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Leeds Arts Centre performed A Christmas Fantasia in December 1948.
This production was staged by Leeds Children’s Theatre, who at the time were one of the sub-groups within Leeds Arts Centre. Having returned to being a company in their own right in the 1950s, they are still creating theatre for children to this day.
The Imp Tree | |
Lynette, Queen of Winchester | Thelma Laycock |
Joan, her lady-in-waiting | Joyce Whitney |
Mary, her lady-in-waiting | Jean Macaulay |
Alice, her lady-in-waiting | Avril Whitaker |
First Goblin | Maureen Spanton |
Second Goblin | Barbara Tullock |
Wyvern, the Goblin King | Barbara Colley |
Robert, King of Winchester | Pauline Sturdy |
Eric, a noble lord | Jean Cameron |
Cedric, a noble lord | Barbara Richardson |
Frederick, a noble lord | Louis Wilson |
Old Man | Prudence O’Neill |
Peasant | Christine Higgins |
Other Goblins | Joan Benn |
Pat Wilson | |
Dorothy Smith | |
Megan Salter | |
Brenda Moss | |
Janice Goldsborough | |
Harlequinade | |
Pantaloon | John Ridley |
Joey the Clown | David Johns |
Policeman | Clive Tutton |
Moneybags | Norman Robinson |
Bones the Butcher | Alan Ridge |
Herlequin | Sylvia Towse |
Columbine | Pauline Bird |
The Truth About King Wenceslas | |
King Wenceslas | Don Farrow |
The Queen | Madeleine Michaels |
The Princess | Joan Lake |
The Page | Ruth B. Hamlyn |
The Prime Minister | Arthur Cox |
The Royal Doctor | Leslie Oliver |
The Royal Astrologer | Henry Miller |
Yonder Peasant | J. L. McGee |
A Carol Singer | Ernest Greaves |
The Pace Egg | |
The Fool | Ernest Beaumont |
St. George | Don Farrow |
Slasher | Herbert Stead |
The Doctor | Arthur Ridley |
The Black Prince of Paradine | C. E. Blakeborough |
The King of Egypt | Henry Miller |
Hector | Leslie Oliver |
Beelzebub | Arthur Cox |
Little Devil Doubt | Colin North |
Director | Arthur Cox |
Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
Lighting | William Bishop |
Music | Walter P. Miller |
Property Mistress | Margaret Gale |
House Manager | Shirley Wood |
Publicity Manager | William Sharp |
The Scenery Painted by | LAC Team |
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of A Christmas Fantasia, we would be very pleased to hear from you.