The team behind ‘Bringing the Rowntree Leisure Time Interviews to Life’

This project brought together mature History PhD student Rachel Feldberg, who spent years working in theatre as a writer and director before coming back to academic study, professional actors from across the North of England and students and former students from the University of York. Find out more about Rachel, the cast and crew below.

The writer and director

Rachel Feldberg (Writer and Director) spent years working in the theatre as a writer and director before coming back to academic study in 2019. Her scripts are frequently rooted in archival research.

The cast

Laura England, who grew up in Otley before studying drama in Guildford, has a passion for the 1940s.

Jack Evans-Rentsch graduated from the University of York's Theatre degree in Summer 2021.

Actor Allison Saxton is originally from Bradford and has spent twenty years working in film and theatre.

Joe Williams is an actor and writer based in Leeds where his parents were part of the Windrush generation.

Nik Wood Jones, a Mancunian, is known for his portrayals of the walker and writer, Alfred Wainwright- and Captain Hook.

The crew

Zsófia Benedek (Director of Photography) is an International Student from Hungary in her third year at the School of Arts and Creative Technologies.

Hazel Lawrence (Production Manager and Interview Editor) spent two years working with academics on short films for St John‘s College, University of Cambridge . She is currently Events and Community Coordinator at York’s Graduate Student Association.

Joe Pike (Editor) has just finished a degree in Film and Television Production in the School of Arts and Creative Technologies.

Johannes Ruckstuhl (Sound) is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York.

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