Leslie Evershed-Martin
(1903-1991)

Founder of Chichester Festival Theatre

Died aged c. 88

Leslie Evershed-Martin, CBE (1903–1991) was a British theatre impresario, city councillor and optician. He was born in Clapham, London in 1903. He was twice Mayor of Chichesterand founded Chichester Players in 1933, and the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1962. He was married with two sons and died in 1991.

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Chichester, United Kingdom

Leslie Evershed-Martin CBE 1903–1991 lived here. Founder of the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1962 Mayor and Freeman of this City

23 West Street, Chichester, United Kingdom where they lived