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APPENDIX:JANE AUSTEN ON THE SCOTTISH STAGE, 1940–1960 CHRONOLOGICAL 1942 Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Helen Jerome) by the Dundee Repertory Theatre Company at the Dundee Repertory Theatre, Dundee, 27 April–2 May Pride and Prejudice by the Wilson Barrett Company, dir. Gordon Blyth, at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, week of 26 September 1943 Pride and Prejudice by the Wilson Barrett Company, dir. Gordon Blyth, at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, week of 26 September; and in Glasgow (exact dates unknown) 1944 Emma (adapted by Gordon Glennon) with Anna Neagle, English com- pany on tour, at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, week of 15 May; at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, week of 3 May; and at the King’s Theatre, Glasgow, week of 31 July This list includes performances that have been identified, but it is by no means exhaustive. © The Author(s) 2017 187 M. Cano, Jane Austen and Performance, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43988-4 188 APPENDIX: JANE AUSTEN ON THE SCOTTISH STAGE, 1940–1960 1945 Pride and Prejudice by the Wilson Barrett Company at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, autumn season 1946 Emma (fragments) by the Kirkcaldy Blue Triangle Players (amateur drama club) at the Kirkcaldy District Drama Festival, Kirkcaldy, 15 February. The performance won first place Emma (adapted by Gordon Glennon) by the Perth Repertory Company, in Perth and Kirkcaldy, week of 6 May Emma by the Wilson Barrett Company at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 27 May–1 June; and at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow, week of 23 September 1947 Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Helen Jerome) by the Wilson Barrett Company at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow, 9–14 June; and at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 10–15 November 1950 Pride and Prejudice by the Perth Repertory Company, in Kirkcaldy, 20 and 27 February; and in Perth, 20–25 February Northanger Abbey (adapted by Constance Cox) by the Dundee Repertory Theatre Company at the Dundee Repertory Theatre, Dundee, 28 August– 10 September 1952 Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Helen Jerome) by the Wilson Barrett Company at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow, 9–14 June; at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 1–30 June; in Aberdeen between 5 May and 9 August (exact dates unknown); and in South Africa (winter 1952) 1954 Northanger Abbey (adapted by Constance Cox) by the Wilson Barrett Company at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 22–27 March Northanger Abbey by the Laurel Bank School at the Laurel Bank School Hall, Glasgow, exact dates unknown APPENDIX: JANE AUSTEN ON THE SCOTTISH STAGE, 1940–1960 189 1958 Emma by the Laurel Bank School at the Laurel Bank School Hall, Glasgow, exact date unknown BY LOCATION Aberdeen 1952: Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Helen Jerome), Wilson Barrett Company, between 5 May and 9 August 1952 (exact dates unknown) Dundee 1942: Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Helen Jerome), Dundee Repertory Theatre Company, Dundee Repertory Theatre, 27 April–2 May 1950: Northanger Abbey (adapted by Constance Cox), Dundee Repertory Theatre Company, Dundee Repertory Theatre, 28 August–10 September Edinburgh 1942: Pride and Prejudice, Wilson Barrett Company, dir. Gordon Blyth, Royal Lyceum Theatre, week of 26 September 1943: Pride and Prejudice, Wilson Barrett Company, Royal Lyceum Theatre, week of 15 November 1944: Emma (adapted by Gordon Glennon) with Anna Neagle, English company on tour at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, week of 15 May 1945: Pride and Prejudice, Wilson Barrett Company, Royal Lyceum Theatre, autumn season 1946: Emma, Wilson Barrett Company, Royal Lyceum Theatre, 27 May–1 June 1947: Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Helen Jerome), Wilson Barrett Company, Royal Lyceum Theatre, 10–15 November 1952: Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Helen Jerome), Wilson Barrett Company, Royal Lyceum Theatre, 1–30 June 1954: Northanger Abbey (adapted by Constance Cox), Wilson Barrett Company, Royal Lyceum Theatre, 22–27 March Glasgow 1943: Pride and Prejudice, Wilson Barrett Company, dir. Gordon Blyth, exact dates unknown 190 APPENDIX: JANE AUSTEN ON THE SCOTTISH STAGE, 1940–1960 1944: Emma (adapted by Gordon Glennon) with Anna Neagle, English company on tour, Theatre Royal, week of 3 May; King’s Theatre, week of 31 July 1946: Emma, Wilson Barrett Company, Alhambra Theatre, week of 23 September 1947: Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Helen Jerome), Wilson Barrett Company, Alhambra Theatre, 9–14 June 1952: Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Helen Jerome), Wilson Barrett Company, Alhambra Theatre, 9–14 June 1954: Northanger Abbey, Laurel Bank School, Laurel Bank School Hall, exact dates unknown 1958: Emma, Laurel Bank School, Laurel Bank School Hall, exact dates unknown Kirkcaldy 1946: Emma (adapted by Gordon Glennon), Perth Repertory Company, week of 6 May 1946: Emma (fragments), Kirkcaldy Blue Triangle Players (amateur drama club), Kirkcaldy District Drama Festival, 15 February 1950: Pride and Prejudice, Perth Repertory Company, 20 and 27 February Perth 1946: Emma (adapted by Gordon Glennon), Perth Repertory Company, week of 6 May 1950: Pride and Prejudice, Perth Repertory Company, 20–25 February BY COMPANY Dundee Repertory Company 1942: Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Helen Jerome), Dundee Repertory Theatre, 27 April–2 May 1950: Northanger Abbey (adapted by Constance Cox), Dundee Repertory Theatre, 28 August–10 September Kirkcaldy Blue Triangle Players (amateur drama club) 1946: Emma (fragments), Kirkcaldy District Drama Festival, 15 February. The performance won first place APPENDIX: JANE AUSTEN ON THE SCOTTISH STAGE, 1940–1960 191 Laurel Bank School (Glasgow) 1954: Northanger Abbey, Laurel Bank School Hall, Glasgow, exact date unknown 1958: Emma, Laurel Bank School Hall, Glasgow, exact date unknown Perth Repertory Company 1946: Emma (adapted by Gordon Glennon), in Perth and Kirkcaldy, week of 6 May 1950: Pride and Prejudice, in Kirkcaldy, 20 and 27 February; in Perth, 20–25 February Wilson Barrett 1942: Pride and Prejudice, dir. Gordon Blyth, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, week of 26 September 1943: Pride and Prejudice, dir. 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