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
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
Words from Ian McKellen
The American comedy thriller classic whose references to Teddy Roosevelt etc baffled Ipswich audiences (and actors).