Brian Beeston
Member from 1958 to 2020
Bio
I first became involved with St Lawrence Players in May 1958, when invited by Hylda Darby to play Det. Sgt Penny in Agatha Christie's The Hollow. Since then I have played a variety of roles in about forty-nine productions (sometimes taking the same part in a repeated play) and assisted in some way in many others. My favourites are Pantos and musical productions. The parts I have enjoyed most were Col. Pickering in My Fair Lady, Mr Brownlow in Oliver! and Winkle in Pickwick. I have been Hon. Treasurer of Players for the last 11 years.
Appearances as cast
Brian has appeared in these productions.
| Year | Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Detectives | Morse |
| 2025 | The Detectives | James Bond |
| 2020 | The Wind in the Willows | Magistrate |
| 2019 | The Perfect Murder | Radio Newsreaders (voice only) |
| 2018 | It's Behind You! | Cast member |
| 2015 | Mad Bess | Dr Pattern |
| 2014 | The Odd Couple (female version) | Master of Ceremonies and Narrator |
| 2013 | Additional Entertainment | Player |
| 2011 | Code Of The West | Big Boss Kincaid |
| 2008 | Seventy Five Glorious Years | Player |
| 2004 | The Dancing Years | Prince Charles Metterling |
| 2004 | A Talk in the Park | Charles |
| 2000 | Cinderella | Baron Stoneybroke |
| 1999 | Dawn On Our Darkness | Caspar |
| 1998 | Man Alive | The Police Commissioner |
| 1998 | The Wizard Of Oz | Uncle Henry |
| 1997 | Wild Goose Chase | Lord Elrood |
| 1997 | The Master and the Maid | The husband |
| 1997 | Song, Style & Supper | Player |
| 1996 | Aladdin | Grand Vizier, the Emperor's right hand man |
| 1995 | Blithe Spirit | Doctor Bradman |
| 1995 | Carousel | David Bascombe |
| 1994 | Sweeney Todd | Judge Turpin |
| 1993 | Pickwick | Nathaniel Winkle |
| 1993 | Sixty Glorious Years | Cast Member |
| 1992 | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime | The Dean of paddington, his uncle |
| 1992 | Dick Whittington | Alderman Fitzwarren |
| 1991 | My Fair Lady | Colonel Pickering |
| 1991 | My Fair Lady | Freddy Eynsford-Hill |
| 1990 | Hans Andersen | Herr Max Klaus |
| 1989 | Music Hall Miscellany | Player |
| 1989 | Finian's Rainbow | Geologist |
| 1988 | Camelot | Merlin |
| 1987 | The Railway Children | Roberta Waterbury |
| 1986 | Scrooge | Ghost of Christmas Present |
| 1985 | Half A Sixpence | Mr Shalford |
| 1984 | Playing For Time - A Revue | Player |
| 1984 | Oliver! | Mr. Brownlow |
| 1983 | Viva Mexico | Senator |
| 1983 | The Vigil | Pontius Pilate - the Governor |
| 1982 | A Talk in the Park | Charles |
| 1982 | Salad Days | Don |
| 1982 | Salad Days | Timothy's Father |
| 1982 | Salad Days | Sir Clamsby Williams |
| 1982 | Salad Days | Manager |
| 1982 | Salad Days | Uncle Zed |
| 1981 | Toad Of Toad Hall | Judge |
| 1977 | The Wizard of Oz | The Wizard of Oz |
| 1977 | The Wizard of Oz | Uncle Henry |
| 1976 | Where the Rainbow Ends | St. George |
| 1975 | The Babes In The Wood | Egbert ) Retainers |
| 1973 | Oliver! | Mr Brownlow |
| 1972 | Salad Days | Timothy's Father |
| 1972 | Salad Days | Sir Clamsby Williams |
| 1972 | Salad Days | Manager |
| 1972 | Salad Days | Uncle Zed |
| 1972 | Salad Days | Dons |
| 1971 | Sinbad The Sailor | The Caliph of Bagdad |
| 1969 | Haul For The Shore | P.C. William Widdon |
| 1969 | Haul For The Shore | Visitor |
| 1965 | Man Alive | Waldorf |
| 1965 | Cinderella | Clorinda, Step-Sister |
| 1964 | Mansfield Park | Mr. Rushworth |
| 1964 | When We Are Married | Herbert Soppitt |
| 1964 | The Geese Are Getting Fat | Melvyn Pugh |
| 1963 | Emma | Serle |
| 1963 | Aladdin | Abdul (his Apprentice) |
| 1962 | To Kill A Cat | Mark Proust |
| 1962 | Dick Whittington | Percy Pilbeam (a merchant) |
| 1962 | Distinguished Gathering | Detective-Inspector Rutherford |
| 1961 | Haul For The Shore | The Rev. Leslie Fox (Vicar of Tremarran Cove) |
| 1961 | Dry Rot | John Danby |
| 1961 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Odorous Egg (the bailiff's sister) |
| 1960 | Ten Little Niggers | Dr. Armstrong |
| 1960 | Hawk Island | Donald Parish |
| 1960 | Puss In Boots | Puffem (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) |
| 1959 | The Middle Watch | Captain Randall (Royal Marines) |
| 1959 | Sinbad The Sailor | Caliph of Bagdad |
| 1958 | Baa Baa Black Sheep | Osbert Bassinton-Bassington |
| 1958 | The Hollow | Detective Sergeant Penny |
Behind the scenes
Brian has worked behind the scenes of these productions.
| Year | Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Seventy Five Glorious Years | Master of Ceremonies |