Hampstead Garden Suburb Virtual Museum : Local Organisation : Play And Pageant Union [PPU]

Play And Pageant Union

1913 June Masque

Formed after World War I in 1920 after uniting the Pageant Committee with the indoor dramatic activities of the Suburb, which included such institutions as the Stuart Murray Memorial Theatre.
Eventually the Play and Pageant Union merged with the Speedwell Players in 1966 to form the Garden Suburb Theatre which is still active now.

Objects

The Fool's Holiday 1927

"The Stairs" 1933

"Adam Bell" 1931

"Charles and Mary" 1931

"The Cherry Orchard" 1936

Pageant Ground

1913 June Masque

Script of "Masque of Fairthorpe" 1910

"Masque of Fairthorpe" 1910

1913 June Masque

Dame Henrietta's Dream Programme

Ham and High - Centenary Pageant

Jubilee - Theatre Triple Bill

Garden Suburb Theatre - Centenary Tempest

1066 and All That - Programme 1939

1066 and All That - Photos 1939

The Comedy of Errors - Programme and Ticket 1966

Hedda Gabler - Programme and Review 1958

Hedda Gabler - 1958 Photos

Our Town - 1957 Programme and Review

Our Town - 1957 Pictures

Saint Joan - Souvenir Programme and Review 1938

Saint Joan - Photos 1939

Sanfairyann - Programme and Reviews 1947

Sanfairyann - Photos 1947

See Naples and Die - Programme

See Naples and Die - Photos

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Mask and The Face - Programme and Reviews 1936

The Merry Wives of Windsor - Programme 1952

The Merry Wives of Windsor - Photos 1952

The Rose and The Ring - Programme and Review 1948

Viceroy Sarah - Programme 1947

Viceroy Sarah - Casting Card

Viceroy Sarah - Director's Notes

Viceroy Sarah - Stage Directions

Viceroy Sarah - Letters

Play and Pageant Union Membership Booklet 1928/9

Play And Pageant Union

Related Collections

Suburb Pageants

Series of photos and documents aiming to display the long history of pageants performed in the Suburb, sometimes celebratory and others more dramatically focussed.

Play And Pageant Union Programmes

A large number of programmes produced by the Play and Pageant Union for their productions, until their merger with the Speedwell Players in 1966 to create Garden Suburb Theatre.

Play And Pageant Union Photos

Photos charting the productions put on by the Play and Pageant Union from the 1930s up until the 1960s when they merged with the Speedwell Players to form Garden Suburb Theatre.

This was a large-scale outdoor pageant about the creation of Hampstead Garden Suburb

Pageant Committee puts on June Masque

Written by an inhabitant of Hampstead Garden Suburb, the play was about the end of winter and the arrival of spring and summer

Pageant and Play Union created

After WW1, the Pageant Committee and the indoor drama schemes were combined to form the Play and Pageant Union

Play and Pageant Union puts on The Fool’s Holiday

The Fool's Holiday was put on in aid of Hendon Cottage Hospital

Play and Pageant Union puts on "Adam Bell"

The Queen Mother, then the Duchess of York, attended this performance.

Play and Pageant Union puts on "Charles and Mary"

The play was about two writers, Mary Lamb and her brother, Charles.

Play and Pageant Union puts on "The Stairs"

This was a pageant performed by the Play and Pageants Union

Play and Pageant Union puts on "The Cherry Orchard"

This play by Anton Chekov was put on by the Play and Pageant Union

Play and Pageant Union put on "The Mask and The Face"

This play was well-received by audiences and a great success for the Play and Pageant Union.

Play and Pageant Union's 100th show

The 100th show was St Joan of Arc, and had a special souvenir programme

Play and Pageant Union put on "1066 and All That"

The Play and Pageant Union put on the historical comedy, 1066 and All That, featuring some incredible costumes.

Play and Pageant Union and Viceroy Sarah

This helps to show the extent of organisation within the union

Play and Pageant Union puts on Sanfairyann

This was created by two members of the Union and was a huge success

Play and Pageant Union put on "The Rose and The Ring"

With a cast of 50 members, this show was another big success

Play and Pageant Union put on "The Man Who Came to Dinner"

This play, written by George S. Kaufmann and Moss Hart, was put on by the Play and Pageant Union

Play and Pageant Union put on "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

The Shakespeare play was performed in the Pageant Ground, and featured Phyllis Moore.

Play and Pageant Union celebrate Golden Jubilee of the Suburb

For the Golden Jubilee of the Suburb, three dramatic societies came together to put on performances.

Play and Pageant Union put on "Our Town"

The play, written by Thornton Wilder, was performed at The Institute

Play and Pageant Union puts on "Hedda Gabbler"

The union out on Henrik Ibsen's play to mixed reviews

Last play of the Play and Pageant Union

The Comedy of Errors was the last play the Union performed before joining with the Speedwell Players to form the Garden Suburb Theatre

Centenary Pageant

The Garden Suburb Theatre put on a number of performances for the Suburb's 100th anniversary