Charley’s Aunt

by Brandon Thomasdirected by Gerry Armytage
May 1968
The Civic Theatre

Leeds Arts Centre performed Charley’s Aunt in May 1968.

Cast

Colonel Sir Francis Chesney, Bt., Late Indian ServiceEric Parker
Stephen Spettigue, Solicitor, OxfordStanley Smith
Jack Chesney, Undergraduate at St Olde’s College, OxfordJohn Stuart
Charles Wykeham, Undergraduate at St Olde’s College, OxfordEdward Macro
Lord Fancourt Babberley, Undergraduate at St Olde’s College, OxfordJack Lewis
Brassett, a College ScoutAnthony E. Jones
Donna Lucia D’Alvadorez, from BrazilEileen Smith
Kitty Verdun, Spettigue’s WardJanet Hanson
Amy Spettigue, Spettigue’s NeiceChristine Dalton
Ela Delahay, an OrphanBetty Triggs

Backstage team

DirectorGerry Armytage
Scenic ArtistFred Mower
Stage ManagerMichael Meer
PropertiesDoreen Parker
Properties AssistantsChristine Wilson
 Dorothy Money
Wardrobe Directed byLesley Norton
Box OfficeHazel Irving
 John Pemberton
PublicityJosephine Wright
 Richard Strudwick

Archive documents

The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.

Download: Programme
(2.3 MBytes)

Add to the archive

We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of Charley’s Aunt, we would be very pleased to hear from you.

Other productions

Leeds Arts Centre has also performed Charley’s Aunt on other occasions, in 2018 and 1982 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.