British Final Winners

The Hall of Fame for the Wales Finals Winners
1927 - 2023

Drama Association of Wales Quaich
Drama Association of Wales Quaich

At the close of the festival a traditional highland Quaich is passed onto the following years organisers.

This four handled "Cup of Welcome" represents the four countries with the engraving:

"British Final of One-Act Plays. Ludit qui bene laborat. Laborat qui bene ludit"
(He is playing who works well. He who works well is playing).

  • Venue
    The MAC Theatre, Belfast

    Play
    A Sudden, Violent Outburst of Rain

    Playwright
    Sami Ibrahim

  • Venue
    Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl

    Play
    Metamorphoses

    Playwright
    Mary Zimmerman

  • Due to the events of the COVID Pandemic, no plays took place

  • Due to the events of the COVID Pandemic, no plays took place

  • Venue
    Harrogate Theatre North Yorkshire

    Play
    Education, Education, Education

    Playwright
    The Wardrobe Ensemble

  • Venue
    The Macroberts Arts Centre, Stirling

    Play
    The Bridge

    Playwright
    Gabe Torrens

  • Venue
    The MAC, Belfast

    Play
    Lear's Daughters

    Playwright
    Elaine Feinstein & The Women's Theatre Workshop

  • Venue
    Sherman Theatre, Cardiff

    Play
    Contractions

    Playwright
    Mike Bartlett

  • Venue
    The Wilde Theatre

    Play
    Her Slightest Touch

    Playwright
    Torben Betts

  • Venue
    Macrobert Arts Centre

    Play
    Victor's Dung

    Playwright
    Seamus O'Rourke

  • Venue
    Millennium Forum Theatre

    Play
    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    Playwright
    Peter Nichols

  • Venue
    Torch Theatre, Milford Haven

    Play
    In the Blinking of an Eye

    Playwright
    Jeremy Hylton Davies

  • Venue
    Wyvern Theatre

    Play
    Art (Act I)

    Playwright
    Yasmina Reza

  • Venue
    Village Theatre

    Play
    Melody

    Playwright
    Deirdre Kinahan

  • Venue
    Adrhowen Theatre

    Play
    Two

    Playwright
    Jim Cartwright

  • Venue
    Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea

    Play
    One Good Beating

    Playwright
    Linda McLean

  • Venue
    Solihull Arts Complex

    Play
    Find Me

    Playwright
    Olwen Wymark

  • Venue
    Perth Theatre

    Play
    The Invisible Man

    Playwright
    Jennifer Johnston

  • Venue
    Riverside Theatre

    Play
    After Liverpool

    Playwright
    James Saunders

  • Venue
    Aberystwyth Arts Centre

    Play
    Ball Boys

    Playwright
    David Edgar

  • Venue
    Gaiety Theatre

    Play
    The Steamie

    Playwright
    Tony Roper

  • Venue
    Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

    Play
    Bouncers

    Playwright
    John Godber

  • Venue
    Lyric Theatre

    Play
    A Bench at the Edge

    Playwright
    Luigi Jannuzi

  • Venue
    North Wales Theatre, Llandudno

    Play
    Lear’s Daughters

    Playwright
    The Women’s Theatre Group (from an idea by Elaine Feinstein)

  • Venue
    Campus West Theatre

    Play
    The Dumb Waiter

    Playwright
    Harold Pinter

  • Venue
    Falkirk Town Hall

    Play
    Lone Star

    Playwright
    James McLure

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Dancing Fusilier

    Playwright
    Mike Tibbetts

  • Venue
    Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold

    Play
    Plaza Suite (Act III)

    Playwright
    Neil Simon

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Last Yankee

    Playwright
    Arthur Miller

  • Venue
    Arts Guild Theatre, Greenock

    Play
    Ball Boys

    Playwright
    David Edgar

  • Venue
    Ardhowen Theatre

    Play
    A Slight Ache

    Playwright
    Harold Pinter

  • Venue
    Sherman Theatre, Cardiff

    Play
    After Liverpool

    Playwright
    James Saunders

  • Venue
    Little Theatre, Southport

    Play
    The Donahue Sisters

    Playwright
    Geraldine Aron

  • Venue
    Dundee Repertory Theatre

    Play
    Bouncers

    Playwright
    John Godber

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Day of the Dog

    Playwright
    Graham Swannell

  • Venue
    Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold

    Play
    The Birthday Party

    Playwright
    Harold Pinter

  • Venue
    Stantonbury Theatre

    Play
    Private Lives (Act II)

    Playwright
    Noel Coward

  • Venue
    Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

    Play
    The Forced Marriage

    Playwright
    Molière

  • Venue
    Riverside Theatre

    Play
    Skirmishes

    Playwright
    Catherine Hayes

  • Venue
    Sherman Theatre, Cardiff

    Play
    Winners

    Playwright
    Brian Friel

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Little Eyolf

    Playwright
    Henrik Ibsen

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Sganarelle

    Playwright
    Moliere

  • Venue
    Sherman Theatre, Cardiff

    Play
    Playing With Fire

    Playwright
    Barbara Field

  • Venue
    Arts Guild Theatre, Greenock

    Play
    The Brute

    Playwright
    Anton Chekhov

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Equus (Act I)

    Playwright
    Peter Shaffer

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Lessons To Be Learned

    Playwright
    Dave Lodge

  • Venue
    Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

    Play
    After I’m Gone

    Playwright
    Frank Vickery

  • Venue
    Colwyn Bay

    Play
    No Why

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    Lewisham Concert Hall, London

    Play
    Doreen

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    Sherman Theatre, Cardiff

    Play
    Was He Anyone?

    Playwright
    N. F. Simpson

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Miracle Worker

    Playwright
    William Gibson

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Trevor

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    Edinburgh

    Play
    How’s The World Treating You

    Playwright
    Roger Milner

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    A Shilling for the Beadle

    Playwright
    James Scotland

  • Venue
    (UNKNOWN)

    Play
    The Nine Fathers

    Playwright
    Leslie Bonnet

  • Venue
    Grove Theatre, Belfast

    Play
    The Proposal

    Playwright
    Anton Chekhov

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Birthday Party

    Playwright
    Harold Pinter

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Long Christmas Dinner

    Playwright
    Thornton Wilder

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Getting and Spending

    Playwright
    Michael J. Chepiga

  • Venue
    (UNKNOWN)

    Play
    They Simply Fade Away

    Playwright
    T.C. Thomas

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Heaven Is An Island

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Tail-Piece

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    God Is My Mountain

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    In The Zone

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Liberation

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Who Loves Moraig (Act I)

    Playwright
    Jack Ronder

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Sordid Story

    Playwright
    J.A.S Coppard

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Reeves Tale

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (UNKNOWN)

    Play
    Davy Jones' Dinner

    Playwright
    T.C. Thomas

  • Venue
    (UNKNOWN)

    Play
    The Wedding Morning

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (UNKNOWN)

    Play
    The Masterful Wife

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Heiress (Act II)

    Playwright
    Ruth & Augustus Goetz

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Displaced Persons

    Playwright
    Elizabeth Milne

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Proposal

    Playwright
    Anton Chekhov

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Pullman Car Hiawatha

    Playwright
    Thorton Wilder

  • Venue
    (UNKNOWN)

    Play
    Birds of a Feather

    Playwright
    Thomas Doran

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Jephthah's Daughter

    Playwright
    Elma Levinger

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Jephthah's Daughter

    Playwright
    Elma Levinger

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Plant in the Sun

    Playwright
    Ben Bengal

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Count Albany

    Playwright
    Donald Carswell

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Willing Spirit

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Spartan Girl

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Not This Man

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    What Every Woman Knows (Act I)

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Road of Poplars

    Playwright
    Vernon Sylvaine

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    On the High Road

    Playwright
    (Unknown)

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Ardvorlich’s Wife

    Playwright
    Gordon Bottomley

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Man Who Wouldn’t Go To Heaven

    Playwright
    F. Sladen-Smith

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Devil Among The Skins

    Playwright
    Ernest Goodwin

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    The Old Lady Shows Her Medals

    Playwright
    J.M. Barrie

  • Venue
    (Unknown)

    Play
    Mr Sampson

    Playwright
    John Sherman