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As You Like It
• directed by Ladley Pearson
March 1955
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed As You Like It in March 1955.
Cast
| Duke, living in banishment | Roy Webber |
| Frederick, his brother and usurper | Herbert Stead |
| Amiens, lord attending on the banished Duke | D. Brian Roy |
| Jaques, lord attending on the banished Duke | Ronald Wilkinson |
| First Lord, attending on the banished Duke | John O’Connor |
| Second Lord, attending on the banished Duke | Barry Appleson |
| Pages, attending on the banished Duke | John Beer |
| Alison Platt | |
| John Saunders | |
| Court Pages | W. Heptinstall |
| Paul Revill | |
| Roy Hollingworth | |
| Alex West | |
| Le Beau, a courtier attending on Frederick | Jack Lewis |
| Charles, wrestler to Frederick | Brian Gibbon |
| Oliver, son of Sir Roland De Boys | John Wood |
| Second Brother, son of Sir Roland De Boys | Bernard Walmsley |
| Orlando, son of Sir Roland De Boys | Cedric Vendyback |
| Adam, servant to Oliver | Arthur Ridley |
| Dennis, servant to Oliver | Sidney Irving |
| Touchstone, a clown | Gordon Caleb |
| Corin, a shepherd | Roy Johnson |
| Silvius, a shepherd | Ivor K. Dykes |
| William, a country fellow in love with Audrey | Rowland Lindup |
| Hymen | Jack Lewis |
| Rosalind, daughter to the banished Duke | Joyce Adcock |
| Celia, daughter to Frederick | Morag Busby |
| Phebe, a shepherdess | Barbara Dalley |
| Audrey, a country wench | Betty Beall |
| Court Ladies and Country Girls | Margaret Shackleton |
| Valerie Smith | |
| Elaine Cooper | |
| Attendants, Foresters, etc | Ernest Greaves |
| Sidney Irving | |
| Bernard Walmsley | |
| Peter Guanaria | |
| Geoffrey Hinsliffe |
Backstage team
| Director | Ladley Pearson |
| Assistant Director | Roy Johnson |
| Settings and Lighting | D. Brian Roy |
| Stage Manager | Robert. W. Rogerson |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Cora Greaves |
| Properties | Brana Silvester |
| Dorothy Grossbard | |
| Music Arranged by | Ivor K. Dykes |
| assisted by | Audrey Middleton |
| Loretta Silver | |
| Dance Directed by | Tom Webb |
| Accompanist | Annabel Adams |
| Backgrounds Painted by | Elaine Cooper |
| Prompter | Betty Pearson |
| Auditorium Managers | Jean Miller |
| Florence E. Brown | |
| Douglas Butterfield | |
| Box Office Managers | Elsie Brown |
| Mary Smith | |
| Publicity Manager | Jean Miller |
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 As You Like It, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
Other productions
Leeds Arts Centre has also performed As You Like It on other occasions, in 1987 and 1967 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.
