Production Archive
Leeds Arts Centre has been producing four or five plays a year at the Carriageworks – and before that at the Leeds Civic Theatre – since 1945. This area of the site contains details of those productions, along with many photographs, programmes, publicity materials, set and costume designs.
If you’re looking for details of current productions, please see our What’s On listing.
Productions from 1946 to 1953
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by Madge Miller • directed by I. Morley-Roberts
November – December 1953 • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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Cavalier’s Gold
by Arthur Ridley • directed by Joyce Adcock
May 1953 • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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Spring at Marino
by Constance Cox • directed by Stanley Howard
probably March 1953
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Dick Whittington
by Arthur Ridley • directed by Arthur Ridley
December 1952 • The Civic Theatre • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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Emil and the Detectives
by Erich Kaestner, English adaptation by Cyrus Brooks • directed by Arthur Cox
May 1952 • The Civic Theatre • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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The Beaux’ Stratagem
by George Farquhar • directed by Ladley Pearson
February 1952 • The Civic Theatre
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The Snow Queen
by Edith Marshall • directed by Lucy Bradley
December 1951 • The Civic Theatre • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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Rope
by Patrick Hamilton • directed by Ernest Beaumont
November – December 1951
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The Government Inspector
by Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Derek John Campbell • directed by Ladley Pearson
April 1951 • The Civic Theatre
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Tom Sawyer’s Treasure Hunt
by Charlotte Chorpenning • directed by Arthur Cox
probably March 1951 • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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Bonaventure
by Charlotte Hastings • directed by Joyce Adcock
January 1951 • The Civic Theatre
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Tom Sawyer’s Treasure Hunt
by Charlotte Chorpenning • directed by Arthur Cox
December 1950 • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
by Rudolf Besier • directed by Kathleen Worth
November 1950 • The Civic Theatre
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Ever Since Paradise
by J. B. Priestley • directed by Mary Dobson
October 1950 • The Civic Theatre
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And So To Bed
by J. B. Fagan and Vivian Ellis • directed by Joyce Adcock
April 1950 • The Civic Theatre
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Aladdin’s Lamp
by Arthur Ridley • directed by Arthur Ridley
March 1950 • The Civic Theatre • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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Nine Till Six
by Aimeé and Philip Stuart • directed by Kathleen Worth
January 1950 • The Civic Theatre
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Treasure Island
by Roger Williams • directed by Arthur Cox
November 1949 • The Civic Theatre • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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The Shop at Sly Corner
by Edward Percy • directed by Ladley Pearson
October 1949 • The Civic Theatre
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Village Wooing
by George Bernard Shaw • directed by Nora Kelly
August 1949 • The Mobile Theatre
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Best Man Wins
by W. L. Melton • directed by Arthur Cox
March 1949 • The Civic Theatre • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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The Druid’s Rest
by Emlyn Williams • directed by Ladley Pearson
February 1949 • The Civic Theatre
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A Christmas Fantasia
by Arthur Ridley • directed by Arthur Cox
December 1948 • The Civic Theatre • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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An Inspector Calls
by J. B. Priestley • directed by Pat Cheetham
September – October 1948 • The Civic Theatre
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Little Boy Blue
by Arthur Ridley, with music by Ena Morley and B. G. Fletcher
March 1948 • Y.W.C.A. Hall • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare • directed by Arthur E. Payne
November 1946 • The Civic Theatre
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