Objects of Substance – Doreen Yeates Interhouse Play Competi

experience, and then listening to all the other Houses performing their songs is even more fun. However, it was not that long ago that another competition joined the Houses together in creative rivalry. Initially, from 1971 to 1973, and again from 1986 until 1998, the Houses vied for the hotly contested Doreen Yeates Interhouse Play Competition Trophy.

Winners of the Interhouse Play Competition presented 1971 by Doreen M Yeates

The first School magazine to mention an Interhouse Play Competition was in 1971 when a former staff member, Doreen Yeates (née Thomas), donated a cup to the winning House, Woolcock. The first official mention of the Doreen Yeates trophy in the 1973 Annual Report detailed that the cup was awarded to Lilley House who had also been victorious in 1972.