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Programmes/Posters : Programme 1969 Mystery Plays

Item type: Programmes/Posters
Archive reference: YMP/B/7/1
Date/year: 1969
Description:
Programme of the main cycle of York Mystery Plays production, 1969.  Stored as YMP/B/7/1
Director:Edward Taylor 
Assistant to the Director:Reiner Sauer
Set Designer:Patrick Olsen
Lighting Designer:Percy Corry
Assistant Lighting Designer:Ian Richardson
Music selected and performed by The Kings Singers, Brian Parker and Brass Ensemble

God the Father, Jesus and Judas: performed in rotation by Peter Blanshard, Gerald Lomas, John White
The Archangel Michael:Eric Hewes
The Archangel Gabriel:Nigel Forbes Adam
Lucifer (Satan):Christopher Butchers
Belzebub:James Duguid
Belial:John Davies
1st devil:Stephen Buckley
2nd devil:Philip Carrington
Adam:Paul Lally
Eve:Anne-Marie Hewitt
Interpreter:John Ramsden
Mary the Virgin:Teresa Forbes Adam
1st maid:Paula Morris
2nd maid:Pamela Penney
Joseph:Douglas Waft
Shepherds:Albert Pratt, Alfred Bristow, Patrick Canavan
Herod:Michael Wilson
1st Knight:Craig Grewcock
2nd Knight:John Ramsden
Kings:David Bowlby, Howard Davies, Alec DeLittle
Mothers of the Innocents:Judith Lister, Mavis Bell, Lynn Bateson, Linda Morgan, Elizabeth Brown
Jewish Soldiers:Stephen Buckley, James Duguid, John Davies, Philip Carrington
John the Baptist:Joseph Copley
Woman taken into adultery:Kathleen Burns (also understudy for Mary mother of Jesus)
1st Jew:Patrick Waters
2nd Jew:Harold Milner
1st Doctor of the Law:Philip Spiers
2nd Doctor of the Law:Paul Lally
Servant from Bethany:Mary Lloyd-Owen
Martha of Bethany:Margaret Richardson
Mary of Bethany:Mary Ballinger
Lazarus:John Wardell
Gatekeeper:Albert Pratt
Burghers:Joseph Copley, Hugh Sweeny, Stephen Buckley, Denis Wilkinson
Zacchaeus:Maurice Smith
Wife to Zacchaeus:Olave Dench
Blind Woman:Mavis Clinch
Lame Man:Robin Marchal
Annas:Frank Higgins
Caiaphas:John Shaw
Malchus:Hugh Sweeny
Peter:Stewart Lack
James:Duncan Savage
John:Patrick Canavan
Thomas:Douglas Waft
Andrew:Louis Tate
Philip:John Pearson
Matthew:Alfred Bristow
Bartholomew:Eric Tomlinson
Symon:Roy Clinch
Thadeus:Noel Mercer
James the Lesser:Michael Dean
Women by the fire:Eileen Skaife, Gillian Banks
Pilate:Cyril Livingstone
Percula:Mavis Deighton
Beadle:Robin Marchal
Son to Pilate:John Scott
Maid to Percula:Susan Wise
Centurion:John Ramsden
Roman Soldiers:John Wardell, Howard Davies, Denis Wilkinson, Michael Denby, Michael Wilson, Arthur Naylor, Michael Radband, Craig Grewcock
Barabbas:David Bowlby
Mary the Mother:Teresa Forbes Adam
Mary Magdalen:Elizabeth Baxter
Mary Cleophas:Jean Buckle
Simon of Cyrene:Harold Milner
Joseph of Arimathea:Patrick Waters
Nichodemus:Arthur Naylor
Moses:Denis Wilkinson
David:David Bowlby
Angel at the Tomb:Silvana Jubb
Angels:Judith Coates, Andrea Dykes, Barbara Gill, Monica Granger, Yvonne Kalicinski, Barbara Naylor, Jean Palliser, Eunice Parker, Anne Scullard, Lin Tennick, Jill Wrighton, Diane Blanchard
Attendants to Herod:Jane Clarkson, Linda Jackson, Alyne Ledger, Susan Wise, Anthony Lister, Stephen Bedington, Ian Walker, Vince Ferrer
Attendants to the Kings:Stephen Freeborn, Paul Copley, Michael Dean, Nigel Lowey
Maids to the Innocents:Mary Jolly, Annie Gray, Carol Dickinson, Margaret Chambers, Jean Bilton
Attendant to Caiaphas:Ian Walker
Country-folk and Citizens:Lorna Appleby, Stephen Bedingham, Susan Bennett, Margaret Bisset, Veronica Botting, Hilda Bristow, Michael Carrigan, Diana Cook, Susan Craven, Yvonne Crinson, Frances Dales, Barbara Daniel, Diane Dewar, Sally Dickenson, Carol Dickinson, Gillian Elmhurst, Desmond Farrel, Muriel Farrow, Ann Fletcher, Stephen Gingell, Graham Hatch, Sally Hill, Phyllis Joice, Margaret King, Sylvia Leckenby, Rosemary Lord, Felicity Maclean, Stella Monk, Lesley Moore, Doris Nicholson, Ruth Orr, Elizabeth Raine, Margaret Smith, Elizabeth Sunderland, Carol Ann Tait, Anne Thompson, Jane Thompson, Lesley Thompson, Caroline Townshend, Gail Wake, Jill Ward, Margaret Ward, Teresa Whitehead, Sybil Whitfield.

Stage Director:Neville Wright
Assistant Stage Director:Meg Goin
Stage Manager:Charles Dodsworth
Assistant Stage Manager:Katie Miller
Lighting Assistants:Brian Dooks, Simon Bolt, Keith Wood, G. Raine
Sound Operators:John Morris, John Mallinson, Nicholas Coope, Paul Turner
Stage Staff:J. M. Hutchen, Robert Long, John D. Roberts, Nigel Lowey, Michael Wrigglesworth, Rick Brand
Property Mistress:Ruth Dawson
Property Master:Michael Rogers
Property Assistants:Judith Pinder, Ena Mather, Joan Harrison, Dian McIntosh, Sarah Barton, Wendy Rogers, Valerie Bingham, Jane Rhead, Carolynn Jackson, Jean Scott, Elizabeth Jolliffe, Elaine Smalley
Electrician:Bill Roy
Stands by Raylors of York
Set by Shepherd Construction Ltd
Lighting Equipment by Strand Electric
Sound Equipment by Cussins and Light
Wardrobe Mistresses:Phyllis Bytheway, Kathleen DeLittle, Mary Robinson
Head Dress Mistress:Edith McHugh
Wardrobe Group:Mary Ballinger, Olave Dench, Helen Driscoll, I. Elizabeth Fauls, Theresa Green, Daphne Hall, Maria Jubb, Ivy Lawn, Peggy Lovegrove, Doreen Park, Nora Priestley, Hilda Purvis, Elizabeth Reid, Elsie Robinson, Olive Savage, Eileen Scullard, Bessie Scruton, Eileen Severs, Elizabeth Simmons, Phyllis Turner, Winifred Whittington
Head Dress Group:Janet Dale, Ruth Dalton, Pat McCarter, Ella Raylor, Dora Richmond

House Manager:Mr. A. R. Pickering
Deputy House Manager:Mr. F. W. Lund
Assistant House Manager:Mr. G. N. Shann
Chief Stand Stewards:Mrs. P. N. Wilmott, Mr. J. Roberts, Mr. J. A. Gudgeon
Chief Programme Steward:Mr. S. A. Hartley
Chief Cushion Stewards:Miss P. Steel, Miss B. Inman

The Fysshers and Marynars Play: The Flood
Noah:John de Frates
Wife of Noah:Edna Shann
Sons of Noah:Charles Vidal, Stephen Buckley, Philip Carrington
Daughters of Noah:Margaret Lawty, Claire Hawkins, Julia Wise
Animals:E. Gora, G. Morrison, James Dundon, P. Campey, D. Loftus, T. Welna, C. McGarel, J. Dundon, P. Nelson, A. Harris, T. Murphy, R. Buck, J. Cryans, E. Kaspizak
Angels:S. Flower, P. Watson
Director:Edward Taylor
Assistant Director:Meg Goin

The Hosiers Play: The Exodus
Pharoah:Peter Dew
His Messenger:Graham Fishburn
1st Councillor:Peter Johnson
2nd Councillor:Paul Greenfield
1st Egyptian:David Jubb
2nd Egyptian:Robert Maude
3rd Egyptian:David Kettley
Moses:Malcolm Tate
God:Peter Strickland
1st Israelite:George Fernis
2nd Israelite:John Heward
3rd Israelite:Roderick McNeil
1st Angel:David Garnet
2nd Angel:Kevin Anderson
3rd Angel:Andrew Scott
4th Angel:Timothy Law
Wagon reconstructed by Mr. L. E. Watson 
Superstructure by Heppell Shopfitting
Designed by Michael Rogers and painted under his direction by the boys of Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School
Directed by Reiner Sauer
Designed by Mary Kerr
Costumes by Mary Kerr and Reiner Sauer
Modernisation of text by Reiner Sauer

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