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Rape of the Belt
• directed by Margaret Shackleton
September 1960
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed Rape of the Belt in September 1960.
Cast
| Hera | Olive Richardson |
| Prompter | Kay Gibbons |
| Zeus | Maxwell Laurie |
| Hippobomene | Laura White |
| Theseus | Norman Thackwray |
| Heracles | Terence Sincock |
| Antiope | Anne Murgatroyd |
| Diasta | May Clarke |
| Anthea | Elaine Haslov |
| Hippolyte | Wendy Terry |
| Thalestris | Ann Crofts |
| Amazons | Janet Brown |
| Colleen Rudderforth | |
| Erica Burton |
Backstage team
| Director | Margaret Shackleton |
| Setting Designed by | Hazel Hunter |
| Costumes Designed by | Geoffrey Benn |
| Gerry Armytage | |
| Stage Manager | George Westmoreland |
| Assistants | Michael Scargill |
| Ray Spurgeon | |
| Set Painted by | Elaine Cooper |
| LAC Team | |
| Set Constructed by | George Westmoreland |
| Ray Spurgeon | |
| Michael Scargill | |
| Lighting | Frank Brophy |
| Music | Malcolm Wilson |
| Jean Perkins | |
| Sound Effects | Philip Rhodes |
| Terry Taplin | |
| Costumes Made by | Angela Palmer |
| Jean Sugarman | |
| Joyce Adcock | |
| Armour Made by | Gerry Armytage |
| Auditorium Manager | Michael Atha |
| Box Office Manager | Cora Greaves |
| Ernest Greaves |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
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We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of Rape of the Belt, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
