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Leeds Arts Centre performed Macbeth in April – May 1961.
Duncan, King of Scotland | Arthur Ridley |
His sons | |
Malcolm | Gerry Armytage |
Donalbain | Arthur Taylor |
Generals to the King’s Army | |
Macbeth | Jack Lewis |
Banquo | Ray Spurgeon |
Noblemen of Scotland | |
Macduff | Robin Spencer |
Ross | Norman Thackwray |
Angus | David Hughes |
Lennox | John Craven |
Caithness | Philip Rhodes |
Menteith | Malcolm Wilson |
Fleance, son to Banquo | Erica Burton |
Siward, Earl of Northumberland, General of English forces | Jack Clark |
Young Siward, his son | John Lawson |
Seyton, attending on Macbeth | Edward Lakeland |
Boy, son to Macduff | Sylvia Brayshay |
An English Doctor | Ray Spurgeon |
A Scottish Doctor | Sidney Irving |
A Sergeant | Edward Lakeland |
A Porter | Terry Hawkin |
An Old Man | Brian Slater |
Murderers | Sidney Irving |
Edward Lakeland | |
Lady Macbeth | Janet Brown |
Lady Macduff | Wendy Brooke |
Gentlewoman | Maureen Rutter |
Witches | Terry Hawkin |
Wendy Terry | |
Pauline Bishop | |
Nobles, Attendants, Messengers, Soldiers, Apparitions | Eric Crofts |
Desmond Dickinson | |
Eric Parker | |
Peter Riley | |
Alan Steele | |
Robert Tolan | |
George Westmoreland | |
Michael Whitehead | |
and others |
Director | Barbara Dalley |
Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
Set by | Fred Mower |
Lighting | Civic Theatre Staff |
Music and Sound Effects | Hazel Hunter |
Laura White | |
Alan Sutcliffe | |
Costumes | Maureen Rutter |
Assisted by | Anne Murgatroyd |
Barbara Musson | |
Joyce Adcock | |
Fights Arranged by | Gerry Armytage |
Prompters | Aileen Tillotson |
Monica Sheldon | |
Production Secretary | Dorothy Kyne |
Properties | Joan Milbourne |
Nettie Ross | |
Ruby Palka | |
Auditorium Manager | Michael Atha |
Box Office Managers | Cora Greaves |
Ernest Greaves |
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 Macbeth, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
Leeds Arts Centre has also performed Macbeth on other occasions, in 2016, 1995, 1982 and 1968 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.