York Mystery Plays

 Producer: Martin E. Browne.  

Associate Producer: Henzie Raeburn (m. to Martin Browne)

Director of Movement: Geraldine Stephenson 

Designer: Norah Lambourne  

Musical Director: Denis Stevens

God the Father: John Jacob

Archangel Michael:John Westbrook 

Archangel Gabriel: Michael Vonberg 

Lucifer (Satan): John van Eyssen 

Belzabub: John Pickles  Belial: Ralph Broome

1st Devil: Colin Paris 2nd Devil: Robert Fyfe

Adam: Kenneth Parsons Eve: Jane Southern

Mary: Jean Bucke 

Joseph: Leonard Pickering 

Shepherds:Oswald Heppell, Maurice Long, Richard Vivian

Kings:John Falconer, Ronald Drake, Martyn Colborn

John the Baptist:Desmond Taylor  

Angel: Betty M Ruddock

Jesus: Joseph O'Conor 

Woman taken in Adultery:Jean Neilson

Jews: Hubert Kemp, Albert Riley

Doctors: Alfred Bristow, Theo Bruce

Servant at Bethany: Alethea Charlton 

Martha: Elsie Senior

Mary of Bethany: Eliner Rutherford 

Lazarus: Norman Tyrrell 

Keeper of the Gates (porter): Arthur R. Pickering

Wife to Zaccheus: Lilian Pickering  

Zaccheus: Wilfrid Loftus

Blind Man: Peter Pumphrey 

Lame Man:Claude Oglethorpe

Peter:  Stewart Lack

Citizens:George Taylor, Eileen Skaife 

The Lord Mayor: John Westbrook

Burghers: R. G. Preece, G. N. Shann, M. E. Wilkinson, L. R. Wright

Judas:John Heu 

Caiaphas: John Kay 

Portress: Barbara Hughes

Pilate:Alec De Little 

Percula: Moira Reed

Annas: Reginald Dench

Malchus: Richard Vivian  

James: Harold Milner 

John:Nicholas Evans 

Pilate's Son:Peter Burdon

Maid: Brenda Boggan 

Beadle: Philip Clarke

Barabbas: L. R. Wright 

Centurion:Ronald Drake 

Roman Soldiers: Oswald Heppell, M. A. Bruce, Claude Oglethorpe, Peter Pumphrey, A. R. Pickering, Frank Waudby, Gregers Stewart, Garth Berresford

Mary Magdalene: Henzie Raeburn

Boy at the Cross: Anthony Reed 

Mary Cleopas: Esme Church or Mavis Deighton (Esme Church was also running the Northern Children#t Theatre)

Simon of Cyrene: Andrew Staines 

Joseph of Arimathea:John Falconer

Nicodemus: Norman Tyrrell 

Moses:Martyn Colborn 

Simeon: C. W. Rawling David:Brian Barnes

Angel at the Resurrection: Judith Dench

Thomas: John Bayes

Jewish Soldiers: Graham Rigby, Anthony Yates, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Cooper

Angels:Marjorie Daly, Eileen Dobson, Isobel Lane, Philippa Leppington, Mary Mitchell, Barbara Redhead, Christine Rhodes, Tessa Robson, Kathryn Rowntree, Janet Taylor, Juliet Turtle

Devils: Rodney Briggs, Richard Crowe, Paul Gregory, Christopher Lawson

Apostles: Roland Bentley, Oliver Carter, A. Freer West, Philip Gill, E. G. Robinson, W. T. Shorer, Leslie Walker

Citizens and countryfolk: Dorothy Anderson, Barbara Appleton, Norma Bailey, Patricia Bainbridge, Ethel Barker, Sheila Barker, Helen Beaumont, Barbara Benson, Audrey Bentley, Gladys Benton, Maureen Blackburn, Monica Booth, Shirley Bowland, Anthea Boyle, Ruth Briars, Hilda Bristow, Ann Burniston, Zellia Caffrey, Ann Clark, Doris Clarke, Alma Coates-Walker, Juliet Cooke, Jennifer Crowe, Bertha Cundall, Ann Deighton, Olave Dench, Patricia Dosser, Lorna Dransfield, Irene Fletcher, Angela Gerber, Kathleen Giblin, Monica Gill, Mollie Green, Louise Harris, Christine Howarth, Ethel Howe, Sheila Humphreys, B. Jacklin, Avril Johnson, Maureen Johnson, Barbara Jolly, Judith Kemp, Mavis King, Evelyn Knaggs, Felicity Lumley, Diana Maturi, Margaret Mein, Eleanor Milner, Dora Morris, Pamela Newcombe, Hilary Newton, Ann Nockels, Judy Obank, Frances Outhwaite, Hilary Parker, Joan Perkins, Barbara Pittard, Carol Rycroft, Pamela Schofield, Clare Shaw, Erla Shorer, D. Smith, Doreen Smith, Joyce Smith, Elisabeth Southren, Bernice Stewart, Audrey Styan, Gay Turtle, Mary Vaughan, Margaret Ward, Margaret Watt, Molly Welch, Bridget Whelan

J. V. Addis-Smith, R. Allinson, D. B. Andrews, E. Barker, G. Barraclough, P. Batchelor, A. Bentley, P. Blanshard, B. Calpin, W. Chapman, J. F. Clark, J. Cross, H. Edwards, D. Finnegan, O. J. Follows. G. Franks, R. Hardcastle, J. Hargreaves, F. Howe, M. Hutton, T. Jefferson, J. Lutman, C. Mortimer, R. Mouncey, B. Newey, N. F. Nicholson, S. Robinson, T. Sutcliffe, E. Turner, J. Woodcock

Students of the Northern Theatre School taking part:Norma Bailey, Anthea Boyle, Juliet Cooke, Lorna Dranfield, Angela Gerber, Louise Harris, Christine Howarth, Avril Johnson, Judith Kemp, Felicity Lumley, Diana Maturi, Judy Obank, Edward Petherbridge, Clare Shaw, Mary Vaughan, 

Music for the Mystery Plays:Recorded by Scola Polyphonica Conducted by:Henry Washington

Also performed by:The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, directed by Denis Stevens 

Stage Director: William Pickering  

Stage Manager:Edward Scurr 

Asst Stage Managers:Brian Barnes, George Duncombe, Wilfred Newby, E. V. Payne

Wardrobe Mistress: Olave Dench 

Assistant Wardrobe Mistress: Winifred Mary Robinson

Assistant to the Producer: Shirley Waide 

Property Mistress: Kathleen De Little

Scene Painter: Keith P. Lyon

Front of House Manager:R. L. Roger 

Deputy Front of House Manager:W. Smith 

Cast Marshall: Kenneth Mathews

 Costume Group: Mesdames Benfield, Bengsson, Blenkin, Burrow, Clarke, Dawson, Hopper, Killip, Lawn, Maynard, McClenaghan, Moore, Nichols, Pim, Robson, Rymer, Scruton, Shannon, Shaw, Shorer, Steele, Tatton, Walker, and Wyman.

Properties Group: Miss Andrewarthur, Miss Appleton, Miss Baram, Miss Dawson; Mr Blanshard, Mr De Little, Miss Dench, Dr Dench, Mrs Green, Miss Hartley, Miss Hibbs, Mr Lack, Miss Mather, Mr Matthews, Mr Milner, Mrs Newitt, Miss Outhwaite, Mr L Pickering, Mrs Pickering, Mrs Preece, Miss Purvis, Miss J. Robinson, Miss C. Robinson, Mrs Scurr, Mrs. Shorer, Mr Shorer, Miss Skaife.

Scenery built by Arthur Heppell and H. B. Raylor and Company Ltd

Special Effects and lighting by Strand Electric and Engineering Co Ltd
Stands built by H. B. Raylor and Company Ltd

Sound Equipment by Recorded Sound Ltd

Here is a photograph of Director of Movement Geraldine Stephenson taking a rehearsal, with onlookers.