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APPENDIX 5
School Plays
By the School’s official reckoning the first Shakespearean production was Richard II in 1908. This is puzzling because, according to the local press The Merchant of Venice was presented before Christmas in 1907 and repeated in the new year to raise funds for Willesden Hospital.
| Year | Play | Produced by |
| 1908 | Richard II | |
| 1909 | JuIius Caesar | |
| 1910 | Henry IV pt I | J Ware |
| 1911 | The Taming of the Shrew | J Ware |
| 1912 | The Merchant of Venice | J Ware |
| 1913 | Twelfth Night | J Ware |
| 1914 | Macbeth | J Ware |
| 1915 | The Tempest | J Ware |
| 1916 | Henry V | J Ware |
| 1917 | King Lear | J Ware |
| 1918 | Twelfth Night | B M Bazley |
| 1919 | Love’s Labour’s Lost | J Lodge |
| 1920 | All’s Well that Ends Well | J Lodge |
| 1921 | Two Gentlemen of Verona | J Lodge |
| 1922 | Coriolanus | J Lodge |
| 1923 | Hamlet | J Lodge |
| 1924 | The Comedy of Errors | J Lodge |
| 1925 | Much Ado About Nothing | H E Gould |
| 1926 | Romeo and JuIiet | H E Gould |
| 1927 | Richard II | H E Gould |
| 1928 | Othello | H E Gould |
| 1929 | As You Like It | H E Gould |
| 1930 | Macbeth | H E Gould |
| 1931 | JuIius Caesar | H E Gould |
| 1932 | Henry IV pt I | H E Gould |
| 1933 | The Merchant of Venice | R Whitmore |
| 1934 | The Tempest | H A Peter |
| 1935 | Richard III | HA Peter |
| 1936 | The Winter’s Tale | H A Peter |
| 1937 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | H A Peter |
| 1938 | Antony and Cleopatra | H A Peter |
| 1940 | Much Ado About Nothing | H A Peter |
| 1940 | Henry IV pt I | H A Peter |
| 1942 | Henry V | H A Peter |
| 1944 | Julius Caesar | E C Pettet |
| 1946 | The Taming of the Shrew | E C Pettet |
| 1946 | Twelfth Night | E C Pettet |
| 1947 | Romeo and Juliet | W Thorp |
| 1948 | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| 1949 | Macbeth | M W Figgis |
| 1950 | The Tempest | P K Wright |
| 1951 | Henry IV pt I | P K Wright |
| 1952 | As You Like It | P K Wright |
| 1953 | The Taming of the Shrew | P K Wright |
| 1954 | Henry IV pt II | P K Wright |
| 1955 | Coriolanus | P K Wright |
| 1956 | Hamlet | P K Wright |
| 1957 | Love’s Labour’s Lost | P K Wright |
| 1959 | Twelfth Night | J E Kerry |
| 1959 | Henry IV pt I | J E Kerry |
| 1961 | Oedipus Rex | A B M Fell |
| 1962 | An Enemy of the People | D Holder |
| 1962 | Henry V | A B M Fell |
| 1963 | The Government Inspector | D Holder |
| 1964 | Henry IV pt II | J Bailey |
| 1965 | The Knight of the Burning Pestle | J Bailey |
| 1966 | Cymbeline | I D M Morely |
Much Ado About Nothing 1948, was abandoned by the original producer and seen on to the stage by Gould and Whitmore!