This Story of Yours

by John Hopkins
directed by Fiona Smith

'This Story of Yours..'  which opened at the Royal Court  in 1969, is a gripping powerful  neglected gem of British Theatre. The author, John Hopkins was best known as a television dramatist, adapting John Le Carre's 'Smileys People' and writer on the 1960s BBC Police drama 'Z Cars'. 

Police Detective Sergeant Johnson is a man in extremis, with a failed marriage, recurrent memories of all the terrible crimes he has witnessed, and despair with a world that allows such things to be. Now all his frustration and anguish are unleashed in an extreme act of violence. Convinced he has caught the man responsible for a series of attacks on little girls, a suspect is brought in for questioning. During the interrogation dark emotions rise to the surface with appalling results.

 

A tense drama

Monday 11 to Saturday 16 April 2011
Please note: this production opens on MONDAY 11 April and there is no Saturday matinee.
Evenings at 7.45pm. Please note: there is no performance on the Wednesday nor is there a Saturday matinee

Please enquire of the Box Office before booking tickets as to the extent of the provision available at the Mary Wallace Theatre for those with disabilities.

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5. Romeo and Juliet - A Senior Youth Theatre Production - William Shakespeare
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11. The Death of Miss Gloria Starr - Devised by the cast
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14. The History of Cardenio - William Shakespeare, John Fletcher and Gary Taylor
15. The Snow Dragons - Lizzie Nunnery
16. The Weir - Conor McPherson
17. Oh! What a Lovely War - Joan Littlewood and the Theatre Workshop
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19. Tom and Viv - Michael Hastings
20. As You Like It - William Shakespeare
21. Toad of Toad Hall - A. A. Milne - A play from Kenneth Grahame’s book ‘The Wind in the Willows’ Music by H Fraser-Simson
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29. The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare
30. Coraline - from the novel by Neil Gaiman
31. Night Must Fall - Emlyn Williams
32. All’s Well that Ends Well - William Shakespeare
33. The Government Inspector - Nikolai Gogol, adapted by D. J. Campbell
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44. A Tender Thing - Ben Power
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47. Educating Rita - Willy Russell
48. The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare
49. Robin Hood - David Barrett
50. Double Bill: Leonardo’s Last Supper and Laughter (Part II) - Peter Barnes
51. Designs on Ladies - Georges Feydeau, translated by David King, adapted by Rodney Figaro
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78. A Vampire Story - Moira Buffini
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