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Leeds Arts Centre performed The Pied Piper of Hamelin in November – December 1953.
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.
Jan Dekker, Mayor of Hamelin | John Wood |
Madam Dekker, his wife | Priscilla Clayden |
Tina Exley | |
Anna, their daughter | Monica Bickers |
Mary Haddow-Anderson | |
Cornelis Holst, Councillor of Hamelin | Douglas Butterfield |
Madam Holst, his wife | Lucy Bradley |
Dorothy Paul | |
Hendrik, their son | John Matthews |
Paul Hefford | |
Mistress Tilli, a sempstress | Betty Beall |
Florence M. Brown | |
Dirk, ward of Hamelin | Leonard Warne |
Donald Bate | |
The Pied Piper | Arthur Cox |
Solo Dancer | Norma Riley |
Citizens of Hamelin | Betty Bagnall |
Averl Bedford | |
Dorothy Brown | |
Malcolm Cryle | |
Jo Denton | |
Mary E. Dobson | |
Brian Gibbon | |
Mary Laister | |
Jean Houseman | |
Sidney Irving | |
Margaret MacDonald | |
Jean Miller | |
Walter P. Miller | |
John Morley | |
Mary Dalton | |
Arthur Ridley | |
Valerie Smith | |
Michael Warner | |
Rosemary Wild | |
Their Children | Jean Allewell |
Jean Anderson | |
Joyce Broad | |
Christine Dearlove | |
Beryl Douglas | |
Carole Heath | |
Pat Hewson | |
Michael Kelly | |
Lilian Laidlaw | |
Brenda Lister | |
Linda Morgan | |
Denise Pennalls | |
Margaret Reyner | |
Margaret Shaw | |
Patricia Stocks | |
Jennifer Taylor | |
Colin Tinker | |
David Brown |
Director | I. Morley-Roberts |
Special Recordings by | Arthur Cox |
Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
Prompter and Assistant Producer | Margaret Shackleton |
Costumes Designed and Executed by | Pauline Clayden |
Assisted by | Freda Benn |
Publicity | Jean Miller |
Production Secretary | Dorothy Brown |
Dances Arranged by | May Hurford |
Cover Design by | J. C. Newby |
Set Designed and Executed by | Arthur E. B. Brown |
Assisted by | T. R. Clayden |
Hazel Hunter | |
Janet Turner | |
Property Mistress | Margaret Murphy |
Special Properties Executed by | H. B. Brown |
Statue Designed and Executed by | Shirley Butler |
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 The Pied Piper of Hamelin, we would be very pleased to hear from you.