Title: Luther
Date: Tuesday 5th September-December 1961
Type: Play
Company: English Stage Company
Location: Phoenix Theatre, London, England
Playwright: John Osborne
Director: Tony Richardson
Collection Number: 2404_1961_01

Cast

Knight: Julian Glover
The Prior at Erfurt: James Cairncross
Martin Luther: Albert Finney
Hans, his Father: Bill Owen
Lucas, a friend of Hans: Peter Duguid
Brother Weinand: Dan Meaden
John Tetzel: Peter Bull
Johann von Staupitz: Carleton Hobbs
Cajetan, Cardinal of San Sisto: John Moffatt
Karl von Miltitz: Robert Robinson
Pope Leo X: Charles Kay
John Eck: James Cairncross
Katherine: Meryl Gourley
Monks, Lords, Peasants, etc.: Stacey Davis, Murray Evans, Derek Fuke, Malcolm Taylor
Singers: John Kirk, Frank Davies, Andrew Pearmain, David Read
Children: Roger Harbird, Paul Large
Afghan Hounds: Champion Rifka’s Tarquin, Flamenco Ben Rifka

Crew

For Luther

Producer: Oscar Lewenstein
Sets and Costumes: Jocelyn Herbert
Music Composer & Arranger: John Addison
Chorus Master: John McCarthy
Assistants to the Director: Piers Haggard, Jenö Gabor Vincze
Costume Cutters: David Walker, John Bright, Brenda Bishop
Costume Painter: Susan Gorley

For the English Stage Company

Artistic Directors: George Devine, Tony Richardson
Assistant Artistic Director: John Blatchley
General Manager: Doreen Dixon
Company and Stage Manager: Donald Ross
Deputy Stage Manager: Jocelyn Tawse
Assistant Stage Manager: Juliet Alliston, Carolyn Gaye
Wardrobe Mistress: Vera Martin
Technical Director: William Green
Chief Engineer: Eric Baker
Costume Supervision: Wendy Doncaster
Press Representative: George Fearon
Public Relations Officer: Frank Rainbow

For the Phoenix Theatre

Licensee: Prince Littler
General Manager: Frederick Carter
Manager: Wybert R. Allen
Box Office Manager: C.B. Goffrey

Programme Printed By: Henry Good & Son Ltd.

Notes

Date determined from opening date, and advertisements, which advertise a show that closed in December 1961