Pericles, Prince of Tyre

by William Shakespearedirected by Malcolm Brown
October 1986
The Civic Theatre

Leeds Arts Centre performed Pericles, Prince of Tyre in October 1986.

Production photos

These photographs were taken during the production’s rehearsals.

Costume designs

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

Cast

Gower, the PresenterPaul Haywood
Pericles, Prince of TyreMartin Key
Antiochus, King of AntiochEdwin Barraclough
Daughter of AntiochusKathy Wormald
Thaliard, a Lord of AntiochLes Wormald
Messenger of AntiochMichael Crowley
Ladies of AntiochLesley Wheal
 Margaret Savage
Helicanus, a Lord of TyreGeoffrey Hillyard
Escanes, a Lord of TyreGeorge Barker
Lords of TyreThomas Holmes
 Justin Taylor
Cleon, Governor of TarsusRoger Cook
Dionyza, wife of CleonGwyneth Hadley
Lord of TarsusGeorge Barker
Citizens of TarsusLesley Wheal
 Margaret Savage
 Kathy Wormald
 Gordon Carlin
 Chris Rowley
 Michael Crowley
Attendants to PericlesThomas Holmes
 Justin Taylor
Fisherman of PentapolisGordon Carlin
Pilch, a fishermanChris Rowley
Patchbreech, a fishermanMichael Crowley
Simonides, King of PentapolisEdwin Barraclough
Thaisa, daughter of SimonidesShirley Hamer
Marshal of PentapolisRoger Cook
KnightsLes Wormald
 Thomas Holmes
 Chris Rowley
 Michael Crowley
 Justin Taylor
Lychorida, a nurseDenise Swift
Ladies of PentapolisLesley Wheal
 Margaret Savage
 Kathy Wormald
 Gwyneth Hadley
SailorsChris Rowley
 Gordon Carlin
 Thomas Holmes
 Justin Taylor
Cerimon, a Lord of EphesusGeorge Barker
Philemon, servant of CerimonJustin Taylor
Gentlemen of EphesusMichael Crowley
 Thomas Holmes
Servants of CerimonChris Rowley
 Gordon Carlin
Leonine, servant of DionyzaLes Wormald
Marina, daughter of PericlesSusie Braime
Philoten, daughter of CleonLesley Wheal
PiratesChris Rowley
 Justin Taylor
 Thomas Holmes
Pander, owner of a brothel at MytileneGordon Carlin
Bawd, wife of the PanderMonica Brown
Boult, servant of the BawdEdwin Barraclough
Whores at the brothelKathy Wormald
 Margaret Savage
 Michael Crowley
Gentlemen of MytileneJustin Taylor
 Chris Rowley
Lysimachus, Governor of MytileneLes Wormald
Lord of MytileneJustin Taylor
Diana, Goddess of ChastityDenise Swift
Virgins at the Temple of DianaLesley Wheal
 Margaret Savage

Backstage team

DirectorMalcolm Brown
Stage ManagerMartyn Drake
Set ConstructionGeorge Westmoreland
StatueStuart Wilton
PropertiesDoreen Parker
PromptMary Nelson
 Philip Weston
LightingPeter Waddicor
ComposerPeter Skelton
MusicianGillian Thresh
Fight ArrangerMartin Key
ChoreographyJean Blundell
CostumesLAC Team
Box OfficeJune Stevenson
 Dennis Stevenson
Front of House ManagersJoyce King
 Pam Wilson

Archive documents

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

Download: Programme
(5.5 MBytes)

Add to the archive

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