British Catholic Stage Guild

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The British Catholic Stage Guild is the main organisation for Roman Catholics in British entertainment. Its details are as follows:

  • Address: No. 1 Maiden Lane, London, UK, WC2E 7NB
  • Telephone: 020 7240 1221
  • Registered charity number: 267957
  • Honorary Secretary: Molly Steele
  • Honorary Treasurer: Brian Faul
  • President: Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
  • Chair: Richard O’Callaghan

Its current membership includes many famous names, among them the vice presidents: Lionel Jeffries, Moira Lister, Valerie Masterson, Joseph O'Connor, Charles Pemberton, Danny La Rue and Frank Finlay (CBE). Actor Michael Slater serves as Master of Ceremonies.

Now-deceased members include the past Chair, actress Patricia Hayes (whose son, actor Richard O'Callaghan, né Richard Rooke, is the current Chair), Michael Williams, husband of Judi Dench and a former chairperson of the Guild, actress Margaretta Scott, David Healy, Irish-born Eamonn Andrews, and Sir Alec Guinness, one of the highest ranking and prestigious British actors to become a Catholic convert.

The Guild is not directly associated with ACTS (Association of Catholics in Theatre and on Screen), co-founded by actor Martin O'Brien circa 2005.

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