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Since 1972 the EDS has performed 78 plays. You'll find details of all EDS shows from the first ever play performed in 1972 up to the current production. For most of the more recent productions (1995 onwards) we have details of the cast, press reviews and pictures so we will soon be adding "minisites" for these plays. For earlier productions we only have basic details including the dates and the director. We would therefore love to hear from anybody who has memories of these shows they would be prepared to let us use (photographs, programme, poster etc.).
| No. | Year | Season | Production | Written by | Directed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 2012-1 | Winter | All's well that ends well | Go to minisite | Shakespeare, William | Henry, Kirsten |
| 77 | 2011-2 | Summer | Macbeth | Go to minisite | Shakespeare, William | Henry, Kirsten |
| 76 | 2011-1 | Winter | An Ideal Husband | Go to minisite | Wilde, Oscar | Henry, Kirsten |
| 75 | 2010-2 | Summer | Love's Labour's Lost | Go to minisite | Shakespeare, William | Henry, Kirsten |
| 74 | 2010-1 | Winter | As You Like It | Go to minisite | Shakespeare, William | Henry, Kirsten |
| 73 | 2009-2 | Summer | Much Ado About Nothing | Go to minisite | Shakespeare, William | Henry, Kirsten |
| 72 | 2009-1 | Winter | Plunder | Travers, Ben | Henry, Kirsten |
| 71 | 2008-2 | Summer | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare, William | Pohl, Kirsten |
| 70 | 2008-1 | Winter | My Son is Crazy But Promising | Kelly, Tim | Pohl, Kirsten |
| 69 | 2007-2 | Summer | Twelfth Night or What You Will | Shakespeare, William | Pohl, Kirsten |
| 68 | 2007-1 | Winter | The Taming of the Shrew | Shakespeare, William | Pohl, Kirsten |
| 67 | 2006-2 | Summer | Wyrd sisters | Pratchett, Terry | Quinn, Damian |
| 66 | 2006-1 | Winter | FIGARO | Beaumarchais (after) | Quinn, Damian |
| 65 | 2005-2 | Summer | The Beggar's Opera | Gay, John (after) | Quinn, Damian |
| 64 | 2005-1 | Winter | Meet My Shorts | Quinn, Damian | Quinn, Damian |
| 63 | 2004-2 | Summer | The Mikado | Gilbert, W.S. & Sullivan, Arthur | Quinn, Damian |
| 62 | 2004-1 | Winter | Patience | Gilbert, W.S. & Sullivan, Arthur | Quinn, Damian |
| 61 | 2003-2 | Summer | She Stoops to Conquer | Goldsmith, Oliver | Quinn, Damian |
| 60 | 2003-1 | Winter | Oh What a Lovely War | Chilton, C. et al | Quinn, Damian |
| 59 | 2002-2 | Summer | The Comedy of Errors | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 58 | 2002-1 | Winter | Much Ado About Nothing | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 57 | 2001-2 | Summer | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 56 | 2001-1 | Winter | The Front Page | Hecht, B. & Mac Arthur, C. | Quinn, Damian |
| 55 | 2000-2 | Summer | The Duenna | Sheridan, R.B. | Quinn, Damian |
| 54 | 2000-1 | Winter | Arsenic and Old Lace | Kesselring, Joseph | Quinn, Damian |
| 53 | 1999-2 | Summer | The Taming of the Shrew | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 52 | 1999-1 | Winter | FIGARO | Beaumarchais (after) | Quinn, Damian |
| 51 | 1998-2 | Summer | Twelfth Night or What You Will | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 50 | 1998-1 | Winter | The Beggar's Opera | Gay, John (after) | Quinn, Damian |
| 49 | 1997-3 | Summer | The Critic | Sheridan, R.B. | Quinn, Damian |
| 48 | 1997-2 | Summer | The Real Inspector Hound | Stoppard, Tom | Quinn, Damian |
| 47 | 1997-1 | Winter | The Comedy of Errors | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 46 | 1996-2 | Summer | Much Ado About Nothing | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 45 | 1996-1 | Winter | Oh What A Lovely War | Chilton, C. et al | Quinn, Damian |
| 44 | 1995-2 | Summer | Confusions | Ayckbourn, Alan | Quinn, Damian |
| 43 | 1995-1 | Winter | R.H.S. | Lawrence, Adam | |
| 42 | 1994-2 | Summer | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 41 | 1994-1 | Winter | The Taming of the Shrew | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 40 | 1993-2 | Summer | The Mikado | Gilbert, W.S. & Sullivan, Arthur | Quinn, Damian |
| 39 | 1993-1 | Winter | Twelfth Night or What You Will | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 38 | 1992-2 | Summer | Habeas Corpus | Bennett, Alan | Quinn, Damian |
| 37 | 1992-1 | Winter | The Comedy of Errors | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 36 | 1991-2 | Summer | The Critic | Sheridan, R.B. | Quinn, Damian |
| 35 | 1991-1 | Winter | The Matchmaker | Wilder, Thornton | Smyth, Hilda |
| 34 | 1990-2 | Summer | God | Allen, Woody | Smyth, Hilda |
| 33 | 1990-1 | Winter | Bedroom Farce | Ayckbourn, Alan | Smyth, Hilda |
| 32 | 1989-2 | Summer | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Stoppard, Tom | Quinn, Damian |
| 31 | 1989-1 | Winter | Engaged | Gilbert, W.S. | Quinn, Damian |
| 30 | 1988-3 | Summer | Macbeth | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 29 | 1988-2 | Winter | After Magritte | Stoppard, Tom | Quinn, Damian |
| 28 | 1988-1 | Winter | The Real Inspector Hound | Stoppard, Tom | Quinn, Damian |
| 27 | 1987-2 | Summer | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare, William | Quinn, Damian |
| 26 | 1987-1 | Winter | A Man for All Seasons | Bolt, Robert | Quinn, Damian |
| 25 | 1986-2 | Summer | The Importance of Being Earnest | Wilde, Oscar | Quinn, Damian |
| 24 | 1986-1 | Winter | The Lady's Not For Burning | Fry, Christopher | Littler, Margaret |
| 23 | 1985 | Summer | Lloyd George Knew My Father | Home, William Douglas | Daly, Mary |
| 22 | 1984 | Winter | An Inspector Calls | Priestley, J.B. | Craig, Janet |
| 21 | 1983-2 | Summer | Revue | Craig, Janet | |
| 20 | 1983-1 | Winter | The Freedom of the City | Friel, Brian | Craig, Janet |
| 19 | 1982-2 | Summer | Love's Labour's Lost | Shakespeare, William | Claridge, Mike |
| 18 | 1982-1 | Winter | Arms and the Man | Shaw, George Bernard | Claridge, Mike |
| 17 | 1981 | Winter | Enter a Free Man | Stoppard, Tom | Clifford, Jane |
| 16 | 1980 | Winter | As You Like It | Shakespeare, William | Forsyth, Maggie |
| 15 | 1979 | Summer | 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore | Ford, John | Hulse, Michael |
| 14 | 1978-4 | Winter | Revue "Figs, Farts and Phallic Symbols(!)" | Hulse, Michael | |
| 13 | 1978-3 | Winter | Endgame | Beckett,Samuel | Hulse, Michael |
| 12 | 1978-2 | Summer | Macbeth | Shakespeare, William | Peoples, Robin |
| 11 | 1978-1 | Winter | The Real Inspector Hound | Stoppard, Tom | Peoples, Robin |
| 10 | 1977-2 | Summer | The Winter's Tale | Shakespeare, William | Forsyth, Julian |
| 9 | 1977-1 | Summer | Butley | Gray, Simon | Forsyth, Julian |
| 8 | 1976-2 | Summer | The Crucible | Miller, Arthur | Forsyth, Julian |
| 7 | 1976-1 | Winter | She Stoops to Conquer | Goldsmith, Oliver | Forsyth, Julian |
| 6 | 1975-2 | Summer | Royal Pardon | Arden, John | Bone, Pete |
| 5 | 1975-1 | Winter | Our Town | Wilder, Thornton | Bone, Pete |
| 4 | 1974 | Summer | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare, William | Forsyth, Julian |
| 3 | 1973 | Summer | Twelfth Night or What You Will | Shakespeare, William | Forsyth, Julian |
| 2 | 1972-2 | Summer | Measure for Measure | Shakespeare, William | Kincaid, Arthur |
| 1 | 1972-1 | The Country Wife | Wycherley, William |