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Leeds Arts Centre performed The Government Inspector in April 1951.
Luka Lukitch Hlopov, School Superintendent | Donald Harrison |
Mishka, a Servant in the Mayor’s House | Jeremy Smart |
Artemy Filipovitch Zemlyanika, Charity Commissioner | Jack Lewis |
Ammos Fyodorovitch Lyapkin-Tyapkin, District Judge | Ernest Beaumont |
Anton Antonovitch Skvoznik-Dmuhanovsky, the Mayor | Herbert Stead |
Ivan Koosmitch Shpyokin, Postmaster | William Huntley |
Peter Ivanovitch Bobchinsky, Town Landowner | Arthur Ridley |
Peter Ivanovitch Dobchinsky, Town Landowner | Arthur Cox |
Svistoonov, a Constable | John Morley |
Stepan Ilyitch Uhovyortov, Police Superintendent | Arnold Williams |
Anna Andreyevna, the Mayor’s wife | Margaret Bentley |
Marya Antonovna, his daughter | Olga Whitehead |
Yosif | John Jackson |
Ivan Alexandrovitch Hlestakov, an Junior Official from St. Petersburg | Cyril A. Spencer |
A Waiter in the Inn | Bernard Walmsley |
Dyerzhimorda, a Constable | Tom Stennet |
Abdulin, a Merchant | Leslie Reyner |
Second Merchant | Charles Sidlington |
Third Merchant | J. Whitehead |
Locksmith’s Wife | Joyce Adcock |
Sergeant’s Wife | Madeleine Michaels |
Judge’s Wife | Audrey Barker |
Ivan Lazarevitch Rastakovsky, retired official and man of consequence in the town | Harry Coultas |
Stepan Ivanovitch Korobkin, retired official and man of consequence in the town | Cedric Vendyback |
Korobkin’s Wife | Barbara Dalley |
School Superintendent’s Wife | Cynthia Vendyback |
A Gendarme | John Jackson |
Director | Ladley Pearson |
Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
Lighting | Walter P. Miller |
Costume Adviser | Joyce Adcock |
Wardrobe | Cora Greaves |
Stella Ramsbottom | |
Winifred Swallow | |
Properties | Jean Miller |
Pauline Iredale | |
Special Properties | Clifford Iredale |
Prompter | Annette Harrap |
Auditorium Manager | Phyllis Harris |
Publicity Manager | Jean Miller |
Box Office Manager | John Spencer |
The Set Designed and Painted by | Tina Exley |
and Built by | Peter Joy |
Programme Cover Designed by | J. C. Newby |
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of The Government Inspector, we would be very pleased to hear from you.