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Leeds Arts Centre performed Little Boy Blue in March 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.
Fairy Rose | Gwenda Procter |
Fairies | Margaret Gill |
Audrey Hewitt | |
Doreen Parker | |
Vera Wilson | |
Betty Powell | |
Vera Turner | |
Sheila Whitehead | |
Annie Meadley | |
Fairy Thistle | Mary E. Hobson |
Flatty | Arthur Ridley |
Simple Simon | Arthur Cox |
The Mayor | William Bishop |
Mrs Muffet | Mabel D. Spencer |
Miss Muffet | Margaret Gale |
Boy Blue | Rosamund Fenwick |
Squire Acres | Leslie Oliver |
Marjorie | Sheila V. M. Harrison |
Cook | Pamela Wray |
Giles | C. K. Harrison |
Bloggs | C. E. Blakeborough |
Villagers | Doreen Emmett |
Mavis Wright | |
Mary Sanderson | |
Joyce Paver | |
Lilian Marsden | |
Barbara Woolmer | |
Beatrice Robinson | |
May Downing |
Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
Electrician | William Bishop |
Dances Arranged by | Miss E. Empsall |
House Manager | Shirley Wood |
Pianist | Miss M. Booth |
Costume Adviser | Beatrice M. Upstone |
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 Little Boy Blue, we would be very pleased to hear from you.