Written by
Gordon Daviot
Directed by Frank Greene
Ian McKellen in the role of Asnath, the High Priest's daughter
Bolton School
22 March 1954 - 27 March 1954
CAST
Benjamin, as a boy | . . . . . . . . . . . . | P Clough |
Simeon | . . . . . . . . . . . . | J B Loukes |
Judah | . . . . . . . . . . . . | H Gibson |
Levi | . . . . . . . . . . . . | M D Crompton |
Reuben | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Peter J Harrison |
Yusef | . . . . . . . . . . . . | B Oatley |
Asher | . . . . . . . . . . . . | M H Shipley |
Keturah | . . . . . . . . . . . . | F D G Norburn |
Ishmael | . . . . . . . . . . . . | H E McGlashan |
A Boy Sweetmeat Seller | . . . . . . . . . . . . | D Thomasson |
Potiphar | . . . . . . . . . . . . | G F Tetlow |
Asnath | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Ian McKellen |
Thyi | . . . . . . . . . . . . | C D Sculthorpe |
Netchemet | . . . . . . . . . . . . | D R Thomas |
Benha | . . . . . . . . . . . . | D H Hargreaves |
Mekau | . . . . . . . . . . . . | B W Thomason |
Shumadda | . . . . . . . . . . . . | P N Grimshaw |
Ziri | . . . . . . . . . . . . | G J Hardy |
Khazura | . . . . . . . . . . . . | D N Wood |
Badir | . . . . . . . . . . . . | G D Clayton |
A Boy Singer | . . . . . . . . . . . . | R W Morgan |
Abdi | . . . . . . . . . . . . | J M Farmer |
Mitanni | . . . . . . . . . . . . | R F Pollitt |
A Prison Guard | . . . . . . . . . . . . | N W Williams |
Pharaoh | . . . . . . . . . . . . | G N Berry |
Aahmes | . . . . . . . . . . . . | F Gee |
Athribis | . . . . . . . . . . . . | D A Pass |
A Priest | . . . . . . . . . . . . | N Marsden |
Weigher of Grain | . . . . . . . . . . . . | A J Hardy |
Checker | . . . . . . . . . . . . | M J Prag |
Benjamin, grown up | . . . . . . . . . . . . | F R Greenlees |
Pharaoh's servant | . . . . . . . . . . . . | J T Rowson |