Maria (C D Scully Scullthorpe), Aguecheek (D H Happy Hargreaves), Malvolio (Ian Kellogs McKellen), Belch (K Gassy Gaskell), Fabian (W V Willy Duncalf)
Hopefield is jealously guarded by Mrs Collins (alias the old hag.) The photo was taken just outside the building. -- scrapbook entry TWELFTH NIGHT Extract (1952)
B Oatley, N E F Lever, G W Ainsworth, G F Tetlow, J B Loukes, Ian McKellen, F R Greenlees, M H Shipley, A G Clough, R C Willis FRIAR BACON & FRIAR BUNGAY (1953)
At Fressingfield: Edward (B Oatley), Bungay (H Gibson), Lacy (M H Shipley), Margaret (Ian McKellen), Bacon (G F Tetlow) FRIAR BACON & FRIAR BUNGAY (1953)
At court: Catch it, Highness, catch it! -- Asnath (Ian McKellen in front of left pillar). THE STARS BOW DOWN Percy C Rising
The principals: Ishamel (H E McGlashan), Thyi (C D Sculthorpe), Geoffrey Barry, Yusef (B Oatley), Athribis (D A Pass), Asnath (Ian McKellen), Potiphar (G F Tetlow) THE STARS BOW DOWN Percy C Rising
The market at Avaris: Do you see that woman? -- Potiphar (D Thomasson). Ian McKellen far left THE STARS BOW DOWN Percy C Rising
In Yusefs palace: But Highness, it is my Lord Potiphar -- Abdi; (Ian McKellen, seated left). THE STARS BOW DOWN Percy C Rising
Act II Scene 1: (Ian McKellen, center as Montano) OTHELLO (1955) Percy C Rising
Act V Scene 5: I bleed, sir, but not killed. (Ian McKellen under arch right) OTHELLO (1955) Percy C Rising
Act II Scene 3: The fighting scene. Only once did the fencing go wrong! (Ian McKellen front left of stage, prone) OTHELLO (1955) Percy C Rising
Act IV Scene 3:God put it in my mind to take it hence. HENRY IV PART 2 (1956) Percy C Rising
Posing outside the Great Hall. Out of shot, some seniors from the Girls’ Division giggled at me but I felt confident in the hired chainmail and the papier-mache helmet, stuffed with the Bolton Evening News to keep it secure. — Ian McKellen, December 2006 HENRY V (1957) Percy C Rising
For we no longer are defensible HENRY V (1957) Percy C Rising
Erpingham (T I Hardy), Westmoreland (K A Bateson), York (Harold Kroto), Gower (E A Sharples), Warwick (R R May), King Henry (Ian McKellen), Burgundy (J R Munks), Constable (F D G Norburn), Dauphin (G A Farnworth) HENRY V (1957) Percy C Rising
Deathbed scene. In this scene the precept Low on his funeral couch he lies had presumably been borne in mind by the producer: the couch was in fact so low as not to be visible beyond the first few rows of the audience, with the result that the Father Provincials opening line of the scene brought with it a touch of the supernatural. -- The Boltonian, July 1958 THE STRONG ARE LONELY
We have achieved our aim: The Kingdom of God has gone to the Devil. (Ian McKellen, prone) THE STRONG ARE LONELY Percy C Rising
Why do you kneel to me? I am not a King or Governor -- but a priest of God. (Ian McKellen, left) THE STRONG ARE LONELY Percy C Rising
Trial scene: Father. Provincial? (Ian McKellen 4th from right) THE STRONG ARE LONELY Percy C Rising
The only law that commands obedience here, is that of God. (Ian McKellen, center) THE STRONG ARE LONELY Percy C Rising