Twelfth Night

by William Shakespearedirected by Maureen Rutter
March – April 1966
The Civic Theatre

Leeds Arts Centre performed Twelfth Night in March – April 1966.

Cast

Orsino – Duke of IllyriaJohn Pettitt
Sebastian – Brother to ViolaDavid Brown
Antonio – Friend to SebastianEdward Lakeland
A Sea Captain – Friend to ViolaChristopher Bramham
Valentine – Attending the DukeTimothy Rutter
Curio – Attending the DukeKatie Rutter
Sir Toby Belch – Uncle to ViolaJack Lewis
Sir Andrew AguecheekMalcolm Johnson
Malvolio – Steward to OliviaArthur Cockerill
Fabian – Servant to OliviaJames Boyer
Feste – A ClownHarry Hart
OliviaSally Adcock
ViolaJean Tordoff
Maria – Olivia’s GentlewomanJanet Hanson
GuardsChristopher Bramham
 Phillip Hilstrop
PagePenny McArthy
PriestJohn Bull

Backstage team

DirectorMaureen Rutter
Designed byGerry Armytage
Scenic ArtistFred Mower
Stage ManagerGeorge Westmoreland
Assistant Stage ManagerKenneth Rutter
PropertiesPhilippa Grossman
 Margaret Thomas
WardrobeBetty Triggs
 Doreen Parker
 Lesley Norton
 Kay Park
 Josephine Ward
 Elaine Cooper
 Josephine Wright
MusicStuart Bennett
 Gerald Beaumont
 Phillip Stead
PrompterElizabeth Evans

Archive documents

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

Download: Programme
(959 KBytes)

Add to the archive

We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of Twelfth Night, we would be very pleased to hear from you.

Other productions

Leeds Arts Centre has also performed Twelfth Night on other occasions, in 1990, 1975, 1958 and 1946 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.