'Twelfth Night' & 'Richard II'
venue
Derby Playhouse
Dates
6th - 18th February 1961
Directors
Kitty Scopes & Leslie Titmuss
As was the custom at the time in 1961 we presented our 'Shakespeare Festival' - two back-to-back productions in consecutive weeks at the old Derby Playhouse in Sacheveral Street.
As usual for the Shakespeare Festival this consisted of two contrasting plays - a comedy and a history. While this marked the fifth outing for 'Twelfth Night' it was just the second time since 1909 that the then British Empire Shakespeare Society, Derby Branch, had performed 'Richard II'.
We hope to be able to add more information and photographs from this production soon.
Crew
TWELFTH NIGHT
Producer - Kitty Scopes
Setting Design - Dorette Fairbourn
Stage Director - Pat Laurie
Stage Manager & Musical Director - John Townsend
Lighting - Dennis Eddowes
Wardrobe - Jean Wheeler & Hilda Dyer
Properties - Flora McGregor & Mary Willis
Make-up - Enid Clarke
Music Operator - Mary Paxton
Prompters - Doris Knight & Barbara Pipes
RICHARD II
Producer - Leslie Titmuss
Setting Design - Leslie Titmuss
Setting Execution - Dorette Fairbourn
Stage Director - Geoffrey Aspdin
Stage Manager - Duncan McGregor
Musical Director - John Townsend
Lighting - Dennis Eddowes
Wardrobe - Jean Wheeler & Hilda Dyer
Properties - Mary Willis & Flora McGregor
Make-up - Ursula Eddowes
Music Operator - Ruth Turner
Prompter - Lavinia Gamble
Cast
TWELFTH NIGHT
Orsino - Patrick Marley
Sebastian - Duncan Underwood
Antonio - Alan Elliott
Sea Captain - Gordon Styche
Valentine - Peter Newby
Curio - John Cocke
Sir Toby Belch - William Pottier
Sir Andrew Aguecheek - Patrick Beck
Malvolio - Kenneth Pipes
Fabian - Tony Rees
Feste - Brian Swindell
Priest - Hugh Price
First Officer - Duncan McGregor
Second Officer - Gordon Styche
Gentlemen - James Marley, Brian McGraw & Christopher Redfearn
Sailors - Duncan McGregor & Christopher Redfearn
Olivia - Sheila Carver
Viola - Bette Garratt
Maria - Peggy Banks
Ladies - Vida Ayres, Daphne Bridge & Angela Woolley
RICHARD II
King Richard II - Frank Garratt
John Of Gaunt, Duke Of Lancaster - Kenneth Collier
Edmund Of Langley, Duke Of York - Tom Jelley
Henry Bolingbroke, Duke Of Hereford - Eric Spencer
Duke Of Aumerle - Duncan McGregor
Thomas Mowbray, Duke Of Norfolk - Leslie Blyther
Lord Marshal - Armytage Dean
Earl Of Salisbury - Eric Bakewell
Lord Berkeley - Jack Blackwall
Bushy - Christopher Redfearn
Bagot - Andrew Gulland
Green - Brian McGraw
Earl Of Northumberland - Ronald Williamson
Hotspur - Peter Newby
Lord Ross - David Bellaby
Lord Willoughby - Ian Roberts
Bishop Of Carlisle - Donald Potter
Sir Pierce Of Exton - Trevor Shields
Sir Stephen Scroop - Howard Smith
Captain - Tony Rees
First Gardener - Douglas Marsden
Servant - Kenneth Tipper
Groom - Patrick Beck
Keeper - Duncan McGregor
Soldiers - Edwin Ennals, Brian McGraw & Leonard Otter
Pages - Andrew Backhouse & Anthony Sinns
Queen - Jessica Clewes
Duchess Of Gloucester - Dorothy Haymes
Duchess Of York - Jean Wood
Ladies - Pauline Garrard & Jean Pentreath
Servant To John Of Gaunt - Mary Willis