1980s
1980
- The Last of Mrs Cheyney by Frederick Lonsdale, directed by Patrick Lau
- Terra Nova by Ted Tally, directed by Peter Dews
- Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Dews
- Old Heads and Young Hearts by Dion Boucicault, adapted by Peter Sallis, directed by Michael Simpson
1981
- The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, translated by David Magarshack, revised by Philip Roth, directed by Patrick Garland
- Feasting with Panthers, devised and directed by Peter Coe
- The Mitford Girls by Caryl Brahms & Ned Sherrin, music by Peter Greenwell, directed by Patrick Garland
- Underneath the Arches by Patrick Garland, Brian Glanville & Roy Hudd, directed by Roger Redfarn
1982
- On the Rocks by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Jack Emery and Patrick Garland
- Valmouth by Sandy Wilson, from the novel by Ronald Firbank, directed by John Dexter
- Cavell by Keith Baxter, directed by Patrick Garland
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips, based on the novel by James Hilton, book by Roland Starke, music & lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, directed by Patrick Garland and Chris Selbie
1983
- A Patriot for Me by John Osborne, directed by Ronald Eyre
- Time and the Conways by J.B. Priestley, directed by Peter Dews
- As You Like It by William Shakespeare, directed by Patrick Garland
- The Sleeping Prince by Terence Rattigan, directed by Peter Coe
1984
- Forty Years On by Alan Bennett, directed by Patrick Garland
- Oh, Kay!, music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, book by Tony Geiss & Ned Sherrin, based on the original by Guy Bolton & P.G. Wodehouse, directed by Ian Judge
- The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, directed by Patrick Garland
- The Way of the World by William Congreve, directed by William Gaskill
1985
- Cavalcade by Noël Coward, directed by David Gilmore
- Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, directed by Robin Phillips
- The Philanthropist by Christopher Hampton, directed by Patrick Garland
- The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, revised by Beverley Cross, directed by Nicholas Hytner
1986
- Annie Get Your Gun, music & lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by Herbert & Dorothy Fields, directed by David Gilmore
- The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold, directed by Ronald Eyre
- The Relapse by John Vanbrugh, directed by Matthew Francis
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, adapted for the stage and directed by Peter Coe
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Larry Gelbart
1987
- Robert and Elizabeth, book & lyrics by Ronald Millar, music by Ron Grainer, directed by Stewart Taylor
- An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, directed by Tony Britton
- A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt, directed by Frank Hauser
- Miranda by Beverley Cross, after Carlo Goldoni, directed by Wendy Toye
1988
- Hay Fever by Noël Coward, directed by Tony Britton
- Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Christopher Morahan
- The Royal Baccarat Scandal by Royce Ryton, based on the book by Michael Havers & Edward Grayson, directed by Val May
- Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh, translated by Christopher Fry, directed by Elijah Morrissey
1989
- Victory! adapted from Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts by Patrick Garland, directed by Patrick Garland and Matthew Francis
- The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, directed by Vivian Matalan
- London Assurance by Dion Boucicault, directed by Sam Mendes
- A Little Night Music, book by Hugh Wheeler, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Ian Judge
- Summerfolk by Maxim Gorky in a version by Botho Strauss & Peter Stein, translated by Michael Robinson
- Culture Vultures by Robin Glendinning
- Warrior by Shirley Gee
- The Triumph of Love by Pierre de Marivaux, translated by Guy Callan
- Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill
- Love's Labours Lost by William Shakespeare
- The Purity Game by Gillian Plowman, music by Corin Buckeridge, lyrics by Will Cohu
- War and Peaces, a revue devised by Will Cohu and Stefan Bednarczyk
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