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Vivat! Vivat, Regina!
• directed by Malcolm Brown
April – May 1974
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed Vivat! Vivat, Regina! in April – May 1974.
Cast
| Elizabeth I, Queen of England | Monica Brown |
| William Cecil, Councillor to Elizabeth | Trevor Money |
| Sir Francis Walsingham | Gordon Carlin |
| Robert Dudley, later Earl of Leicester | Paul Haywood |
| De Quadra, the Spanish Ambassador | Jack Clark |
| William Dawson | Stuart Mitchell |
| A Clerk | John Biggins |
| Lord Bishop of Durham | Len Sheldon |
| The Reverend Doctor Culpepper, his nephew | Geoff Mountain |
| A Brewer | Tony Nelson |
| Jailers | Jim Young |
| Gordon Wilson | |
| A Prisoner, Father Edward Fenton, a Jesuit Priest | Geoff Mountain |
| Pope Pius V | John Pemberton |
| Phillip II, King of Spain | Tony Nelson |
| Servant | John Biggins |
| Mary, Queen of Scots | Pam Swift |
| Claud Nau, Secretary to Mary | George Teale |
| David Rizzio, an Italian, Secretary to Mary | Chris Tolley |
| Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley | Chris Richmond |
| Ladies | Gillian Thresh |
| Joyce King | |
| The Catholic Archbishop of St. Andrews | Geoff Mountain |
| A Doctor, attending on Lord Darnley | Geoff Mountain |
| A Priest, attending on Mary | Geoff Mountain |
| John Knox, Father of the Kirk | Norman Thackwray |
| James Douglas, Earl of Morton | Graham Alchorne |
| James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell | John Armitage |
| Ruthven | Trevor Smith |
| Lindsey | Gordon Wilson |
| Douglas | Edwin Barraclough |
| Kerr | Jim Young |
| Lord Mor | Tom Stoker |
| Ormiston | Edwin Barraclough |
| Tala | Jim Young |
| Piper | David Waterton-Anderson |
Backstage team
| Director | Malcolm Brown |
| Designed By | Malcolm Brown |
| Dancing Arranged By | Jean Blundell |
| Stage Manager | Anne Robinson |
| Assistant Stage Manager | George Westmoreland |
| Properties | Anita Mountain |
| Jennifer Young | |
| Lighting Control | Richard Brown |
| Alan Mitcheson | |
| Sound Control | Wyn Clark |
| Costumes | LAC Team |
| Prompt | Thelma Stoker |
| Publicity | Gordon Wilson |
| Pam Wilson | |
| Box Office | Hazel Irving |
| Front of House | Valerie Mold |
| Janet Goudy | |
| Resident Stage Manager | Fred Mower |
| Theatre Manager | Derek Rose |
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 Vivat! Vivat, Regina!, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
