A Brief History
Lancing Repertory Players are a drama society which was founded back in the 1930s. Originally Miss Manson put on a play entitled "Bunty Pulls The Strings" and it was this which caused the cast to form the Lancing Amateur Dramatic Society. This group produced two shows a year from 1932 to 1940 when the war intervened.
The society formed again in 1945 and put on a play every six weeks at the Luxor Cinema. This could seat up to one thousand. Plays continued here until 1951, the last performed there being "Bird in the Hand" By this time, the society had changed its name to the one it still bears today.
We continued to present five shows a year until the 1990s when we reduced to four in the face of the availability of other forms of entertainment.
In due course we were allowed to build our rehearsal rooms on a plot of land in Wembley Gardens and this is where we still meet twice a week to work on our productions.
The Show Must Go On
There have been many incidents in our productions many of which certainly made the adrenalin flow!
In one play, "Gaslight" there is a requirement for the gas lights to be turned up or down according to the script. The stage manager on the night couldn't get it right and when the lights should have gone down, they went up and vice versa.
Another play, "The Brides of March" required a shelf to take glasses. It wasn't well fitted and crashed to the stage during the performance. The cast had to crunch their way through the debris!
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