Julius Caesar

by William Shakespearedirected by Stanley Smith
April 1962
The Civic Theatre

Leeds Arts Centre performed Julius Caesar in April 1962.

Cast

Julius CaesarSidney Irving
Triumvirs after the death of Julius Caesar
Octavius CaesarRobin Spencer
Marcus AntoniusGerry Armytage
LepidusBrian Hayward
 
CiceroJohn Byfield
Popilius LenaRay Spurgeon
Conspirators against Julius Caesar
Marcus BrutusJack Lewis
CassiusLen Sheldon
CascaNorman Thackwray
TreboniusMichael Landy
LigariusMalcolm Wilson
Decius BrutusFrank O’Donnell
Metellus CimberGeorge Westmoreland
CinnaKeith Riddington
Tribunes
FlaviusEdward Lakeland
MarullusJack Clark
 
SoothsayerArthur Ridley
Cinna, a PoetMalcolm Wilson
Friends to Brutus and Cassius
LucillusGeorge Teale
TitiniusEdward Lakeland
VolumniusRay Spurgeon
MessalaNorman Thackwray
Servants to Brutus
ClaudiusJack Clark
StratoKeith Riddington
LuciusSylvia Brayshay
DardaniusFrank O’Donnell
 
Pindarus, servant to CassiusRon Cooper
A CobblerGeorge Westmoreland
A CarpenterRon Cooper
Servant to Octavius CaesarRobert Tolan
Servant to Marcus AntoniusCarl Beedle
Calphurnia, wife to CaesarHazel Irving
Portia, wife to BrutusJoan Orange
 
Senators, Citizens, Guards, Attendants, etc.Erica Burton
 Clare Cheetham
 Pat Evans
 Susan Francis
 Pat Gore
 Gwen Hart
 Sybil Jenkinson
 Denise Lenka
 Josephine Lund
 Jenny McLean
 Joan Milbourne
 Barbara Musson
 Deborah Orange
 Teresa Martin
 Vivienne Pearson
 Melanie Richardson
 Monica Sheldon
 Eileen Smith
 Stephen Clarkson
 Leonard Cousins
 Richard Heaton
 Peter Mosby
 Stephen Pashley
 Philip Rhodes
 Stephen Worsnop

Backstage team

DirectorStanley Smith
Stage ManagersPhilip Weston
 Anne Wrigglesworth
LightingGeoff Mitchell
Costumes Designed byGerry Armytage
Costumes Made byDoreen Parker
 Betty Triggs
 Nora Knapton
 June Stonehouse
 May McAndrew
Armour Made byGerry Armytage
Properties and Helmets Made bySybil Jenkinson
 Josephine Lund
 John Byfield
 Robert Tolan
 Stephen Pashley
MusicLaura White
 Jean Perkins
PromptersGwen Hart
 Olive Richardson
 Janet Brown
Production SecretariesMargaret Shackleton
 Wendy Terry
Front of House ManagersColin Belford
 Margaret Shackleton
Box Office ManagersCora Greaves
 Ernest Greaves

Archive documents

The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.

Download: Programme
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