Henry IV, Part One

by William Shakespearedirected by Stanley Smith
December 1969
The Civic Theatre

Leeds Arts Centre performed Henry IV, Part One in December 1969.

Costume designs

The costumes for this production were designed by Malcolm Brown; some of the original drawings can be seen here.

Cast

King Henry the FourthMalcolm Brown
Prince HalBrian Shaw
Prince JohnDavid Welch
Earl of WestmorelandDennis Stevenson
Sir Walter BluntJack Clark
The Rebels
Earl of WorcesterLen Sheldon
Earl of NorthumberlandNoel Meer
Henry Percy – known as HotspurGerry Armytage
Lady PercyJosephine Ward
Lord MortimerIan Murray
Lady MortimerAnita Kaye
Owen GlendowerTony Braime
Earl of DouglasAnthony Gallagher
Sir Richard VernonStanley Johnston
Prince Hal’s Companions
Sir John FalstaffGraham Alchorne
PoinsDavid Brown
BardolphGeorge Westmoreland
GadshillJack Clark
PetoDerek Ford
Mistress QuicklyMonica Brown
FrancisGeorge Reagan
SheriffAnthony Gallagher
ChambermaidBetty Triggs
Two CarriersChristine Wilson
 Jean Blundell
Lady AttendantsRuth Wilkinson
 Jenny Shaw

Backstage team

DirectorStanley Smith
Stage ManagerEric Parker
Assistant Stage ManagerGeoff Mountain
PropertiesDoreen Parker
Scenery byFred Mower
LightingStanley Smith
PromptEileen Smith
WardrobeMalcolm Brown
 LAC Team
Box OfficeHazel Irving
 John Pemberton
PublicityJo Davy
 Richard Strudwick
 Edward Macro
Front of House ManagersGwen Hart
 Edward Macro
MusicMaureen Rutter

Archive documents

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

Download: Programme
(74 KBytes)

Add to the archive

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

Other productions

Leeds Arts Centre has also performed Henry IV, Part One on another occasion, in 1960 – more details of that production can be found by following the link to its page in this archive.