Murder in the Cathedral

by T. S. Eliotdirected by Jacky Ball
February 1987
The Civic Theatre

Leeds Arts Centre performed Murder in the Cathedral in February 1987.

Production photos

These photographs were taken during the production’s rehearsals.

Cast

ArchbishopJames Farnum
 
1st PriestJohn Pemberton
2nd PriestGeoffrey Hillyard
3rd PriestRussell Roberson
 
MessengerAnthony Hutchinson
 
TemptersMargaret Savage
 Edwin Barraclough
 David Mallinson
 Gordon Carlin
 
1st KnightJim Young
2nd KnightChris Rowley
3rd KnightMichael Brooksbank
4th KnightJohnny Gaye
 
Chorus of Women of CanterburyJean Blundell
 Susie Braime
 Shirley Broadbent
 Shirley Hamer
 Sandra Jones
 Jaqueline Nuttgens
 Maggie Patrick
 Dorienne Pemberton
 Diana Roberson
 Jane Robinson
 Sue Siddall
 Betty Triggs

Backstage team

DirectorJacky Ball
Assistant DirectorChristine Wilson
Stage ManagerMel Harvey
LightingPeter Waddicor
SoundJim Marshall
Technical CoordinatorLaurie Ball
PromptDenise Swift
ArmouryGeorge Teale
WardrobeGeorge Judd
 LAC Team
Front of HouseAnne Robinson

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 Murder in the Cathedral, we would be very pleased to hear from you.

Other productions

Leeds Arts Centre has also performed Murder in the Cathedral on another occasion, in 1969 – more details of that production can be found by following the link to its page in this archive.