In 1952, a young Maggie Smith appeared in a production of He Who Gets Slapped by the Russian playwright Leonid Andreyev, directed by Peter Bayley at the Clarendon Press Institute,[3] after attending a theatrical training scheme and performing in Twelfth Night at the Oxford Playhouse.

Peter Sissons, later to become a newscaster, was Treasurer of the Univ Players during his time studying at University College in the 1960s.

[6] John Albery took over from Peter Bayley as the senior member of the Players during the 1960s, after his appointment as a chemistry don at University College.

Recent Productions include Sheridan's The School for Scandal in 2003, Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound in 2009, and Congreve's The Way of the World in 2010.

[14] John Albery organised the Univ Revue in the college Hall, starting in 1972, with Leslie Mitchell.