Download: Programme
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Best Man Wins
• directed by Arthur Cox
March 1949
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Children’s Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed Best Man Wins in March 1949.
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
| Ben, Miss Travers’ gardener | Arthur Ridley |
| Robin, Miss Travers’ nephew | David Billingham |
| Miss Esther Travers | Mabel D. Spencer |
| Peter Trevelyan, Sir George’s son | Peter Nichols |
| Jane Sunders, the parson’s daughter | Joan Lake |
| Milord, the pirate leader | Ernest Beaumont |
| Gregory | C. E. Blakeborough |
| Francois | Ernest Greaves |
| Pierre | William Bishop |
| Gros Jean | Ladley Pearson |
| Le Bossu | Sidney Groves |
| Michael | Cyril A. Spencer |
| Martin | Stanley Howard |
| Sir George Trevelyan | Don Farrow |
| Lady Trevelyan | Margaret Gale |
| Jeremy, the butler | Charles Sayer |
Backstage team
| Director | Arthur Cox |
| Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| Assistants | Henry Miller |
| Cyril Pinder | |
| Lighting | William Bishop |
| Music | Walter P. Miller |
| Prompter | Margaret Walker |
| House Manager | Norman Pepper |
| Costumes Designed by | Beatrice M. Upstone |
| Scenery Designed by | Thomas Bevan |
| Arthur E. B. Brown | |
| Constructed and Painted by | LAC Team |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
Download: Review
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