THE OLD STOKE REP
STAGE
Above: The cast of 'Anastasia' take their curtain call on the old Rep stage in February 1957
Above: In 1938 the Players purchased a new stage lighting system was purchased for the grand sum of £150.
It was used for the first time in the production 'The Rose Without A Thorn'.
Above and below: Members of the Rep stage crew constructing the set for 'Filumena' in March 1986.
Copyright Edward Iwanczuk
Above: The 'Forty Years On' set under construction in June 1986.
Copyright Edward Iwanczuk
Joan Bennett and Brian Hadley during a rehearsal for 'Filumena'
in April 1986 copyright Edward Iwanczuk
Brian Hadley in the foreground with Kevin Wyse, Joan Bennett and
Tony Gleave during a rehearsal for 'Filumena' in April 1986
copyright Edward Iwanczuk
Above: Director Peter Dutton (left) shares his notes with the cast of 'Filumena' on the old Rep stage in March 1986.
Clockwise around the table are Bill Hancock, Shelly Riddell, Joan Bennett, Brian Hadley and Brian Rawlins. Copyright Edward Iwanczuk
Derek Yeomans (standing) and Ken Lowe (lying) during a rehearsal for 'The Dresser' in 1986.
Young Rep members Philip Williams and Craig Harding in the stage right prompt corner during the run of 'The Italian Straw Hat' in June 1997 copyright Rebecca Aked