Theatre in the Round: Actors: (A - C)

This page lists the actors (surnames A - C) at the Library Theatre, Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round and Stephen Joseph Theatre between 1955 and 2009 when Alan Ayckbourn stepped down as Artistic Director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre (no actors are listed for 2009 as Alan stepped down prior to any productions that year). All information is drawn from research into programmes / playbills and reflects the information contained there. Only professional, main-house productions are listed.

An up-to-date list of actors who have appeared in Alan Ayckbourn's productions of his own plays from 1959 to the present day at the SJT can be found in the
Encyclopaedia section of the main Alan Ayckbourn site by clicking here.
Amanda Abbington: Something Blue (2002); The Safari Party (2002)
Peter Ackerman: Twelfth Night (1981); Making Tracks (1981)
Marie Adams: A Thief In Time (1962); O'Flaherty VC (1962); Usher (1962); Nine Floors, Not Counting The Mezzanine (1962); The Birds And The Well-Wishers (1962); The Rainmaker (1962); Death At The New Year (1962)
Rosalind Adams: The Norman Conquests (1973); All Together Now (1973); Having A Lovely Time (1973)
Mark Addy: One Over The Eight (1992)
Suzy Aitchison: Hobson's Choice (1999); Larkin With Women (1999); Way Upstream (2003)
David Ajala: The Swing Of Things (2007)
Sharon Akerboom: School For Clowns (1986); Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1986)
Jimmy Akingbola: Thumbelina (2003)
Kara Aldridge: Circle Of Love (1955); 'Prentice Pillar (1955); Dragons Are Dangerous (1955); Turn Right At The Crossroads (1955)
Adie Allen: Communicating Doors (1994)
Helen Anderson: Hard Times (1995); Grimm Tales (1995)
Doreen Andrew: Man Of The Moment (1988); The Haunt Of Mr Fossett (1988); Eden End (1988); The Ballroom (1988); The Beaux Strategem (1988); The Revengers' Comedies (1989); Invisible Friends (1989); Wolf At The Door (1989); The Inside Outside Slide Show (1989)
Bryan Andrews: Arden Of Feversham (1968)
Kate Anthony: Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (1993)
Nigel Anthony: Body Language (1990); Three Men In A Boat (1990); Callisto 5 (1990); Abiding Passions (1990); This Is Where We Came In (1991)
Jane Arden: Clockwatching (2001); Amaretti Angels (2001); Whispers Along The Patio (2001)
Kate Arneil: A Word From Our Sponsor (1995)
Dominic Arnold: Prince On A White Bike (1992)
John Arthur: A Man For All Seasons (1977); Hindle Wakes (1977); Reversed Charges (1978); Rookery Nook (1978); Joking Apart (1978); Plaza Suite (1978); Travelling Hopefully (1978); Patriotic Bunting (1978); Barnstable (1978); Sisterly Feelings (1979); The Seagull (1979); Taking Steps (1979); Saint Trixie (1979); Tishoo (1979); Double Double (1979); The Crucible (1979); The Golden Pathway Annual (1979); Suburban Strains (1980); Saturday, Sunday Monday (1982); A Trip To Scarborough (1982); It Could Be Any One Of Us (1983); She Stoops To Conquer (1983)
Elizabeth Ashton: How The Other Half Loves (1969); The Dynamic Death-Defying Leap Of Timothy Satupon The Great (1969); Ask Me Tomorrow (1969)
Rachel Atkins: Snake In The Grass (2002); Joking Apart (2002); Villette (2005)
Dorothy Atkinson: Two Weeks With The Queen (1994); Wild Honey (1996); Fool To Yourself (1997); A Doll's House (1998); The Boy Who Fell Into A Book (1998); Cheap And Cheerful (1998)
Helen Atkinson Wood: Time And Time Again (1986); Blithe Spirit (1986)
Jenny Austen: Under Milk Wood (1971); The Daughter In Law (1971); Revenge (1971); One For The Road (1971)
Robert Austin: Relatively Speaking (1977); Sleuth (1977); The Rehearsal (1977); The Dock Brief (1977); Pygmalion (1977); A Man For All Seasons (1977); Hindle Wakes (1977); Shooting, Fishing, And Riding (1977); Joking Apart (1978); Rookery Nook (1978); Reversed Charges (1978); Plaza Suite (1978); Travelling Hopefully (1978); Barnstable (1978); Patriotic Bunting (1978); Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (1978); Once Upon A Time (1978); Augustus Carp Esq (1991); Breaking Legs (1991); My Very Own Story (1991); By Jeeves (1996); A Doll's House (1998); The Boy Who Fell Into A Book (1998); Cheap And Cheerful (1998); GamePlan (2001); FlatSpin (2001); RolePlay (2001); Split (2001); The Champion Of Paribanou (2005); A Trip To Scarborough (2007)
Perdita Avery: Woman In Mind (2008)
Alan Ayckbourn: Visit the Actor section at www.alanayckbourn.net for details of Alan Ayckbourn's extensive acting career at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre.
Sabine Azema: House & Garden (1999)
Carolyn Backhouse: Hobson's Choice (1999); Larkin With Women (1999)
Annette Badland: Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1977); Pygmalion (1977); A Man For All Seasons (1977); Hindle Wakes (1977); Joking Apart (1978)
Bill Bailey: Conversations With My Father (1994)
Sherry Baines: Callisto#7 (1999); Bedroom Farce (2000)
David Baker: The Farmer's Bride (1997)
Sean Baker: To (1991)
Tom Baker: Arden Of Feversham (1968); Hay Fever (1968); The Strongbox (1968); A Boat In The Backyard (1968)
Martin Ball: Absent Friends (1997); Near Cricket, St Thomas (1997)
David Bamber: Second Helping (1980); Time And The Conways (1980); Absolutely Free (1980)
Richard Banham: Whenever (2000)
Geoffrey Banks: The Linden Tree (1984); Bricks 'n Mortar (1984); Family Circles (1985); Tons Of Money (1985); The Brontës Of Haworth (1985)
Gareth Bardsley: Baby On Board (1998)
Martin Barrass: School For Clowns (1986); Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1986)
Constance Barrie: Love Me Slender (1996)
Neal Barry: The Swing Of Things (2007)
Christina Barryk: Thark (1983); The Brontës Of Haworth (1985)
Keith Bartlett: Dealing With Clair (1996); Comic Potential (1998); Figuring Things (1998); Love Songs For Shopkeepers (1998); Later Life (1998)
Will Barton: Bedtime Stories (2003); Tissue Paper For The Soul (2003); The Anniversary Waltz (2003)
Jan Bashford: Calling (1986); Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1986)
James Bate: Sisterly Feelings (1979)
Eileen Battye: House & Garden (1999); A Listening Heaven (1999); Noel And Gertie (1999); Miss Yesterday (2004); Around Robin (2004); Caution! Trousers (2005); Improbable Fiction (2005); Time And Time Again (2005); Relatively Speaking (2007); Face Value (2007)
Jason Baughan: Clockwatching (2001); Inappropriate Behaviour (2001); Whispers Along The Patio (2001); Love's A Luxury (2004); Ever After (2004)
Keith Baxter: Phedre (1958)
Paul Bazely: Tomfoolery (1993); Bye Bye Blues (1993); Selling Out (1993)
Daisy Beaumont: Virtual Reality (2000); Private Lives (2000); The Twelve Pound Look (2000)
Arnold Beck: A Thief In Time (1962); Usher (1962); The Birds And The Well-Wishers (1962); The Rainmaker (1962); Affairs Of State (1963)
Stephen Beckett: Beautiful People (2002); Way Upstream (2003); A Chorus Of Disapproval (2004); Drowning On Dry Land (2004); Private Fears In Public Places (2004)
Stefan Bednarczyk: Whenever (2000)
Annalene Beechey: Awaking Beauty (2008)
Colin Bell: Romeo And Jeanette (1967); Hop, Step And Jump (1967); Eden End (1967)
Elizabeth Bell: A Thief In Time (1962); O'Flaherty VC (1962); The Man Of Destiny (1962); Usher (1962); The Birds And The Well-Wishers (1962); The Station People (1962); Death At The New Year (1962); The Revengers' Comedies (1989); Wolf At The Door (1989); Taking Steps (1990); Othello (1990)
Tessa Bell-Briggs: The Brontës Of Haworth (1985)
Gina Bellman: Beautiful People (2002)
Jill Benedict: Penny Blue (1994); Love Is In The Air (1994); White Lies (1994)
Robert Benfield: All Together Now (1973); Having A Lovely Time (1973); The Game Hunter (2003); Equal Partners (2003)
Elizabeth Bennett: This Is Where We Came In (1991)
Joseph Bennett: Beautiful People (2002)
Sarah Bennett: The Crucible (1979); Once More Upon A Time (1979)
Mark Benton: The End Of The Food Chain (1993)
James Beresford: Calling (1986); School For Clowns (1986); Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1986); Old King Cole (1987)
Laura Beresford: What's In The Box (2005)
Michael Bertenshaw: Inglorious Technicolour (2006); Absolutely Frank (2006)
Jane Bertish: Romeo And Juliet (1994); Conversations With My Father (1994)
Lavinia Bertram: Men On Women On Men (1978); Rookery Nook (1978); Reversed Charges (1978); Doreen (1978); Travelling Hopefully (1978); The Ruffian On The Stair (1978); Patriotic Bunting (1978); Sisterly Feelings (1979); The Seagull (1979); Taking Steps (1979); Mooney And His Caravans (1979); Old Times (1979); Double Double (1979); The Crucible (1979); The Golden Pathway Annual (1979); Trailer (1980); First Course (1980); The Importance Of Being Earnest (1980); Suburban Strains (1980 & 1981); Season's Greetings (1980 & 1981); Me, Myself And I (1981); Way Upstream (1981); You Should See Us Now (1981); Making Tracks (1981); Intimate Exchanges (1982); Incidental Music (1983); Thark (1983); It Could Be Any One Of Us (1983); Backnumbers (1983); The Winslow Boy (1983); The 7 Deadly Virtues (1984); A Trip To Scarborough (2007)
Joanne Bett: Brighton Beach Memoirs (1989)
Gillian Bevan: Season's Greetings (1981); Tapster (1981); Twelfth Night (1981); Me, Myself And I (1981); Way Upstream (1981); Out Front (1981); Making Tracks (1981); Butley (1982); Saturday, Sunday Monday (1982); A Trip To Scarborough (1982); Incidental Music (1983); A Trip To Scarborough (2007)
Tina Bicat: Under Milk Wood (1971); One For The Road (1971)
Philip Bird: Two Weeks With The Queen (1994)
Adam Blackwood: His Monkey Wife (1984)
Peter Blake: Love Off The Shelf (1993)
Susie Blake: All Things Considered (1996); Larkin With Women (1999); Virtual Reality (2000); Village Wooing (2000); The Twelve Pound Look (2000); Snake In The Grass (2002); Joking Apart (2002); Snake In The Grass (2008); Life And Beth (2008)
Madeleine Blakeney: Conversations With My Father (1994)
Robert Blythe: Body Language (1999); House & Garden (1999); A Listening Heaven (1999)
Peter Boden: Arden Of Feversham (1968)
Barbara Bolton: Hay Fever (1968); The Strongbox (1968)
Terence Booth: Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (1978); Once Upon A Time (1978); The Crucible (1979); Once More Upon A Time (1979); Saturday, Sunday Monday (1982); A Trip To Scarborough (1982 & 2007); School For Clowns (1986); Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1986); My Very Own Story (1992); Apple Blossom Afternoon (1992); Time Of My Life (1992); Forty Years On (1996); A Going Concern (1996); Body Language (1999); House & Garden (1999); A Listening Heaven (1999); Sugar Daddies (2003); Improbable Fiction (2005); Clearing The Colours (2005); Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (2006);If I Were You (2007); Life & Beth (2009 tour); My Wonderful Day (2009); Dear Uncle (2011); Neighbourhood Watch (2011); Arrivals & Departures (2013); Farcicals (2013)
Peter Bourke: My Very Own Story (1991); Breaking Legs (1991)
Susan Bovell: Benefactors (1986)
Robin Bowerman: Sisterly Feelings (1979); The Seagull (1979); Mooney And His Caravans (1979); Barefoot In The Park (1979); Taking Steps (1979); Old Times (1979); The Crucible (1979); The Golden Pathway Annual (1979); Suburban Strains (1980); Simple Simon (1980); Season's Greetings (1980 & 1981); The Importance Of Being Earnest (1980); The Conservatory (1981); Out Front (1981); Twelfth Night (1981); Way Upstream (1981); Making Tracks (1981); Me, Myself And I (1981); Butley (1982); Invisible Friends (1989); Wolf At The Door (1989)
Tom Bowles: Woman In Mind (1985); Can't Pay? Won't Pay! (1985)
Amanda Boxer: Twelfth Night (1981)
Carole Boyd: You Should See Us Now (1981); The Conservatory (1981); Tapster (1981); Way Upstream (1981); Me, Myself And I (1981); The Vanishing (1981); Butley (1982)
Paul Boyle: Happy Birthday Dear Alice (2002); Wor Tony And The Great White Shark (2002); A Day Like Today (2002)
Barry Boys: Miss Julia (1959); In Camera (1959); Love After All (1959)
John Bradley: Turn Right At The Crossroads (1955)
Richard Brain: Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (1988)
John Branwell: The Beaux Strategem (1988); Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (1988 & 2006); Comic Potential (1998); Perfect Pitch (1998); Love Songs For Shopkeepers (1998); Haunting Julia (1999); The Safari Party (2002); Way Upstream (2003); Time And Time Again (2005); Improbable Fiction (2005); Caution! Trousers (2005); If I Were You (2006); Woman In Mind (2008)
Anna Brecon: Sugar Daddies (2003)
Owen Brenman: Simple Simon (1980)
Philip Bretherton: Skylight (2006)
Justin Brett: This Is Where We Came In (2001); My Sister Sadie (2003); The Champion Of Paribanou (2005)
David Bretton: Arden Of Feversham (1968)
Judy Bridgland: Sisterly Feelings (1979); The Seagull (1979); Kidstuff (1979); Barefoot In The Park (1979); Tishoo (1979); The Dresser (1984); The Linden Tree (1984)
Peter Bridgmont: Father Matthew (1956); The Disguises Of Arlecchino (1956); Wuthering Heights (1956); Idol In The Sky (1956)
Andrew Brooke: Soap (2004); Fields Of Gold (2004); If I Were You (2006)
June Broughton: The Farmer's Bride (1997)
Simon Bubb: Unless (2005)
Diane Bull: All The Best People (1976); Comic Pictures (1976); The Mystery Of The Lost City (1976); Mother Country (1976); Robin Hood And The Enchanted Forest (1976); Relatively Speaking (1977); Ten Times Table (1977); Fallen Angels (1977); Westwood Coronation Day Street Party (1977); The Rehearsal (1977); Shooting, Fishing And Riding (1977); Pygmalion (1977); A Man For All Seasons (1977)
Francesca Buller: Henceforward... (1988); Chances (1988); The Parasol (1988)
Penny Bunton: Henceforward... (1987); Spokesong (1987); Getting On (1987); A Galway Girl (1987)
Grant Burgin: Romeo And Juliet (1994)
Mike Burnside: Forget Me Not Lane (2007); Touch Wood (2007)
Alison Burrows: A Word From Our Sponsor (1995)
Hazel Burt: Love After All (1960); Wuthering Heights (1960); 'Prentice Pillar (1960); Dad's Tale (1960); The Ark (1960); A View From The Brink (1960); Five Finger Exercise (1960); Standing Room Only (1961); Victoria Regina (1961); Four Minute Warning (1961); Gaslight (1961); Stranger In The Family (1961); The Bed Life Of A Mad Boy (1961); We've Minds Of Our Own (1961)
Stuart Burt: The Champion Of Paribanou (2005)
Sue Burton: The Brontës Of Haworth (1985)
Saskia Butler: Whenever (2000); GamePlan (2001); FlatSpin (2001); Role Play (2001); This Is Where We Came In (2001); Way Upstream (2003); My Sister Sadie (2003); Miss Yesterday (2004); Villette (2005); If I Were You (2006)
Michelle Butterly: The End Of The Food Chain (1993)
Tyler Butterworth: Absent Friends (1997); Near Cricket, St Thomas (1997)
Milton Cadman: Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (1993); Physical Jerks (1993); Conversations With My Father (1994)
Rachel Caffrey: Time Of My Life (2013); Arrivals & Departures (2013); The Karaoke Theatre Company (2016); Consuming Passions (2016); Season's Greetings (2019)
Jonathan Cake: One Over The Eight (1992)
Mathew Calridge: She Stoops To Conquer (1983)
Gina Cameron: Love Off The Shelf (1993)
Alexander Campbell: The Prodigal Son (2006)
David Campton: Lucky Peter's Travels (1957); I Have Been Here Before (1957); Bell, Book And Candle (1959); Halfway To Heaven (1959); Frankenstein (1959); Viennese Interlude (1959); The Square Cat (1959); Love After All (1959/ 60); Wuthering Heights (1960); 'Prentice Pillar (1960); The Ark (1960); A View From The Brink (1960); Victoria Regina (1961); Four Minute Warning (1961); Fallen Angels (1963); Rollo (1963); A Likely Tale (1963); Comeback (1963); Barnstable (1963); Affairs Of State (1963); Beasts (1963)
Betty Cardno: Father Matthew (1956); Call The Selkie Home (1956); Wuthering Heights (1956); Idol In The Sky (1956); The Glass Menagerie (1957); The Ornamental Hermit (1957); Honey In The Stone (1957)
David Cardy: Playing God (2005); Moby Dick (2005)
Jan Carey: Abigail's Party (1992); Prince On A White Bike (1992); For Services Rendered (1995); Let's Pretend (1995)
Victoria Carling: The Beaux Strategem (1988); Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (1988)
Claire Carrie: Baby On Board (1998); A Doll's House (1998); This Is Where We Came In (2001)
Mairead Carty: Oleanna (1995); For Services Rendered (1995); Betrayal (1995); Wild Honey (1996)
Daniel Casey: The Safari Party (2002)
Michael Cashman: Saturday, Sunday Monday (1982); A Trip To Scarborough (1982); Incidental Music (1983); Backnumbers (1983); The Winslow Boy (1983); The 7 Deadly Virtues (1984)
Peter Chadwick: A View From The Bridge (1975)
Emma Chambers: Henceforward... (1987); Bar And Ger (1987); Invisible Friends (1989)
Bill Champion: They're Playing Our Song (1997); Comic Potential (1998); Memories Are Made Of This (1998); Love Songs For Shopkeepers (1998); Later Life (1998); Haunting Julia (1999); GamePlan (2001); FlatSpin (2001); Role Play (2001); Split (2001); I Ought To Be In Pictures (2004); A Chorus Of Disapproval (2004); Moby Dick (2005); Intimate Exchanges (2006); Woman In Mind (2008)
Christopher Chandler: A Thousand Clowns (1984)
Simon Chandler: Man Of The Moment (1988); Eden End (1988); The Parasol (1988); The Ballroom (1988)
Sean Chapman: Invisible Friends (1989); Wolf At The Door (1989)
Simon Chapman: Miss Yesterday (2004)
Andrew Charleson: The Norman Conquests (1993)
Elspeth Charlton: All The Best People (1976); The Mystery Of The Lost City (1976); Mother Country (1976)
Mark Charnock: Wild Honey (1996)
Jeffery Chiswick: My Very Own Story (1991); A Man Of Letters (1991); Breaking Legs (1991)
Wolf Christian: The Champion Of Paribanou (1996)
Joan Cibber: Circle Of Love (1955); 'Prentice Pillar (1955); Dragons Are Dangerous (1955); Turn Right At The Crossroads (1955); Father Matthew (1956); Call The Selkie Home (1956)
Patricia Clapton: Arden Of Feversham (1968); Hay Fever (1968); The Strongbox (1968); A Boat In The Backyard (1968)
Patti Clare: The Swing Of Things (2007)
Mathew Claridge: She Stoops To Conquer (1983)
Prue Clarke: A Word From Our Sponsor (1995)
Elaine Claxton: Purvis (2006); Storm In A Tea Chest (2006); Forget Me Not Lane (2007); Touch Wood (2007)
Sue Cleaver: Love Me Slender (1996)
Clare Clifford: This Is Where We Came In (1990); Alphabetical Order (1990)
Philip Clifford: Dad's Tale (1960); Victoria Regina (1961); Gaslight (1961); The Bed Life Of A Mad Boy (1961)
Claude Close: Rocket To The Moon (1992); Neville's Island (1992); Apple Blossom Afternoon (1992); A Christmas Carol (2009); A Midsummer Night's Dream (2010); The Mikado (2010)
Norman Coburn: Fallen Angels (1963); Rollo (1963); A Likely Tale (1963); Comeback (1963); Barnstable (1963); Affairs Of State (1963); Beasts (1963)
Helen Coker: How To Tell The Truth (2003); Parting Shots (2003)
Nic Colicos: By Jeeves (1996); Honk! (1997)
Daniel Collings: Once More Upon A Time (1979); Simple Simon (1980); Twelfth Night (1981); The Vanishing (1981); She Stoops To Conquer (1983); Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1986); Old King Cole (1987); Man Of The Moment (1988); The Parasol (1988); Wolf At The Door (1989); Wild Honey (1996)
Sheila Connor: Fallen Angels (1963); Rollo (1963); A Likely Tale (1963); Comeback (1963); Who Was Hilary Maconochie? (1963); Affairs Of State (1963); Beasts (1963)
Nina Conti: Dealing With Clair (1996)
Leo Conville: The Ugly Duckling (2004)
Andrew Cooke: The Game Hunter (2003)
Nigel Cooke: Boy Meets Girl / Girl Meets Boy (1985); Time And Time Again (1986); Calling (1986); Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1986)
James Coombes: Love Off The Shelf (1993)
Richard Cordery: The Dining Room (1984); A Thousand Clowns (1984)
Matthew Cottle: Way Upstream (2003)
Robert Cotton: A Chorus Of Disapproval (1984); The Westwoods (1984); The Dresser (1984)
Simon Coury: For Services Rendered (1995); Betrayal (1995); Wild Honey (1996)
Annie Cowan: The Musical Jigsaw Play (1994)
Christine Cox: Dreams From A Summer House (1992); Rocket To The Moon (1992); Apple Blossom Afternoon (1992); Fly Me To The Moon (2004)
Simon Cox: Callisto 5 (1990)
Pamela Craig: The Private Ear (1964); Private Lives (1964); The Tiger And The Horse (1964); Dead And Alive (1964); Granite (1965); March Off Time (1965); Cock & Bull Story (1965); Bitter Harvest (1965); The Play Of Mata Hari (1965); The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon (1965); See The Pretty Lights (1965); The Governor's Lady (1965); Romeo And Jeanette (1967); The Sparrow (1967); Hop, Step And Jump (1967); Eden End (1967)
Maggie Cronin: Unless (2005)
Daniel Crowder: The Safari Party (2002)
Liz Crowther: Communicating Doors (1994)
Nicky Croydon: My Very Own Story (1992); Abigail's Party (1992)
Andy Cryer: The Winslow Boy (1983); Jack Lear (2008)
Simon Cryer: Cheap And Cheerful (1999)
Ian Curteis: Captain Carvallo (1958); The Man With A Flower In His Mouth (1958); Love And Chance (1958); Dial M For Murder (1958); Who Cares (1958)
Lucinda Curtis: Man For Hire (2002)
Marilyn Cutts: Honk! (1997)
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