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Sweeney Todd
• directed by Gerry Armytage
December 1964
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed Sweeney Todd in December 1964.
Cast
| Sweeney Todd – His was the most unkindest cut of all | Edward Lakeland |
| Mark Ingestre – Who suffers at his hand | Stuart Bennett |
| Tobias Rigg – Who helps his friends | James Boyer |
| Jarvis Williams – A card who turns up trumps | Frank O’Donnell |
| A Jeweller – Surprise part | Michael Flint |
| Ezekiel Smith – Mechanic | Richard Strudwick |
| Judge | Gerald Beaumont |
| First Bow Street Runner – Instrument of the law | Len Sheldon |
| Second Bow Street Runner – Clarion of Justice | Jack Clark |
| Johanna Oakley – Pure, chaste and good | Erica Burton |
| Mrs. Oakley – Victim of a cruel fate | Nettie Ross |
| Mrs. Lovett – More to be pitied | Janet Hanson |
| The Madame Olive Richardson Glee Club | Olive Richardson |
| Ann Flint | |
| Hazel Irving | |
| Mary Smith | |
| Aileen Tillotson | |
| Josephine Ward | |
| Irene Wells | |
| Laura White | |
| Gerry Armytage | |
| Jack Clark | |
| Edward Macro | |
| Eric Parker | |
| Len Sheldon | |
| George Westmoreland | |
| The Young Ladies of the Vaudeville | Wendy Barnes |
| Christine Batty | |
| Sandra Carpenter | |
| Patricia Hannam | |
| Jennifer Hunt | |
| Josephine Lund | |
| Joan Milbourne | |
| Joan Orange | |
| June Stonehouse | |
| Julia Tonge | |
| Betty Triggs | |
| Christine Wilson | |
| At the elegant Grand Pianoforte | Mary Grady |
| Your Chairman | Sidney Irving |
Backstage team
| Director | Gerry Armytage |
| The Stage Managers | John Lawson |
| Barry Appleson | |
| The Electrical Designers | Gerry Armytage |
| The Scenic Artist | Fred Mower |
| The Wardrobe Mistresses | Doreen Parker |
| June Stonehouse | |
| Betty Triggs | |
| The Property Mistresses | Gwen Hart |
| Elizabeth Greenwood | |
| The Electric Gramaphone Operator | Monica Sheldon |
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 Sweeney Todd, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
