The Tempest

by William Shakespearedirected by Tony Nelson
October 1983
The Civic Theatre

Leeds Arts Centre performed The Tempest in October 1983.

Cast

Alonso, King of NaplesTrevor Money
Sebastian, his brotherNick Money
Prospero, the right Duke of MilanDavid Mallinson
Antonio, his brother, the usurping Duke of MilanLes Wormald
Ferdinand, son of the King of NaplesStuart Mitchell
Gonzalo, an honest old councillorGordon Carlin
AdrianMartyn Drake
FranciscoGeorge Teale
CalibanJim Young
Trinculo, a jesterDavid Jarrett
Stephano, a drunken butlerGordon Wilson
Master of a ShipDennis Stevenson
BoatswainJohn Pemberton
Miranda, daughter of ProsperoShirley Hamer
Ariel, an airy spiritPam Wilson
IrisJune Stevenson
CeresDenise Swift
JunoDorienne Pemberton
Spirits in the Service of ProsperoJean Blundell
 Betty Triggs
 Christine Wilson
 Miriam Fletcher
 Gillian Thresh
 Denise Forton
 Sachia Wormald

Backstage team

DirectorTony Nelson
Stage ManagerAnne Robinson
Assistant Stage ManagerJulie Mitchell
LightingLaurie Ball
SoundJim Marshall
PropertiesDenise Forton
PromptJoyce King
CostumeMaggie Rhodes
 Peggy Daker
 LAC Team
Box OfficeJohn Pemberton
Liaison OfficerJune Stevenson
Booking ManagerPeggy Daker
Front of House ManagerMalcolm Brown
 Monica Brown

Archive documents

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

Download: Programme
(731 KBytes)

Add to the archive

We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of The Tempest, we would be very pleased to hear from you.

Other productions

Leeds Arts Centre has also performed The Tempest on other occasions, in 1988, 1965 and 1957 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.