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Programmes/Posters : 1966 Programmes

Item type: Programmes/Posters
Archive reference: YMP/B/6
Date/year: 10 June-3 July1966
Description: Programmes for 1966 Mystery Plays production. Price 2 shillings.  10 June - 3 July 1966. In same format as 1951 print and subsequent years, that is plain black and white.
Tickets cost 25 shillings, 20 shillings, 15 shillings, 12 shillings and 6pence, or 7 shillings and 6 pence.
 
Contents: 
Producer: Martin E. Browne
Set Designer: Michael Cain 
Costumes designed by: Alix Stone
Movement directed by: David Henshaw
Music selected, adapted and recorded by: Denis Stevens 
CAST
God the Father: John Westbrook
Archangel Michael: Graham Corry 
Archangel Gabriel: Leader Hawkins 
Lucifer (Satan): David Henshaw 
Belzabub: Philip Barnes 
Belial: Ian Morgan 
1st Devil: Gordon Wallace 
2nd Devil: Richard Saville 
Adam: Christopher Kitching 
Eve: Karin MacCarthy
Isaiah: Andrew Spence
Doctor: Robert Morley 
Mary: Loretta Ward 
Joseph: Derrick Parr 
Shepherds: Albert Pratt, Thomas Birkill, Peter Crowther
Herod: John de Frates
Knights: Albert Hough, Michael Richardson
Messenger: Alan Jarvis 
Kings: Frank Higgins, Alfred Bristow, Elsworth Griffith
Mothers: Maureen Bridges, Karen Davies, Margaret Hawthorne, Carole Simpson, Carole Singleton 
John the Baptist: Graham Corry 
Jesus: John Westbrook 
Jews: Neville Wright, Noel Stabler
Woman taken into Adultery: Eileen Dobson
Doctors: Duncan Savage, Harold Milner
Servant from Bethany: Gladys Benton 
Martha: Mary Frances Owen 
Mary of Bethany: Mary Ballinger 
Lazarus: Arthur Naylor 
Keeper of the Gates: Thomas Birkill 
Blind Woman: Lilian Pickering (NB this lady was registered blind)
Lame Man: George Cressey 
Zaccheus: Norman Tyrrell
Wife to Zacchaeus: Olave Dench
First Citizen: Alan Jarvis
Burghers: Alfred Bristow, Margaret Wilkinson, Patrick Waters, Gillian Clews, John de Frates
Judas: John Heu
Caiaphas: Derrick Parr 
Porter: Christine Olsen 
Malchus: George Mackin 
Annas: Norman Tyrrell
Peter: Campbell Brown
James: Nicholas Banks
John: Paul de Vall
Jewish Soldiers: Alan Brown, Martin Dower, Stewart Hashagan, John Swainston
Pilate: Nigel Forbes Adam 
Percula: Theresa Forbes Adam (married to Pilate)
Pilate's Son: John Bannister 
Maid: Lesley Bilton 
Beadle:  Henry Tomlinson 
Barabbas: Ted Slevin 
Centurion: Andrew Spence 
Roman Soldiers: Philip Barnes, Albert Hough, Ian Morgan, Robert Morley, Michael Richardson, Richard Saville, Gordon Wallace 
Mary Cleopas: Edna Shann 
Mary Magdalen: Jean Buckle
Mary the Mother: Henzie Raeburn
Simon of Cyrene: Frank Higgins 
Joseph of Arimathea: Albert Pratt 
Nicodemus: Stewart Lack
Moses: Harold Milner
David: Neil Scott 
Angel at the Resurrection: David Frith or John Reading or John Scott 
Thomas: Robert Scott 
King's Attendants: David Anderson, Christopher Buck, David Frith, George Jefferson, John Scott
Disciples: Ian Crockett, Michael Dixon, Martyn Green, John Gillespie, Roger Graveson, Andrew Robinson, Rory Spence
Country-folk and CitizensGillian Banks, Richard Barker, Anthony Benn, Hilary Boon, Hilda Bristow, Hazel Broadhead, Philip Carrington, Doris Clarke, Stanley Cooper, Veronica Coulson, Edna Cressey, Richard Denton, Penny Dunford, Martin Fearn, Margaret Fleeman, Annie Gray, Winifred Groves, Mary Hales, Mavis Hitchcock, June Holyoake, John Hopper, Wendy Ibbetson, Jennifer Jubb, Charles Kightley, Cedric Lodge, John Mallinson, Eleanor Milner, Jane Mitchinson, Doris Nicholson, Jill Nicholson, Jocelyn Nicholson, Stephen Rowley, Alison Taylor, Margaret Veal, Michael Veal, John Waller, Joy Watkins, Elizabeth White, Sybil Whitfield, Peter Wood. 

Stage Director: Neville Wright 
Stage Manager: Alan Stuart 
Assistant Stage Managers: Jean Harbottle, John Morris
Lighting: Percy Corry 
Wardrobe Mistresses: Kathleen De Little, Mary Robinson 
Assistant to the Producer: Ted Slevin
Property Mistress:Ruth Dawson
Assistants to the Designer: Sandra Castle, Mathilde Sandberg
Costumes painted by: Peter Whiteman
Crowns made by: Eric Gates, Jean Gates 
Front of House Manager: R. V. Roger 
Wardrobe Group: Mesdames Olive Dench, Driscoll, Fletcher, Gibbon, Green, Lawn, Maynard, McCarter, McHugh, Oliver, Palmer, Paver, E. Robinson, Rymer, Savage, Scruton, Severs, Simmonds, Stevenson, Tatton, Turner; Mlles. Purvis, Walker
Property Assistants: Eileen Andrewartha, Harold Bond, Margaret Bond, Alec Delittle, Paddy Fawcett, Madeline Gray, Ena Mather, Judith Pinder, Jane Rhead
Lighting Assistants:  Philip Bowman, Brian Dooks, Norman Gray.
Scenery built by the Shepherd Building Group Ltd
Lighting equipment installed by the Strand Electric and Engineering Company Limited
Stands built by Mills Scaffolding Limited
Sound by Cussins and Light Limited
Wigs by 'Wig Creations' 
Boots by Anello and Davide

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