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Leeds Arts Centre performed Much Ado About Nothing in October 1961.
This production was staged in conjunction with the Leeds Civic Arts Guild, which these days is known as the Leeds Community Arts Network.
Don Pedro, a Prince | Val Gallagher |
Don John, his bastard brother | Len Sheldon |
Claudio, a Count | John Fisher |
Benedick | John Linstrum |
Leonato, Governor of Messina | Ray Spurgeon |
Antonio, his brother | Brian Morton |
Balthazar | John Howdle |
Borachio | Peter Bullock |
Conrade | Edward Lakeland |
Friar Francis | John Jones |
Dogberry | Jack Clark |
Verges | Terry Hawkin |
Sexton | Eric Parker |
Messenger | Gerry Armytage |
Beatrice | Josephine Ward |
Hero | Janet Brown |
Ursula | Monica Sheldon |
Margaret | Elizabeth Brook |
Lords, Ladies, Watch, etc. | Richard Heaton |
Peter Ellis | |
John Lawson | |
Malcolm Wilson | |
Clare Cheetham | |
Sylvia Brayshay | |
Betty Triggs | |
Erica Burton | |
Bertha Keightley |
Director | John Brewster |
Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
Costumes | Margaret Shackleton |
Decor and Set Designed | Hazel Irving |
Set Executed by | Norman Rushton |
Front of House | Nora Wrigglesworth |
Hazel Irving | |
Dances Arranged by | Joyce Adcock |
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of Much Ado About Nothing, we would be very pleased to hear from you.