York Mystery Plays

Contents: note by the director Edward Taylor; note on the adaptation by Howard Davies; cast; production staff; The York Plays; 

Biographies of Edward Taylor, Alison Chitty, Howard Davies, John-Stuart Anderson; note about the wagon play (Herod and Three Kings) and the river play (The Flood).

God the Father: David Johnson

Archangel Michael: Peter Brammall 

Archangel Gabriel: Charles Martin 

Lucifer (Satan): Joseph Copley

Devils: Gerry Pollard, Mark Spink, Tony Bullen, Noel Stabler 

Adam: Andrew Spence 

Eve: Ann Willis 

Doctor: Richard Grayson 

Mary: Andree Pugsley 

Joseph: Peter Aughton 

Maids to Mary: Sheila Brumby, Heather Cundall 

Shepherds: David Wackett, Tony Gilbert, Nigel Pratt 

Herod: Douglas Waft

Soldiers: Denis Wilkinson, Christophe Wardale, Duncan Savage, Hugh MacMillan

Messenger: Noel Stabler

Kings: Ken Brown, Hugh Sweeny, Arthur Naylor

Kings' Pages: Nigel Cay, Timothy Shann, Angus Simpson

Jesus: John-Stuart Anderson

Apostles - Peter: Frank Higgens

James: David Wackett

John: Nigel Pratt

Mark: Tony Gilbert

Judas: John Shaw

Andrew: Derek Mapplebeck 

Philip: George Mapplebeck

Matthew: Gordon Ross

Thomas: Brian Sollitt

Bartholomew: David Gibson

Symon: Roy Simpson

Thadeus: Richard Marks

Doctors-of-law: Gerry Pollard, Mark Spink, Tony Bullen, Noel Stabler

Woman taken into Adultery: Sheila Brumby 

Messenger from Bethany: Joyce James

Martha: Margaret Lawty

Mary Magdalene: Mary Lloyd-Owen

Women of Bethany: Catherine Arnott, Margaret King, Julia Wise

Lazarus: Peter Brammall

Gatekeeper of Jerusalem: Michael Benzimra

Burghers: Ken Brown, Douglas Waft, Arthur Naylor, Peter Aughton

Blind Man: Michael Mellors

Poor Man: Derek Mapplebeck

Pilate: Richard Grayson

Annas: Louis Tate 

Caiaphas: John Ramsden 

Beadle: Michael Mellors

Woman by the fire: Pamela Penney, Alyne Ledger 

PLady ercula: Ruth Ford  

Maid: Myfanwy Bugler

Beadle: Philip Clarke 

Son to Pilate: Paul Copley 

Barabbas: Roy Simpson

Mary the Mother: Mavis Deighton

Mary Cleopas: Pat Higgins

Mary Salome: Edna Shann

Veronica: Diana Cook

Simon of Cyrene: Peter Aughton 

Longeus: Douglas Waft

1st Citizen: Gordon Ellwood

2nd Citizen: Pamela Penney

Joseph of Arimathaea: Michael Benzimra 

Nichodemus: Hugh Sweeny

Moses: Ken Brown

Isaiah: Noel Stabler 

David: Arthur Naylor

Angel at the Tomb: Margaret Lawty

 

Country Folk and Citizens:Kathy Alexander, Jean Bilton, Valerie Bingham, Susan Bisatt, Margaret Bovingdon, Cherill Braithwaite, Sherrey Brammall, Anne Bugler, Peter Chandley, Sybil Corkhill, Diane Dewar, Margaret Fox, Margaret Gibson, Kenneth Gill, Shirley Gill, Helen Gillery, Annie Gray, Jean Houghton, Caroline Hourigan, Pauline Hutton, Miriam Jagger, Jane Johnson, Heather Jones, Margaret King, Alison Knight, Ian Lucas, A. L. Luxton, Carol Mason, Jane Markham, Cyril Meehan, Margaret Miller, Jean Moore-Fay, Heather Moreton, Doris Nicholson, Carolyn Ovenden, Ann Owen, Sarah Parker, John Richardson, Alice Roberts, Teresa Robinson, Janet Robson, Katie Santon, Gillian Smith, Arnold Spilman, Michael Taylor, J. Teasdale, Ruth Warring, Hilary Weedon, Tony Wilcox, H. Wilson, Diana Wood, Mary Wright.

Wardrobe Group: Gillian Banks, Fiona Black, Kay Bowyer, Olave Dench, Helen Driscoll, Marian Everatt, Freda Freer, Mary Frith, Theresa Green, Maria Jubb, Edith Lister, Peggy Lovegrove, Anne Mackrory, Edith McHugh, Doreen Myers, Winifred Oliver, Anne Paves, Norah Richmond, Elsie Robinson, Olive Savage, Elizabeth Simmonds, Eileen Skaife, Phyllis Turner, Winifred Whittington, Jill Williamson
Property Mistress:    Ruth Dawson
Property Assistants:    Sue Randal Davina Oakland, Judith Pinder, Sheila Lax, Alfred Bristow, Hilda Bristow, Marian Lacey, Andrew Pinder, Michael Bowen
Musical Director:    Edward Jones
Movement Director:    Louise Brown
Stage Director:        Neville Wright
Lighting Designer:    Jonathan Allen
Lighting Operator:    David Webster
Lighting Assistants:    David Eastoe, Paul Hudson, Ian Earl
Sound Supervisor:    Keith Russell
Sound Operator:    Alastair McArthur
Sound Assistants:    Nigel Lowey, Nick Coope
Control Cabin Announcements:    Ronald Buckle, Geoffrey Green
Stage Assistants:    John Freer, Mark Douglas, Richard Anderson, Geoffrey Raine, George Jefferson
Front of House Manager:    Mr A. R. Pickering
Deputy House Manager:    Mr. P. N. Wilmott
Assistant House Manager:    Mr. T. G. Bardy
Chief Stand Stewards:    Mr. A. Gudgeon, D. T. Hutchinson, Miss R. Pickering
Cushion Stewards:    Mrs. A. R. Pickering, Mrs. A. Hall
Information:    Mrs. J. Woodcock
Chief Finance Stewards:    Mrs. E. Farnworth, Mr. A. Hartley, Mr. F. Lund, Mrs. T. Bardy
Chief Programme Steward:Mrs. J. Randall
Chief Field Steward:    Mr. K. Bruce

Cast of the Waggon Play:

Herod and the Three Kings, Setting constructed by Andrew Carr and embellished by Michael Rogers, assisted by boys of Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School and girls of York College for Girls
Herod: Nicholas Arkle
second counsellor: John Allen
First Counsellor: Stephen Ramm
Herod's son: David Wilson
Messenger: Andrew Fineron
First King: Kerry Hutchinson
Second King: Paul Silvester
Third King: Timpthy Skilbeck
Maid : Jane Johnson or Lynne Riley
Joseph: Stewart Lack
Mary: Julia Norman or Janet Moore
Angel: Keith Flanagan
Pages: Edward Scutt, Michael Falkner, Kenneth Mounter
Apprentices: Keith Brown, Huw Williams
Halberdiers: Bryan English, Andrew Law, Carl Nielson
Producer: Stewart Lack; text of the play by Stewart Lack. In his Foreword he refers to the fact that the last performance was four hundred years ago.

Translation: Howard Davies