clockwise from the left: Charlotte Cornwell (Sarah), Helen Gemmell (Kathy), Marc Sinden (Charles), Sandy Ratcliff (Maggie - rear), Henrietta Baynes (Julie), Mary Sheen (Nellie - peering round), Lesley...

l-r: Charlotte Cornwell (Sarah), Kate Williams (Rita), Sandy Ratcliff (Maggie), Michael Elphick (Sniffer), Marc Sinden (Charles), Helen Gemmell (Kathy), Henrietta Baynes (Julie), Lesley Manville (Lizz...

l-r: Roger Hyams (Silvius), Juliet Stevenson (Rosalind), Lesley Manville (Phebe), Hilton McRae (Orlando) in AS YOU LIKE IT by Shakespeare at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Barbican Theatre, Lond...

l-r: Lesley Manville (Susan), Rita Wolf (Amina) in BORDERLINE by Hanif Kureishi at the Royal Court Theatre, London SW1 05/11/1981 a co-production with the Joint Stock Theatre Group design: Peter...

TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill design: Anabel Temple lighting: Robin Myerscough-Walker director: Max Stafford-Clark
l-r: Lesley Manville (Marlene), Deborah Findlay (Mrs Kidd / Joyce) Royal Court Th...

TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill design: Anabel Temple lighting: Robin Myerscough-Walker director: Max Stafford-Clark
l-r: Sarah Lam (Lady Nijo), Lesley Sharp (Dull Gret), Lesley Manville (Marlene),...

TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill design: Anabel Temple lighting: Robin Myerscough-Walker director: Max Stafford-Clark
l-r: Deborah Findlay (Isabella Bird), Lesley Manville (Marlene), Sarah Lam (Lady...

TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill design: Anabel Temple lighting: Robin Myerscough-Walker director: Max Stafford-Clark
l-r: Deborah Findlay (Isabella Bird), Lesley Manville (Marlene), Sarah Lam (Lady...

TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill design: Anabel Temple lighting: Robin Myerscough-Walker director: Max Stafford-Clark
l-r: Lesley Sharp (Dull Gret), Deborah Findlay (Isabella Bird), Lesley Manville (...

TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill set design: Peter Hartwell costumes: Pam Tait lighting: Robin Myerscough-Walker director: Max Stafford-Clark
l-r: Lindsay Duncan (Lady Nijo), Carole Hayman (Dull Gret...

TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill set design: Peter Hartwell costumes: Pam Tait lighting: Robin Myerscough-Walker director: Max Stafford-Clark
l-r: Selina Cadell (Pope Joan), Lesley Manville (Patient...

PHILISTINES by Maxim Gorky in a new version by Dusty Hughes design: Tom Cairns lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell director: John Caird
far left: Margery Mason (Akulina Ivanovna) front, l-r: Sean Baker (P...

PHILISTINES by Maxim Gorky in a new version by Dusty Hughes design: Tom Cairns lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell director: John Caird
Tom Mannion (Nil Vasilyevich), Lesley Manville (Polya) Royal Shakesp...

THE WIVES' EXCUSE by Thomas Southerne design: Julian McGowan lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell movement: Sue Lefton director: Max Stafford-Clark
Lesley Manville (Mrs Wittwoud), Clive Wood (Mr Wilding)...

THE WIVES' EXCUSE by Thomas Southerne design: Julian McGowan lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell movement: Sue Lefton director: Max Stafford-Clark
Clive Wood (Mr Wilding), Lesley Manville (Mrs Wittwoud)...

THE WIVES' EXCUSE by Thomas Southerne design: Julian McGowan lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell movement: Sue Lefton director: Max Stafford-Clark
Lesley Manville (Mrs Wittwoud) Royal Shakespeare Company...

THE WIVES' EXCUSE by Thomas Southerne design: Julian McGowan lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell movement: Sue Lefton director: Max Stafford-Clark
front, l-r: Olivia Williams (Mrs Friendall), Caroline B...

THE WIVES' EXCUSE by Thomas Southerne design: Julian McGowan lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell movement: Sue Lefton director: Max Stafford-Clark
l-r: Lesley Manville (Mrs Wittwoud), Katharine Rogers (...

THE WIVES' EXCUSE by Thomas Southerne design: Julian McGowan lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell movement: Sue Lefton director: Max Stafford-Clark
Lesley Manville (Mrs Wittwoud) Royal Shakespeare Compan...

THE WIVES' EXCUSE by Thomas Southerne design: Julian McGowan lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell movement: Sue Lefton director: Max Stafford-Clark
l-r: Olivia Williams (Mrs Friendall), Lesley Manville (M...

THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov translated by Michael Frayn design: Paul Farnsworth director: Sam Mendes
l-r: Bernard Hill (Lopakhin), Lesley Manville (Varya), Judi Dench (Ranyevskaya), Miran...

THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov translated by Michael Frayn design: Paul Farnsworth director: Sam Mendes
l-r: Lesley Manville (Varya), Judi Dench (Ranyevskaya), Miranda Foster (Anya) Aldwych...

THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov translated by Michael Frayn design: Paul Farnsworth director: Sam Mendes
l-r: Lesley Manville (Varya), Judi Dench (Ranyevskaya), Miranda Foster (Anya) Aldwych...

HOW NOW GREEN COW by Julie Burchill set design: Peter Hartwell costumes: Jennifer Cook lighting: Christopher Toulmin director: Max Stafford-Clark
l-r: Lesley Manville (Girl), Sharon Bower (Woman)...