As You Like It

by William Shakespearedirected by Malcolm Brown
October 1987
The Civic Theatre

Leeds Arts Centre performed As You Like It in October 1987.

Production photos

These photographs were taken during the production’s rehearsals.

Costume designs

The costumes for this production were designed by Malcolm Brown; some of the original drawings can be seen here.

Cast

The De Boys Household
Oliver, son of Sir Rowland de BoysChris McAdam
Jaques, son of Sir Rowland de BoysRichard Francis
Orlando, son of Sir Rowland de BoysMichael Brooksbank
Adam, servant of OliverGeorge Teale
Dennis, servant of OliverJustin Taylor
The Court
Duke Frederick, usurper to the DukedomEdwin Barraclough
Celia, his daughterSusie Braime
Rosalind, daughter of the banished DukeGwyneth Hadley
Touchstone, a clownMartin Key
Le Beau, a courtierDavid Jarrett
Charles, a wrestlerChris Rowley
Lords attending on FrederickJustin Taylor
 Barrie Ward
 Richard Francis
The Forest
Duke Senior, the banished DukeEdwin Barraclough
Amiens, attending on the banished DukeThomas Holmes
Jaques, attending on the banished DukeDavid Mallinson
Lords attending on the banished DukeRichard Francis
 Justin Taylor
 Barrie Ward
Corin, a shepherdGeoffrey Hillyard
Silvius, a shepherdPhilip Mitchell
Sir Oliver Martext, a country vicarGeorge Teale
William, a country youthJustin Taylor
Phebe, a shepherdessShirley Hamer
Audrey, a country wenchMargaret Savage

Backstage team

DirectorMalcolm Brown
Stage ManagerTrevor Money
Assistant Stage ManagerBetty Triggs
PropertiesDoreen Parker
Set ConstructionGeorge Westmoreland
PromptMonica Brown
LightingPeter Waddicor
SoundJim Marshall
MusicGillian Thresh
ChoreographyJean Blundell
CostumesPam Glossop
Wardrobe SupervisionGeorge Judd
Box OfficeMaggie Rhodes
Front of House ManagerJune Stevenson

Archive documents

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

Download: Programme
(5.4 MBytes)

Add to the archive

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

Other productions

Leeds Arts Centre has also performed As You Like It on other occasions, in 1967 and 1955 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.