University College Players

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The University College Players (or Univ Players for short) are the theatrical society of University College, Oxford.

The first production was in May 1941 when Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors was performed in cooperation with Merton College. Peter Bayley was the senior member from the start till the 1960s, when John Albery took over the helm. Albery also organized the Univ Revue in the college Hall for many years.

In the 1970s, the Univ Players they produced successful outdoor summer productions of The Seagull (1976, in St. Hilda's meadow), A Midsummer Night's Dream and an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland (1977 and 1978, in the grounds of Magdalen College School by Magdalen Bridge).

More recently they have had annual outdoor summer productions in the garden of the Master's Lodgings (e.g., The School for Scandal in 2003).

[edit] Alumni

Here are a selection of former members:

• John Albery
• Peter Bayley
• Jonathan Bowen
• Gordon Honeycombe
• Andrew Robinson
• William George Q
• Peter Sissons
• Michael York

[edit] See also

• Oxford University Dramatic Society

[edit] External links

• University College Players at the Internet Movie Database