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The Young Elizabeth
• directed by Ladley Pearson
March 1954
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed The Young Elizabeth in March 1954.
Cast
| First Palace Guard | Brian Gibbon |
| Second Palace Guard | Donald Harrison |
| A Page | Dorothea Paul |
| Lord Thomas Seymour | Cedric Vendyback |
| Lord Robert Tyrwhitt | John Wood |
| Katherine Parr | Joan Timothy |
| Mary Tudor | Betty Pearson |
| William Cecil | D. Brian Roy |
| Bishop Gardiner | Roy Webber |
| Amy | Betty Beall |
| Katherine Ashley | Mary E. Dobson |
| Elizabeth Tudor | Joyce Adcock |
| Thomas Parry | Jack Lewis |
| Robert Dudley | Gordon Caleb |
| Lady Tyrwhitt | Mary Smith |
| Sir Francis Verney | Anthony Pedlar |
| Sir Thomas Wyatt | Colin Ibbotson |
| Sir Peter Carew | Douglas Butterfield |
| Abel Cousins | Sidney Irving |
| First Gentleman | Brian Gibbon |
| Second Gentleman | Donald Harrison |
| Lord William Howard | Ronald Wilkinson |
Backstage team
| Director | Ladley Pearson |
| Stage Manager | Walter P. Miller |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Roy Johnson |
| Decor and Lighting | D. Brian Roy |
| Set Built and Painted by | The Studio Staff |
| under the direction of | Roy Johnson |
| Stained Glass Window by | Shirley Butler |
| Properties | Margaret Murphy |
| Valerie Smith | |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Cora Greaves |
| Ladies Costumes Designed and Made by | Joyce Adcock |
| Cora Greaves | |
| Betty Pearson | |
| Mary Smith | |
| Marjorie O. Walker | |
| Music and Sound Effects | Ivor K. Dykes |
| Prompter | Margaret Bentley |
| Programme Cover | J. C. Newby |
| Theatre Decor and Tableaux Designed by | Anthony Pedlar |
| and built with | Malcolm Cryle |
| Publicity Manager | Jean Miller |
| Box Office Management | John Spencer |
| Harry Kemp | |
| Auditorium Managers | Herbert Stead |
| Margaret Shackleton |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
Add to the archive
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of The Young Elizabeth, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
