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Emil and the Detectives
• directed by Arthur Cox
May 1952
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Children’s Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed Emil and the Detectives in May 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.
Cast
| Children | |
| Emil Titchburn | Leslie Burns |
| Gus (with the hooter) | Jeremy Smart |
| The Professor | David Wigley |
| Little Buster | Brian O’Boyle |
| Crookie | Trevor Hodgson |
| Little Tuesday | Tony Dickinson |
| Bow | Brian Hobbs |
| True Love | Leonard Warne |
| Caddick | Christopher Wright |
| Big Buster | Tony Hill |
| Colin Wibberley | |
| Alfred the Great | Brian Butler |
| Scarlett | Ian Brown |
| Jerrold | John Allen |
| Wrigley | Granville Sharp |
| Malcolm Burtonshaw | |
| Polly Hoppit (Emil’s cousin in London) | Pat Burtonshaw |
| The other Members of the Gang | Anthony Barran |
| John Bannister | |
| John Buccilli | |
| Malcolm Burtonshaw | |
| Derick Chapman | |
| Trevor Childerson | |
| Tommy Crawshaw | |
| Peter Davis | |
| Edward Doran | |
| Brian Dyer | |
| Keith Farrally | |
| Stanley Franklin | |
| Peter Giles | |
| John Hague | |
| Tony Hill | |
| Michael Holmes | |
| Michael Hudson | |
| Michael Hutchinson | |
| Harry Hullah | |
| John Iceton | |
| James Lodge | |
| Alan Megson | |
| Barry Morris | |
| Michael Parsons | |
| Colin Penrise | |
| Brian Rogerson | |
| Barry Taylor | |
| Brian Turner | |
| Stanley Whitaker | |
| Colin Wibberley | |
| Roy Baxter | |
| John Bulmer | |
| David Christian | |
| David Crawshaw | |
| Michael Day | |
| Malcolm Day | |
| Terrence Dean | |
| Michael Goldthorp | |
| Peter Kite | |
| Andrew Johnson | |
| John Lodge | |
| Tony Pickles | |
| Leslie Smithson | |
| Newsboy | Barry Weighell |
| Adults | |
| Mrs Titchburn | Pauline Clayden |
| Police Sergeant Field | Brian J. Ball |
| Mrs Jacobs | Mary Spencer |
| A Thin Woman | Lesley Starforth |
| An Asthmatical Gentleman | Arthur Ridley |
| The Man in the Bowler Hat (Grundy) | Herbert Stead |
| Mrs Homer (Emil’s Grandmother) | Lucy Bradley |
| Snick (a crook) | John Jackson |
| A Bank Cashier | D. Brian Roy |
| A Bank Manager | Ernest Greaves |
| Police Sergeant Street | Jack Lewis |
| Detective Inspector Smart | Ernest Beaumont |
| Mr Goody | Brian J. Ball |
| Magistrate | Arthur Ridley |
| A Magistrate’s Clerk | D. Brian Roy |
| An Usher | Barry Weighell |
| A Policeman | James Hutton |
Backstage team
| Director | Arthur Cox |
| Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Peter Joy |
| Music and Effects | Walter P. Miller |
| Properties | Priscilla Clayden |
| Lesley Starforth | |
| Prompter | Maureen Woodhead |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Cora Greaves |
| assisted by | Stella Ramsbottom |
| Publicity | Jean Miller |
| Cover Design by | J. C. Newby |
| Scenery Designed and Painted by | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| assisted by | Janet Rawlins |
| Peter Joy | |
| Harrold Parkin |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
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