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Twelfth Night
• directed by Arthur E. Payne
November 1946
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed Twelfth Night in November 1946.
Cast
| Orsino, Duke of Illyria | Frederick H. Spencer |
| Sebastian, brother to Viola | Derek Moody |
| Antonio, a sea captain and friend to Sebastian | George Barker |
| Valentine, Gentleman attending on the Duke | Peter Jackson |
| Curio, Gentleman attending on the Duke | Richard Lofthouse |
| Sir Toby Belch, uncle to Viola | Ladley Pearson |
| Sir Andrew Aguecheek | V. Michael Wadsworth |
| Malvolio, steward to Olivia | Arthur Cox |
| Fabian, servant to Olivia | J. Ray Furnie |
| Feste, a clown, servant to Olivia | Stanley G. Sykes |
| Olivia | Reneé Horwitch |
| Viola | Ruby Naylor |
| Maria, Olivia’s Woman | Joan Waugh |
| First Waiting Woman | Barbara Harrison |
| Second Waiting Woman | Eileen Love |
| First Officer | J. Mervyn Wigley |
| Second Officer | Lionel Lister |
| Priest | Ernest Greaves |
| String Trio under the direction of | Mr. A. Musgrave |
Backstage team
| Director | Arthur E. Payne |
| Stage Manager | Reg Taylor |
| Assistants | William Sharp |
| Kenneth B. Waugh | |
| Set Design | Jack Popplewell |
| Scene Painting | Elizabeth Tinker |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Netta Sharp |
| Properties | Elsie Bell |
| Patricia Ashcroft | |
| Prompter | Kathleen Wigglesworth |
| House Management | Phyllis Harris |
| Business Management | V. Michael Wadsworth |
| Programme Cover designed by | J. C. Newby |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
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, 1966 and 1958 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.
