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Leeds Arts Centre performed Vivat! Vivat, Regina! in April – May 1974.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England | Monica Brown |
William Cecil, Councillor to Elizabeth | Trevor Money |
Sir Francis Walsingham | Gordon Carlin |
Robert Dudley, later Earl of Leicester | Paul Haywood |
De Quadra, the Spanish Ambassador | Jack Clark |
William Dawson | Stuart Mitchell |
A Clerk | John Biggins |
Lord Bishop of Durham | Len Sheldon |
The Reverend Doctor Culpepper, his nephew | Geoff Mountain |
A Brewer | Tony Nelson |
Jailers | Jim Young |
Gordon Wilson | |
A Prisoner, Father Edward Fenton, a Jesuit Priest | Geoff Mountain |
Pope Pius V | John Pemberton |
Phillip II, King of Spain | Tony Nelson |
Servant | John Biggins |
Mary, Queen of Scots | Pam Swift |
Claud Nau, Secretary to Mary | George Teale |
David Rizzio, an Italian, Secretary to Mary | Chris Tolley |
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley | Chris Richmond |
Ladies | Gillian Thresh |
Joyce King | |
The Catholic Archbishop of St. Andrews | Geoff Mountain |
A Doctor, attending on Lord Darnley | Geoff Mountain |
A Priest, attending on Mary | Geoff Mountain |
John Knox, Father of the Kirk | Norman Thackwray |
James Douglas, Earl of Morton | Graham Alchorne |
James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell | John Armitage |
Ruthven | Trevor Smith |
Lindsey | Gordon Wilson |
Douglas | Edwin Barraclough |
Kerr | Jim Young |
Lord Mor | Tom Stoker |
Ormiston | Edwin Barraclough |
Tala | Jim Young |
Piper | David Waterton-Anderson |
Director | Malcolm Brown |
Designed By | Malcolm Brown |
Dancing Arranged By | Jean Blundell |
Stage Manager | Anne Robinson |
Assistant Stage Manager | George Westmoreland |
Properties | Anita Mountain |
Jennifer Young | |
Lighting Control | Richard Brown |
Alan Mitcheson | |
Sound Control | Wyn Clark |
Costumes | LAC Team |
Prompt | Thelma Stoker |
Publicity | Gordon Wilson |
Pam Wilson | |
Box Office | Hazel Irving |
Front of House | Valerie Mold |
Janet Goudy | |
Resident Stage Manager | Fred Mower |
Theatre Manager | Derek Rose |
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of Vivat! Vivat, Regina!, we would be very pleased to hear from you.