Since its forming in 1937, The Marlow Players have generally performed two plays a year, as well as appearing in various drama festivals and radio performances.

Murder Mystery Evenings

Since 2020, the Marlow Players have performed at smaller events with “Radio Play” productions.

  • Murder at an Ice Cold Manner
  • Shooting at Friendly Film Studios

Radio Players

The Marlow players have made several recordings for broadcast on Community Radio and via the Internet. Some episodes are available for download.

The Plays

These full length performances have been produced and performed in Marlow, in addition some of them have been performed in Marly-Le-Roi as part of our twinning with Les Baladins.

2020 – Present

2010 – 2019

2000 – 2009

1990 – 1999

  • The Weekend (Michael Palin) – Autumn 1999
  • On the Razzle (Tom Stoppard) – Spring 1999
  • Pack of Lies (Hugh Whitemore) – Autumn 1998
  • Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward) – Spring 1998
  • An Italian Straw Hat (Eugene Labiche & Dennis Spooner) – Autumn 1997
  • Confusions (Alan Ayckbourn) – Spring 1997
  • Anybody for Murder (Brian Clemens & Dennis Spooner) –  Autumn 1996
  • Relative Values (Noel Coward) – Spring 1996
  • Absurd Person Singular (Alan Ayckbourn) – Autumn 1995
  • Toad of Toad Hall (Kenneth Grahame) – Spring 1996
  • Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Jeffrey Archer) – Autumn 1994
  • Heartbreak House  (G B Shaw) – Spring 1994
  • Run For Your Wife (Ray Cooney) – Autumn 1993
  • Joseph Andrews (after Henry Fielding) – Spring 1993
  • Season’s Greetings (Alan Ayckbourne) – Autumn 1992
  • Separate tables (Terence Rattigan)  – Spring 1992
  • Noises Off (Michael Frayn) – Autumn 1991
  • A Midsummer’s Night Dream (William Shakespeare) – Spring 1991
  • Hay Fever (Noel Coward) – November 1990
  • Tom Jones (after Henry Fielding) – Spring 1990

1980 – 1989

  • House Guest (Francis Durbridge) – Autumn 1989
  • Murder at the Red Barn (anon) – Spring 1989
  • Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie) – Autumn 1988
  • Three Sisters (Anton Chekhov) – Spring 1988
  • The Real Inspector Hound (Tom Stoppard) – Autumn 1987
  • After Magritte (Tom Stoppard) – Autumn 1987
  • A Dickens of an Evening (adapted Russell Sage) – Spring 1987
  • See How They Run (Philip King) – 1986
  • Pygmalion (G.B.Shaw) – 1986
  • Bedroom Farce (Alan Ayckbourn) – 1985
  • And So To Bed (J.B.Fagen) – 1985
  • The Virgins of Parsley Green (Russell Sage) – 1984
  • Saturday, Sunday Morning (Eduardo de Philippo) – 1984
  • On the Razzle (Tom Stoppard) – 1984
  • A Murder is Announced (Agatha Christie) – 1983
  • The Beggar’s Opera (based on John Gay Original) – 1983
  • Tales from Dickens (Adapted by Russell Sage) – 1982
  • Move Over Mrs Markham (Ray Clooney & John Chapman) – 1982
  • When We Are Married (J.B.Priestley) – 1982
  • Under Milk Wood (Dylan Thomas) – 1981
  • Sweeny Todd (from original by G.D.Pitt) – 1981
  • The Jilting of Gemma (Russell Sage) – 1980
  • Confusions (Alan Ayckbourn) – 1980
  • The Crucible (Arthur Miller) – 1980

1970 – 1979

  • Habeas Corpus (Alan Bennett) – 1979
  • Alice in Wonderland (Adapted from Lewis Caroll) – 1979

1960 – 1969

  • The Crucible – April 1964
  • My Three Angels –January 1964
  • To Dorothy, A Son – November 1963
  • The Deep Blue Sea – April 1963
  • The Beaux Stratagem – November 1962
  • Gasslight – March 1962
  • The Other Cinderella – January 1962
  • Captain Carvallo – November 1961
  • The Chalk Garden – March 1961
  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – January 1961
  • Thieves Carnival – November 1960
  • The Late Edwina Black – March 1960
  • Fumed Oak, Seven Women, A Phoenix too frequent – January 1960

1950 – 1959

  • The School For scandal – November 1959
  • Don’t Listen Ladies – March 1959
  • Tovarich – December 1958
  • Ladies in Retirement – March 1958
  • Christmas Crackers – January 1958
  • The Chiltern Hundreds – October 1957
  • The Relapse – April 1957
  • Robinson Crusoe – January 1957
  • The Hollow – November 1956
  • Ladies Only – March 1956
  • Beauty and the Beast – January 1956
  • A Doll’s House – November 1955
  • When we are married – March 1955
  • Crackers Again – January 1955
  • Two Dozen Red Roses – April 1954
  • Christmas Crackers – January 1954
  • Treasure Hunt – October 1953
  • A Man about the House – March 1953
  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves – December 1953
  • Arms and the Man – November 1952
  • Bonaventure – March 1952
  • Autumn Crocus – November 1951
  • Rookery Nook – March 1951
  • Jack and the Beanstalk – January 1951
  • Lady Precious Stream – November 1950
  • Pygmalion – March 1950
  • Cinderella – January 1950

1940 – 1949

  • Hay Fever – October 1949
  • The Late Christopher Bean – April 1949
  • Aladdin  – Jan 1949
  • The Pleasure Garden November 1948
  • Wasn’t it Odd – March 1948
  • The Importance Of Being Earnest – November 1947
  • Dick Whittington – January 1947
  • MacBeth and The Merry Wives of Windsor – October 1946
  • Night Must Fall – April 1946
  • Sleeping Beauty – 1945
  • Blithe Spirit – April 1945

1937 – 1939

  • Cinderella – December 1939
  • The Two Mrs Carrols – March 1939
  • Tovarich – December 1938
  • Brills and The Playgoers – May 1938
  • The Lilies of the Field November 1937