Love's Labour's Lost (1953)
by William Shakespeare
The first of two productions in the 1953 Open Air Theatre season was Love's Labour's Lost. This performance marked the London stage debut of Dame Eileen Atkins, appearing as Jaquenetta.
The cast
Eileen Atkins
Jaquenetta
Tristan Rawson
Ferdinand
Brendan Barry
Berowne
Aubrey Woods
Longarille
Michael Browning
Dumaine
Jeffrey Segal
Boyet
Martin Lane
Mercade
Eric Messiter
Don Adriano de Armado
Derek Hodgson
Moth
Thomas Dance
Dull
Jerry Verno
Costard
Clement Hamelin
Sir Nathaniel
Raymond Rollett
Holofernes
Langton Jones
A Forester
Richard Huggett
An old Lord
Jennifer Wilson
The Princess of France
Patricia Kneale
Rosaline
Amanda Fox
Maria
Mary Law
Katherine
Colin Mann
Recorder Player/Lord/Attendant
Lloyd Shirley
Lord/Attendant
Richard Bleazard
Lord/Attendant
Julie Hamilton
Lord/Attendant
Celia Sparrow
Lord/Attendant
Creative team
Musical Director
Rosabel Watson
Choreographer
Donald Journeaux