Ian McKellen Stage

Backstage party: Surrounding a local fan holding a cake, clockwise from lower left: Ian McKellen, Doreen Andrews, Stephen MacDonald, Roger Hammond, Josie Kidd, Roberta Maxwell, Gawn Grainger, Brendan Barry

Cast

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LUTHER

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

Written by Joseph Kesselring

Directed by Alan Gray

Ian McKellen in the role of Mortimer Brewster

Arts Theatre, Ipswich, Suffolk

12 March 1963 - 23 March 1963

CAST

Abby Brewster

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Doreen Andrews

The Rev. Dr. Harper

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David Tudor Jones

Teddy Brewster

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Gawn Grainger

Officer Brophy

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Chris Winnera

Officer Klein

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Donald MaKechnie

Martha Brewster

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Josie Kidd

Elaine Harper

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Roberta Maxwell

Mortimer Brewster

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Ian McKellen

Mr Gibbs

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Stephen MacDonald

Jonathan Brewster

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Brendan Barry

Dr. Einstein

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Roger Hammond

Officer O'Hara

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Douglas Ditta

Lieutenant Rooney

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Stephen MacDonald

Mr Witherspoon

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Colin Kaye