Gillian Smithies - full credits

"I will arise and go now, And Go To Innisfree And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made. Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee, And live alone in the bee-loud gla... almost 18 years ago

Our entry in the 2002 Elmbridge Festival is a surreal exploration of dreams and the twilight world of old age. Bed uses broad humour, dry wit and puns counterpointed by moving poetry to underline t... almost 22 years ago

David Campton was a prolific writer of one act plays with well over 50 to his credit. Usually his work can be appreciated on different levels. THE CAGEBIRDS is clearly allegorical and thus open to ... almost 14 years ago

167th Production This adaptation of the well-loved Stella Gibbons’ classic rural novel, set in the 1930s, is written with its tongue firmly in its cheek, giving wonderful opportunities for hilario... almost 12 years ago

The Salem Witches Early in 1692, in the small Massachusetts village of Salem, a number of girls fall ill, victims of hallucinations and seizures. In extremely religious Puritan New England, such f... over 14 years ago

Stoppard's interpretation reduces Shakespeare's most complex work to its bare bones. whilst keeping the original language it tells a simple story where Hamlet meets the ghost of his dead father, di... almost 20 years ago

Garcia Lorca’s final play, completed shortly before his death in 1936, is subtitled “a drama about women in the villages of Spain”. Like Lorca’s other plays, it portrays a code of honour and its tr... almost 17 years ago

Something wicked this way comes! This production will be a modern retelling of the classic Shakespearean tragedy. Reduced to one act, our story is set on the grimy streets of modern day England. Af... almost 9 years ago

Peter Nicols\' clever, ingenious play is a dissection of adultery. The title contains a deliberate pun for this is a play about sexual love and suffering and the fragile line which divides them. Bo... almost 21 years ago

188th Production. Based on the Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture 'Sister Act' written by Joseph Howard. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatr International (Europe)... over 4 years ago

176th Production. Graham Greene is probably best known for works like ‘Brighton Rock’, ‘The Third Man’ and ‘Our Man in Havana’. For fun he wrote ‘Travels With My Aunt’ in 1969 which in 1972 was mad... almost 9 years ago

186th Production. Volpone was written by Ben Jonson and first performed in the early 1600s. Originally it had 5 acts/34 scenes, a cast of 20+ (2F, 18+M) and ran for over 4 hours with songs and danc... about 5 years ago

The second of Lorca's rural trilogy (the other two being Blood Wedding and The House of Bernarda Alba), Yerma is the tragedy of a woman trapped in a loveless, childless marriage to the farmer Juan ... over 23 years ago

Based on the 1951 Disney film, this timeless Lewis Carroll classic continues to enchant young and old alike as they follow the advantures of Alice as she meets up with the Mad Hatter, the White Rab... about 12 years ago

Written when Arthur Miller was 78 years old, “Broken Glass” has all the in-depth truth we expect of his plays. It was first presented in England at the National Theatre by Richard Eyre in 1994 with... about 15 years ago

168th production. This play has been specially picked for our November 2012 production at the Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking. The RDG committee has decided that it would make a most fitting tribute to... over 11 years ago

171st Production Set in New York and Deadrock, Nevada in the 1930’s. Bobby Child works under the thumb of his overbearing mother in banking but dreams of a life in show business. His attempts to i... over 10 years ago

172nd Production One of Alan Bennett’s early works (1980) this interesting play is rarely performed but did have a recent West End revival and national tour in 2008/9 with Alison Steadman and David... about 10 years ago

We have chosen a musical called ?Flapper!, jammed packed with great characters from start to finish with a fantastic musical score. The Roaring Twenties was such a colourful decade that the unbeat... about 14 years ago

What is it about Marilyn Monroe that continues to generate such emotions, even today? Many Hollywood stars since 1962 have tried to emulate her, none have succeeded. She made few great films, was ... over 18 years ago

An amateur production by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited. This musical is based on one of the world's favourite fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling. Ugly is born, of... about 13 years ago

166th Production. The year is 1591. In England, Elizabeth I is on the throne, Shakespeare is at his peak, and the Reformation is effectively over. In Ireland, various factions and clans are held ... about 12 years ago

“Obituaries” was performed on BBC Television in 1992 with Ronnie Fraser and Ian Carmichael in the starring roles. It is a modern comedy of intrigue where underhand influence is exerted to achieve ... almost 16 years ago

169th production. Proof is a 2000 play by American playwright David Auburn. Premiered Off-Broadway in May 2000, it transferred to Broadway theatre in October 2000. The play won the 2001 Pulitzer Pr... about 11 years ago

162nd Production. First presented by RDG in 1973. Based on the classic novel by Henry Fielding, this stage version of “Tom Jones” has been described as ‘a rich, ripe and bawdy romp’, but for all ... over 13 years ago

This play is to be RDG's entry in the Woking and Spelthorne & Runnymede Drama Festival 2009. James Saunders was one of Britain’s main exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd in the 1960s and la... over 13 years ago