The Way of the World

by William Congreve
February 1966
The Civic Theatre

Leeds Arts Centre performed The Way of the World in February 1966.

Cast

Men
Fainall – In love with Mrs MarwoodEric Parker
Mirabell – In love with Mrs MillamantGerry Armytage
Witwood – Follower of Mrs MillamantDavid Brown
Petulant – Follower of Mrs MillamantJames Boyer
Sir Wilful Witwood – Half-brother to Witwood and nephew to Lady WishfortJohn Bull
Waitwell – Servant to MirabellEdward Lakeland
FootmanChristopher Bramham
Inn ServantGerald Beaumont
Women
Lady Wishfort – Enemy to Mirabell for having falsely pretended to love herOlive Richardson
Mrs Millament – A fine lady, niece to Lady Wishfort and loves MirabellJosephine Ward
Mrs Marwood – A friend to Mr Fainall and likes MirabellEileen Smith
Mrs Fainall – Daughter to Lady Wishfort and wife to Fainall, formerly friend to MirabellBetty Triggs
Foible – A woman to Lady WishfortChristine Wilson
Mincing – A woman to Mrs MillamentMrs. Manley
Peg – Chambermaid to Lady WishfortPhilippa Grossman
Betty – An inn servantMrs. Manley

Backstage team

Settings byFred Mower
The Ladies’ costumes and those for Mirabell designed byGerry Armytage
Executed byJune Stonehouse
 Doreen Parker
 Margaret Stonehouse
 Lesley Norton
 Kay Park
 Margaret Thomas
 Josephine Wright
Wardrobe DirectorBetty Triggs
Stage ManagerSybil Jenkinson
MusicColin Belford
PrompterEileen Smith
Box OfficeHazel Irving
 John Pemberton
Front of House ManagersMaureen Rutter
 Sidney Irving

Archive documents

The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.

Download: Programme
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Add to the archive

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Other productions

Leeds Arts Centre has also performed The Way of the World on another occasion, in 1982 – more details of that production can be found by following the link to its page in this archive.