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Treasure Island
• directed by Arthur Cox
November 1949
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Children’s Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed Treasure Island in November 1949.
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.
Cast
| Jim Hawkins | Peter Nichols |
| Doctor Livesey | Leslie Oliver |
| Billy Bones | Arthur Ridley |
| Mrs Hawkins | Nora Kelly |
| Black Dog | Arnold Williams |
| Blind Pew | Herbert Stead |
| Squire Trelawney | Ladley Pearson |
| Israel Hands | Stanley G. Sykes |
| Mr Arrow (Mate) | John R. L. Reyner |
| Tom Morgan | John Bergin |
| George Merry | Henry Miller |
| Johnny | John Jackson |
| Derk | George Beel |
| Job Anderson (Boatswain) | Ernest Greaves |
| Grey | John R. L. Reyner |
| Redruth | Herbert Stead |
| Joyce | John I. Bramwell |
| Hunter | Arnold Williams |
| Tom Watkins | Jack Randerson |
| Dick Johnson | Donald Pelmear |
| Alan Green | Charles Sitlinton |
| Captain Smollett | Ernest Beaumont |
| Long John Silver | Arthur Cox |
| Ben Gunn | Arthur Ridley |
Backstage team
| Director | Arthur Cox |
| Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| Properties | Betty Claughton |
| Prompter | E. R. Timothy |
| Winifred Exley | |
| Wardrobe | Elsie Bell |
| Cora Greaves | |
| Lighting and Effect | William Bishop |
| Programme and Cover Designed by | J. C. Newby |
| Set Designed by | Thomas Bevan |
| Arthur E. B. Brown | |
| Scenery Painted and Built by | LAC Team |
| Costumes by | Beatrice M. Upstone |
| Miss E. Lunn | |
| Winifred Crofts |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
Add to the archive
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of Treasure Island, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
