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The Beggar’s Opera
• directed by Sydney Irving
December 1966
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed The Beggar’s Opera in December 1966.
Cast
| Peachum | Jack Clark |
| Lockit | Edward Lakeland |
| Macheath | Jack Lewis |
| Macheath’s Gang | |
| Mac of the Mint | Eric Parker |
| Ben Budge | James Boyer |
| Jemmy Twitcher | Bill Rogerson |
| Crook Fingered Jack | Paul Vayro |
| Wat Dreary | Stuart Marshall |
| Harry Paddington | Alex Simpson |
| Nimming Ned | Phillip Stead |
| Beggar | Arthur Cockerill |
| Player | Gerry Armytage |
| Mrs Peachum | Maureen Rutter |
| Polly Peachum | Gwen Hart |
| Lucy Lockit | Josephine Ward |
| Diana Trapes | Mary Smith |
| Women of the Town | |
| Mrs Coaxer | Patricia Appleson |
| Dolly Trull | Jean Blundell |
| Mrs Vixen | Monica Sheldon |
| Betty Doxy | Christine Wilson |
| Jenny Diver | Joan Milbourne |
| Mrs Slammekin | Betty Triggs |
| Molly Brazen | June Stonehouse |
| Pianist | John Hooley |
Backstage team
| Director | Sydney Irving |
| Set Designed by | Hazel Irving |
| Costumes and Lighting Designed by | Gerry Armytage |
| Stage Manager | Bill Rogerson |
| Wardrobe | Lesley Norton |
| LAC Team | |
| Prompter | Christine Dalton |
| Lighting | Pat Clark |
| Properties | Christine Laskey |
| Pat Clark | |
| Set Constructed and Painted by | Fred Mower |
| Box Office | Hazel Irving |
| John Pemberton | |
| Front of House Manager | George Westmoreland |
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 Beggar’s Opera, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
Other productions
Leeds Arts Centre has also performed The Beggar’s Opera on other occasions, in 1990 and 1982 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.
