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Leeds Arts Centre performed Dick Whittington in December 1952.
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.
Immortals | |
Fairy Bow Bells | Winifred Exley |
The Rat King | Jeffrey Clayton |
Mortals | |
Alderman Fitzwarren | Arthur Ridley |
Richard Turner | |
Alice, his daughter | Joan Lake |
Alderman Tanner | Douglas Kidder |
Jack Baldwinson | |
Alderman Patbutter | Ernest Greaves |
Robert. W. Rogerson | |
Alderman Jerry Builder | Leslie Reyner |
Arnold Williams | |
Tony Chappell | |
Simon | Peter O’Toole |
Arnold Williams | |
Cook | Margaret Shackleton |
Bessie | Mary Spencer |
Elizabeth Hayward | |
Diggory Dag | Arthur Cox |
Doggery Dug | Harry Dodd |
Mrs. Fish | Irene Douglas |
Mrs. Grime | Dorothy Paul |
Dick Whittington | Margaret Bentley |
His Cat | Arthur Starkie |
Captain Clutterbuck | Douglas Butterfield |
The Sultan of Morocco | John Jackson |
Pearl of the Orient | Valerie Smith |
Ruby Without Price | Pauline Clayden |
Priscilla Clayden | |
Keeper of the Harem | Leslie Reyner |
Arnold Williams | |
Tony Chappell | |
Sailors, Guards | Douglas Kidder |
Jack Baldwinson | |
Frank Kendall | |
Ralph Kendall | |
More Wives of the Sultan | Pauline Iredale |
Lesley Starforth | |
Faries, Citizens of London, Eastern Ladies, etc | Brenda Thorpe |
Margaret Boardman | |
Valerie Firth | |
Margaret Sullivan | |
Joyce Broad | |
Sheila Welburn | |
Ann Sleight | |
Joyce Richardson | |
Margaret Reyner | |
Christine Dearlove | |
Denise Pennalls | |
Carole Heath | |
Barbara Metcalf | |
Avril Pearson | |
Alison Brook | |
Solo Dance by | Brenda Thorpe |
Barbara Naylor |
Director | Arthur Ridley |
Piano and Musical Direction | Tom Mason |
Recorder Boys from Cross Flatts County Primary School | David Longthorn |
David Muhl | |
David J. Pullan | |
Alan Kingston | |
Frank Martin | |
Michael Pickering | |
Gordon Wright | |
Kenneth Humphreys | |
David Barker | |
John Hill | |
Martin Taylor | |
Keith Richards | |
Barry Broadbent | |
Roger Smithies | |
Stuart Murray | |
David Roberts | |
John Aspinall | |
Nigel Duce | |
Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
Prompter | Margaret Sleight |
Wardrobe Mistress | Cora Greaves |
Wardrobe Assistance | Stella Ramsbottom |
LAC Team | |
Publicity | Jean Miller |
Dances Arranged by | May Hurford |
Cover Design by | J. C. Newby |
Scenery | W. Ratcliffe |
Stephen Bates | |
Properties | Richard Turner |
Connie Turner |
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 Dick Whittington, we would be very pleased to hear from you.