Cornley Drama Society

The **Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society** (CPDS) is the fictional theatre society that puts on the productions in the GWEU. They are an often inept group of people, who are either bad actors, stagehands, or unable to do well due to unfortunate circumstances. There are several members who joined the society purely for extra credit or because no other society would take them.

As of The Goes Wrong Show, CPDS has been renamed to Cornley Drama Society, and has ceased to be part of a polytechnic university. This has been changed to make the group an amateur drama society instead, presumably to better reflect the amount of time that has passed since its conception.

## Members

### Main Society Members

* Chris Bean (Director)
* Robert Grove
* Jonathan Harris
* Sandra Wilkinson
* Max Bennett
* Dennis Tyde
* Annie Twilloil
* Trevor Watson
* Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway

### Fringe/Recurring Members

Main Article: Minor Characters

* Lucy Grove (Member for Peter Pan, A Christmas Carol, and Goes Wrong Show episodes, A Trial to Watch and There is no escape)
* Jill Jones (Stagehand for The Murder at Haversham Manor and Peter Pan)
* Phil Phillips (Stagehand for The Murder at Haversham Manor and Peter Pan)
* Francis Beaumont (Member for Peter Pan)
* Lincoln Parque (ASM for Peter Pan)
* Grace Ofcharles (ASM for Peter Pan)
* Carol (Sound Operator for Peter Pan, and former wife of Jerry)
* Jerry (Unknown Role for Peter Pan and at least one other unknown production, former husband of Carol)
* Sei (Stagehand for The Murder at Haversham Manor, only appears in some promotional material)
* Jimmy Paul [Illegible Middle Name] Michael [Illegible Surname] (A Stage Manager for The Murder at Haversham Manor, only appears in some promotional material)
* Suzy (A Stage Manager for The Murder at Haversham Manor, only appears in some promotional material)
* Xavier Leret (Unknown, listed as character in The Murder at Haversham Manor)
* Farah Magee (Unknown, listed as character in The Murder at Haversham Manor)
* Phil Murray (Unknown, listed as character in The Murder at Haversham Manor)
* Dylan Taylor (Unknown, listed as character in The Murder at Haversham Manor)

## Productions

### Plays

* The Play That Goes Wrong (performs The Murder At Haversham Manor)
* Peter Pan
* A Christmas Carol

#### Goes Wrong Show

Main Article: The Goes Wrong Show

* The Spirit of Christmas
* The Pilot
* A Trial to Watch
* The Lodge
* Harper's Locket
* 90 Degrees
* The Nativity
* Summer Once Again
* The Most Lamentable Tragedy of the Prince of England and His Long Lost Twin Brother, Prince Regent of France and the Problems Therein Experienced by All When they came to Know of One Another after a Battle
* There is No Escape
* A Kitchen Sink Drama
* La Nuit de la Chenille
* A Talented Woman Awakens (Radio Drama)
* Toothpaste, £1.69
* An Upstanding Member in a Tight Spot in the Back Office

Shorts:

* Zoom Goes Wrong: "An Interesting Vistor"
* See It Safely: Cornley's 'Helpful' Guide
* Children In Need 2020: "A Romantic Dinner Before 10pm"

#### During The Murder At Haversham Manor

* James and the Peach (Later "James, Where's Your Peach?" after the peach went off)
* The Lion and the Wardrobe
* Cat

#### During Peter Pan

* Jack and the Bean
* Rapunzel (Due to ill timed haircut Rapunzel was imprisoned in a Bungalow)
* Puss in Boots (using a real cat; alternative name among the Society of "Puss Who Was Occasionally in Boots, But Often Refused to Wear His Boots, and Pooed in Them")
* Oliver! (starring Dennis)
* Wind in the Willows
* Wind in the Widows
* Wind in the Pillows
* Romeo and Juliet 2: Back From the Dead
* Timon (and Pumba) of Athens

#### During The Goes Wrong Show

* More Horse (sequel to War Horse)
* Nightwear on Elm Street
* Texas Chainsaw Massager

#### Other / Promotional Material

##### The Play that Goes Wrong

* Snow White and the Tall Broad Gentlemen
* Mr Saigon
* A Fat Old Portuguese Woman Calls
* Joseph and His Amazing Brown Duffle Coat\*
* The Curious Incident of the Dog in Crazy Crazy Craig's Discount Sport Warehouse (Sports Socks 2 for 1)
* Ugly and the Beast

##### Peter Pan Goes Wrong

* Dream Play
* Black Beauty
* Othell
* Jason and the Argonauts
* Eden's Empire
* A Fly in the Ointment
* Razorwire
* Jim Jones and the Puzzlemuch Tree
* Two Sisters
* Hothouse
* Pandora's Box
* The London Plague
* Neglect
* The Man in the Attic (Short Film)
* Blood Brothers
* The Trial
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
* Canterbury Tales
* The Wind in the Willows
* Richard III
* Unnamed "[Sequel Written by Robert Grove] to Beckett's classic"
* Alice in Funderland
* Lost Island (performed in an open air theatre in Northumberland)
* It's Just Not Cricket
* Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat\*

\*It is unknown whether these two plays are the same or not, so they are both listed here for posterity