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The Government Inspector
• directed by Ladley Pearson
April 1951
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed The Government Inspector in April 1951.
Cast
| Luka Lukitch Hlopov, School Superintendent | Donald Harrison |
| Mishka, a Servant in the Mayor’s House | Jeremy Smart |
| Artemy Filipovitch Zemlyanika, Charity Commissioner | Jack Lewis |
| Ammos Fyodorovitch Lyapkin-Tyapkin, District Judge | Ernest Beaumont |
| Anton Antonovitch Skvoznik-Dmuhanovsky, the Mayor | Herbert Stead |
| Ivan Koosmitch Shpyokin, Postmaster | William Huntley |
| Peter Ivanovitch Bobchinsky, Town Landowner | Arthur Ridley |
| Peter Ivanovitch Dobchinsky, Town Landowner | Arthur Cox |
| Svistoonov, a Constable | John Morley |
| Stepan Ilyitch Uhovyortov, Police Superintendent | Arnold Williams |
| Anna Andreyevna, the Mayor’s wife | Margaret Bentley |
| Marya Antonovna, his daughter | Olga Whitehead |
| Yosif | John Jackson |
| Ivan Alexandrovitch Hlestakov, an Junior Official from St. Petersburg | Cyril A. Spencer |
| A Waiter in the Inn | Bernard Walmsley |
| Dyerzhimorda, a Constable | Tom Stennet |
| Abdulin, a Merchant | Leslie Reyner |
| Second Merchant | Charles Sidlington |
| Third Merchant | J. Whitehead |
| Locksmith’s Wife | Joyce Adcock |
| Sergeant’s Wife | Madeleine Michaels |
| Judge’s Wife | Audrey Barker |
| Ivan Lazarevitch Rastakovsky, retired official and man of consequence in the town | Harry Coultas |
| Stepan Ivanovitch Korobkin, retired official and man of consequence in the town | Cedric Vendyback |
| Korobkin’s Wife | Barbara Dalley |
| School Superintendent’s Wife | Cynthia Vendyback |
| A Gendarme | John Jackson |
Backstage team
| Director | Ladley Pearson |
| Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| Lighting | Walter P. Miller |
| Costume Adviser | Joyce Adcock |
| Wardrobe | Cora E. Greaves |
| Stella Ramsbottom | |
| Winifred Swallow | |
| Properties | Jean Miller |
| Pauline Iredale | |
| Special Properties | Clifford Iredale |
| Prompter | Annette Harrap |
| Auditorium Manager | Phyllis Harris |
| Publicity Manager | Jean Miller |
| Box Office Manager | John Spencer |
| The Set Designed and Painted by | Tina Exley |
| and Built by | Peter Joy |
| Programme Cover Designed by | J. C. Newby |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
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