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Groningen University Theatre Society
Commonly known as GUTS, the Groningen University Theatre Society is an amateur theatre company attached to the English department of the University of Groningen in Groningen, The Netherlands. It is run by students, who act, direct, and make up the Board
Its earliest beginnings, as the E.S.C. Drama Society have been traced back to 1968, when Everything In The Garden by Giles Cooper was performed. GUTS puts itself to perform at least one play per academic year , a number of which are listed below.
Currently, GUTS has one play in production: An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, to open on21 April 2005.
Some of the better-known plays performed by GUTS since 1968:
In a number of instances, GUTS has adapted or written original works. These include:
- Bloomsday, an adaptation of James Joyce*s Ulysses
- The Son Of The Morning , an original play written and directed by Lolu Ajayi and Cornelis Krottje
- Christmas Pantomime and From The Ivory Towers , both credited to GUTS as a whole.
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Full list of productions performed under the names E.S.C. Drama Society, Drama Society of the English Department and Groningen University Theatre Society
- 1968: Everything in the Garden by [Giles Cooper]], directed by Rudy Bremer
- 1969: Loot by Joe Orton, directed by Anthony Davies
- 1970: The Killing of Sister George by F. Marcus , directed by Alasdair MacKinnon
- 1971: Women Beware Women by T. Middleton
- 1972: Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
- 1973: Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mr. Kooning by S. Eveling
- 1973: Anna Lusa by D. Mowat
- 1974: The American Dream by Edward Albee
- 1975: The Bald Primadonna by Eugene Ionesco
- 1976: The Knight of the Burning Pestle by F. Beaumont
- 1979: Table Manners by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Paula de Valk
- 1980: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, directed by Klaus de Haan
- 1981: Hitler Dances by Howard Brenton
- 1982: The Sea by Edward Bond, directed by Els van der Werf
- 1983: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppatd , directed by Els van der Werf
- 1984: The Killing of Sister George by F. marcus , directed by Wim Tommassen
- 1985: Sisters by David Storey , directed by Wim Tommassen
- 1986: From The Ivory Towers by Frans Hempen , Paul Hulsman , Tom de Jager and Wim Tommassen , directed by Wim Tommassen
- 1986: Alphabetical Order by Michael Frayn, directed by Wim Tommassen
- 1987: Equus by P. Schaffer , directed by Wim Tommassen
- 1988: Buried Child by Sam Shepard, directed by Frans Hempen
- 1989: Mixed Doubles by George Melly, James Saunders , Lyndon Brook , Alun Owen , Harold Pinter, Fay Weldon, Alan Ayckbourn and John Bowen , directed by Chris Deen
- 1989: Mountain Language by Harold Pinter
- 1990: Road by Jim Cartwright
- 1991: Appointment With Death by Agatha Christie, directed by Inge Imelman
- 1991: Mankind, directed and adapted by Hans Jansen
- 1991: Christmas Pantomime
- 1992: Bed by J. Cartwright
- 1992: Glenn, the Unheard Music by D. Young , directed by Richard Rose and Inge Imelman
- 1993: Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn, diected by Josee Westrik
- 1993: Passion by Edward Bond
- 1994: Richard's Cork Leg by Brendan Behan, directed by Eelco de Boer
- 1995: The Lodger by Simon Burke , directed by Willem Groenewegen
- 1996: Whose Life Is It Anyway? by Brian Clark , directed by Susanne Willemsen
- 1997: Zoo Story by Edward Albee
- 1997: Twelve Dreams by James Lapine, directed by Wendy Lubberding
- 1998: Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill, directed by Victor van der Lee
- 1999: The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by Adam Long , Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield , directed by Welmoed Drewes
- 2000: The Son of the Morning by Lou Ajayi and Cornelis Krottje , directed by Lou Ajayi and Cornelis Krottje
- 2001: Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel, directed by Hans Jansen
- 2002: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Ann-Marie MacDonald, directed by Hans Jansen
- 2002: Bloomsday by James Joyce, directed by Hans Jansen
- 2003: The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard, directed by Lolu Ajayi and Gerry van der Laan
- 2003: Schoolmania by Rowan Atkinson and others, directed by Janene van Loon
- 2003: Popcorn by Ben Elton, directed by Hans Jansen
- 2004: Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Hans Jansen
- 2004: Sketchshow by Alan Ayckbourn, Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Michael Palin and others, directed by Elger Abbink , Jan Geerling and Cornelis Krottje
- 2005: The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute, directed by Elger Abbink and Jeroen Vandommele
- 2005: An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, directed by Jan Geerling
Last updated: 06-05-2005 09:34:36
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