King Lear

by William Shakespearedirected by Julie Mitchell
February 1986
The Civic Theatre

Leeds Arts Centre performed King Lear in February 1986.

Production photos

These photographs were taken during the production’s rehearsals.

Costume designs

The costumes for this production were designed by Malcolm Brown; some of the original drawings can be seen here.

Cast

Lear, King of BritainRobin Polley
Goneril, Lear’s eldest daughterGwyneth Hadley
Regan, Lear’s second daughterDenise Forton
Cordelia, Lear’s youngest daughterShirley Hamer
Duke of Albany, husband of GonerilGordon Carlin
Duke of Cornwall, husband of ReganJim Young
King of FranceMalcolm Brown
Duke of BurgandyMichael Crowley
Earl of Kent, later disguised as CaiusTrevor Money
Earl of GloucesterIan Fairbrass
Edgar, son of Gloucester, later disguised as Poor TomLes Wormald
Edmund, bastard son of GloucesterStuart Mitchell
Oswald, Goneril’s stewardDavid Jarrett
Lear’s FoolDavid Mallinson
Four KnightsNick Money
 Edwin Barraclough
 Chris Rowley
 Michael Brooksbank
Old Man, a tenant of GloucesterGeorge Teale
Doctor, attendant on CordeliaDennis Stevenson
Captain, follower of EdmundMichael Brooksbank
OfficerMichael Crowley
Gloucester’s ServantsChris Rowley
 Michael Brooksbank
Cornwall’s ServantsEdwin Barraclough
 Michael Crowley
MessengerChris Rowley
Goneril’s Serving WomenLesley Wheal
 Maggie Patrick

Backstage team

DirectorJulie Mitchell
Stage ManagerMel Harvey
Assistant Stage ManagerBetty Triggs
LightingLaurie Ball
SoundJim Marshall
Fight DirectorMartin Key
PropertiesDoreen Parker
PromptDenise Swift
WardrobeMaggie Rhodes
 LAC Team
Box OfficeJohn Pemberton
 Dorienne Pemberton
Front of House ManagersAnne Robinson
 Pam Wilson
 Martyn Drake

Archive documents

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

Download: Programme
(856 KBytes)

Add to the archive

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