Ian McKellen Stage

L to R: Ian Thompson, Gawn Grainger, Colin Kaye, Brendan Barry, Ian de Voy, Patrick O'Connell, Ian McKellen, Roderick Horn, Clive Graham, Jonathan Meddings,

Cast

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THE GAZEBO

BECKET

Written by Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill

Directed by Robert Chetwyn

Ian McKellen in the role of Gilbert Folliot, Bishop of London / First Baron

Arts Theatre, Ipswich, Suffolk

11 September 1962 - 22 September 1962

CAST

King Henry of England

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Patrick O'Connell

Thomas Becket

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Brendan Barry

Herald

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Ian de Voy

Archbishop of Canterbury

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Roderick Horn

Bishop of Oxford

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Jonathan Meddings

Bishop of York

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Clive Graham

Gilbert Folliot, Bishop of London

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Ian McKellen

Saxon Father

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Colin Kaye

Saxon Girl

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Brigid Panet

Saxon Son

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Nick Barter-Spencer

First Baron

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Ian McKellen

Second Baron

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Gawn Grainger

Third Baron

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Clive Graham

Fourth Baron

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Jonathan Meddings

Gwendolen

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Helen Ryan

French Girl

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Brenda Peters

Officer

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Ian de Voy

Little Monk

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Ian Thompson

Provost Marshall

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Roderick Horn

William of Corbell

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Nick Barter-Spencer

Queen Mother

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Helen Ryan

Young Queen

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Brigid Panet

Princes

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Robert Chambers, Kerry Crabbe

French Priest

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Roderick Horn

French Choir Boy

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Robert Chambers

First Monk

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Nick Barter-Spencer

Second Monk

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Colin Kaye

First French Baron

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Clive Graham

Second French Baron

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Colin Kaye

King Louis of France

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Gawn Grainger

Arundel

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Nick Barter-Spencer

The Pope

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Jonathan Meddings

A Cardinal

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Roderick Horn

OTHER CREDITS

Setting and masks by Juanita Waterson