Programme plea to Octagon audiences

The Octagon Theatre in Bolton has been delving into its archive only to discover several missing articles.

Over the years some programmes have gone missing or have simply become dishevelled and illegible from being fragile and in storage. Out of all the many shows that have been produced here, 82 programmes need replacing.

So they are appealing to their audiences for help.

The archive now has a home at Bolton Library and can be accessed by the public.

If you would like to donate a programme from the list of shows here (with their dates), contact Helen Roughley on 01204 529407 or e-mail [email protected]

• A Streetcar Named Desire, Williams, T, 18/02/69 – 08/03/69
• A View from the Bridge, Miller, Arthur, 09/01/68 – 27/01/68
• Absurd Person Singular, Ayckbourn, 11/01/77 – 05/02/77
• After The Rain, Bowen, J, 01/04/69 – 19/04/69
• All In Good Time, Naughton, 09/04/1974
• All My Sons, Miller, Arthur, 08/11/73 – 01/12/73
• Annie & Fanny: From Bolton To Rome, Naughton, Bill, 22/01/97 – 14/02/97
• Arms And The Man, Shaw, 12/09/71 – 09/10/71
• Big Soft Nellie, Livings, H, 17/02/70 – 07/03/70
• Billy Liar, Rhyl, 02/07/70 – 19/08/70
• Billy’s Last Stand, Hines, B, 06/01/70 – 24/01/70
• Birthday Party, The, Pinter, Harold, 25/05/71 – 05/06/71
• Bolton Massacre, Company, The, 03/06/69 – 28/06/69
• Caretaker, The Pinter, H, 10/03/70 – 28/03/70
• Charlie Came To Our Town, Plater, A, 09/09/69 – 27/09/69
• Cherry Orchard, The, Chekhov, 01/10/68 – 19/10/68
• Christmas Humbug, Company, The, 03/12/68 -04/01/69
• Crompton’s Mule, Company, The 30/07/68 – 17/08/68
• Cyclops, The / Oedipus Rex, Sophocles, 30/09/69 – 18/10/69
• Cymbeline, The Tragedie of, Shakespeare, 05/11/80 – 29/11/80
• Day After The Fair, The, Harvey, F, 02/03/76 – 27/03/76
• Death Of A Salesman, Miller, Arthur, 31/03/70 – 18/04/70
• Dial M For Murder, Knott, F, 18/06/70 – 25/06/70
• Entertaining Mr Sloane, Orton, J, 04/11/69 – 08/11/69
• Expresso Bongo, Mankowitz & More, 16/04/68 – 20/04/68
• Five Finger Exercise, Shaffer, P, 27/04/76 – 22/05/76
• Ghosts, Ibsen, 21/10/69 – 01/11/69
• Gingerbread Man, The, Wood, D, 05/12/84 – 19/01/85
• Godspell, 11/08/86 – 30/08/86
• Golden Cockerel, The, Noel, R & Pemberton-Billing, 07/01/69 – 25/01/69
• Government Inspector, The, Gogol, 02/03/71 – 20/03/71
• Heartbreak House, Shaw, 03/02/76 – 28/02/76
• Homecoming, The, Pinter, Harold, 22/10/68 – 09/11/68
• Hostage, The, Behan, B, 20/02/68 – 09/03/68
• If There Weren’t Any Blacks, Speight, Johnny, Nov-69
• Imaginary Invalid, The, Molière, 12/11/68 – 30/11/68
• In Place Of Strife, Woods, P, 30/03/71 – 17/04/71
• Inadmissible Evidence, Osborne, 11/01/72 – 29/01/72
• Jack Shepard, Campbell, Ken, 02/04/68 – 13/04/68
• Juno And The Paycock, O’Casey, Sean, 21/04/70 – 16/05/70
• Little Malcolm, Halliwell, D, 13/05/69 – 31/05/69
• Long & The Short & The Tall, The, Hall, Willis, 23/04/68 – 11/05/68
• Luther, Osborne, John, 07/01/69 – 25/01/69
• Macbeth, William Shakespeare, 28 Sep – 2 Oct 2004
• Madwomen of Chaillot, The, Giraudoux, J, 12/12/67 – 06/01/68
• Maria, Martin, 20/08/68 – 07/09/68
• Martha, Josie & The Chinese Elvis, Jones, Charlotte, 15/04/99 – 08/05/99
• Master Builder, The, Ibsen, 29/05/73 – 23/06/73
• Mother Courage, Brecht, 20/10/70 – 07/11/70
• Murder In The Cathedral, Elliot, 12/03/74 – 06/04/74
• Oh What A Lovely War, Littlewood, J, 22/04/69 – 10/05/69
• Old King Cole, Campbell, K, 02/12/69 – 03/01/70
• One Enchanted Evening, Laird, J, 25/05/76 – 19/06/76
• Othello, Shakespeare, 05/10/77 – 29/10/77
• Petition, The, Rush, L, 06/01/70 – 24/01/70
• Pinocchio, Way & Jenkins, 12/12/67 – 06/01/68
• Playboy Of The Western World, Synge, J M, 03/04/73 – 28/04/73
• Price, The, Miller, 03/12/70 – 19/12/70
• Pygmalion, Shaw, George Bernard, 30/01/68 – 17/02/68
• Real Inspector Hound, The, Stoppard, 01/05/84 – 26/05/84
• Relatively Speaking, Ayckbourn, A, 28/01/69 – 15/02/69
• Respectable Prostitute, The, Satre, 11/11/69 – 29/11/69
• Sergeant Musgrove’s Dance, Arden, J, 14/05/68 – 01/06/68
• Shaughraun, The, Bouccicault, D, 12/08/69 – 06/09/69
• She Knows You Know!, Fergusson, Jean, 23/03/99 – 10/04/99
• She Stoops To Conquer, Goldsmith, O, 11/03/69 – 29/03/69
• Skin Game, The, Galsworthy, 07/03/78 – 01/04/78
• Snow Queen, The, Duffield, Neil, 06/12/01 – 12/01/02
• Spring & Port Wine, Naughton, Bill, 25/08/70 – 19/09/70
• Spring & Port Wine, Naughton, 06/03/84 – 31/03/84
• Stripy Tales, Duffield, Neil, 05/12/96 – 11/01/97
• Suddenly Last Summer, Williams, T, 09/02/71 – 27/02/71
• Tale of The Red Dragon, The, Bradley, Alfred, Jul-70
• Tales From The Magic Story Bowl, Duffield, Neil, 29/11/95 – 23/12/95
• Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare, 25/03/93 – 10/04/93
• Tons Of Money, Evans, Will & Valentine, Jul-76
• Uncle Vanya, Chekhov, 11/02/75 – 08/03/75
• Under Milk Wood, Thomas, Dylan, 22/09/70 – 17/09/70
• What The Butler Saw, Orton, J, 08/06/71 – 19/06/71
• When We Are Married, Priestley, 26/06/73 – 21/07/73
• Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Albee, 27/01/70 – 14/02/70
• Zoo Story, Albee, E, 09/02/71 – 27/02/71