by Alan Boyd)
213b. One Night In Banknock (Written and directed by George Marcinkiewicz)
214. Witness For The Prosecution by Agatha Christie (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
215. My Brilliant Divorce by Geraldine Aron (Dir. Ian Williams) - Featured a performance of James Scotland's "Hallowe'en" by Tryst Theatre
216. Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Dir. Lawrence Gibb)
217. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
218a. The Life of Others by Hamish Hutchinson (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
218b. The School Inspector (Written and directed by George Marcinkiewicz)
219. When We Are Married by JB Priestley (Dir. Alan Boyd)
220. The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
221. A Galway Girl by Geraldine Aron (Dir Richard Mackintosh) - Featuring a performance of "God's Official" by Bowhouse Amateur Theatre
222. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (Dir. Clare McHarg)
223. The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan (Dir. Gerry Docherty) - Extended for 5 additional performances due to popular demand
224. The Bakewell Bake Off by The Baking Committee/R&H Theatricals (Dir. George Marcinkiewicz) - The Alman's first full length musical production
225. The Silver Darlings by Neil M. Gunn adapted for the stage by Peter Arnott (Dir. Susan Chown and Gerry Docherty)
226. The Sociable Plover by Tim Whitnall (Dir. Richard Mackintosh)
227. The Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer by Iain Heggie (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
228. The Good Doctor by Neil Simon (Dir. Alan Boyd)
229. The Cemetery Club by Ivan Menchell (Dir. Jim Allan)
230. Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense by David and Robert Goodale (Dir. Gerry Docherty and Senga Awlson)
231. Men Should Weep by Ena Lamont Stewart (Dir. Jim Allan)
JANUARY: Special Appearance by John Stahl in "An Audience With John Stahl"
232. Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward (Dir. Senga Awlson)
233. Riley's Chance by Alan Boyd (Dir. Alan Boyd)
234. The Match by Alan Boyd (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
AUGUST: "The Good Old Days" - Music Hall Variety Fundraiser (Dir. Moira Walker)
235. The Hollow by Agatha Christie (Dir. Senga Awlson)
236. Parking Lot in Pittsburgh by Anne Downie (Dir. Richard Mackintosh)
237. Dracula: Journals of Jonathon Harker by Jim Helsinger (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
238. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens adapted by Senga Awlson and John Stahl (Dir. Senga Awlson)
239. The Pushcart Peddlers by Murray Schisgal (Dir. Jim Allan)
240. The Yalta Game by Brian Friel (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
241. Halcyon Days by Deirdre Kinahan (Dir. Jim Allan)
242. Hamlet by Kenneth Ross (Dir. Alan Clark) - Joint production with Tryst Theatre
243. The Steamie by Tony Roper (Dir. Gerry Docherty with Gary McKenzie)
244. Crimes in Egypt by Feargus Woods Dunlop (Dir. George Marcinkiewicz)
245a. Scotland Afore Ye by Grace Davie (Dir. Gerry Docherty)
245b. Small Birds and Lobsters by Grace Davie (Dir. Alan Boyd)
245c. Fishtank by Grace Davie (Dir. George Marcinkiewicz)