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Aladdin’s Lamp
• directed by Arthur Ridley
March 1950
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Children’s Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed Aladdin’s Lamp in March 1950.
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
| Immortals | |
| Mother Earth | Joan Timothy |
| Spirit Messengers | Ann Miles |
| Gillian Preston | |
| Louise Reith | |
| The Slave of the Ring | Margaret Gale |
| The Slave of the Lamp | John R. L. Reyner |
| Mortals | |
| The Emperor of China | Arthur Ridley |
| The Princess Badroulbourdour | Mary Spencer |
| Prittee, Lady in Waiting | Olga Whitehead |
| Nicee, Lady in Waiting | Sarah Suson |
| Makivampee | Pamela Wray |
| Bignoisee, the Grand Vizier | Jack Randerson |
| Widow Twankee | Mabel D. Spencer |
| Aladdin, her son | Margaret Bentley |
| Rubbee-Scrubbee, assistant in the laundry | Arthur Cox |
| Wishee-Washee, assistant in the laundry | Donald Pelmear |
| Abanaza, a wicked magician | John Jackson |
| Guards | Peter Nichols |
| Norman Robinson | |
| Andrew Cooper | |
| Colin Longbottom | |
| Horse | John R. L. Reyner |
| Charles Sitlinton | |
| Dancers | Wendy Hodgson |
| Inga Brown | |
| Beryl Denney | |
| Monica Steel | |
| Janice Hingley | |
| Avril Levy | |
| Denise Bremmer | |
| Jean Coates | |
| Clarissa Roberts | |
| Patricia Carter | |
| At the Piano | Tom Mason |
Backstage team
| Director | Arthur Ridley |
| Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| Properties | Betty Claughton |
| Winifred Exley | |
| Costumes Designed and Executed by | Elsie Bell |
| assisted by | Cora Greaves |
| LAC Team | |
| Dances Arranged by | May Hurford |
| Design and Movement in the Masque | E. M. Cooke-Yarborough |
| Programme Cover Design by | J. C. Newby |
| Scenery Designed by | Arthur Ridley |
| Scenery Constructed and Painted by | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| LAC Team |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
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We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of Aladdin’s Lamp, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
