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Leeds Arts Centre performed Beauty and the Beast in November – December 1954.
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.
Hodge, a Wizard | Arthur Ridley |
Gordon Caleb | |
Mikey, his Nephew (a young dragon) | Dorothea Paul |
The Prince (the Beast) | Douglas Butterfield |
Mr Clement, a Merchant | Bill Rogerson |
John O’Connor | |
Jessamine | Edith Johnson |
Morag Busby | |
Jonquiline | Ann Rockcliffe |
Valerie Smith | |
Jane (known as Beauty) | A. Christine Hudson |
Dorothy Grossbard | |
Shadows, sprits of the forest | Rita Champlin |
Susan Hollander | |
Patricia Jackson | |
Georgina Rowe | |
Patricia Stocks | |
Sylvia Richardson | |
Marcia Talbot | |
Ann Armitage | |
Joan Horn | |
Kathleen Gregory | |
Margaret Nowell | |
Valerie Wolstenholme | |
Maureen Weate |
Director | Joyce Adcock and Margaret Shackleton |
Stage Manager | Colin Ibbotson |
Costumes Designed and Executed by | Cora Greaves |
Settings Devised by | Hazel Hunter |
Settings Constructed and Painted by | Sheila Kennedy |
Ann Parker | |
Brana Silvester | |
Pat Harrison | |
Ann Thomas | |
Tom Pemberton | |
Sidney Irving | |
Properties | Jo Denton |
Margaret Shackleton | |
Prompter | Rose Taylor |
At the Piano | Gordon Caleb |
Jack Harrison | |
Music | Ivor K. Dykes |
Publicity | Jean Miller |
Magic by | Roy Johnson |
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 Beauty and the Beast, we would be very pleased to hear from you.