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The Druid’s Rest
• directed by Ladley Pearson
February 1949
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed The Druid’s Rest in February 1949.
Cast
| Kate Edwards (neé Finch), wife of Job Edwards | Jennie Stratton |
| Glan, their elder son | Leslie McGee |
| Tommos, their younger son | David Billingham |
| Sarah Jane Jehovah, Job’s niece | Marian S. Halder |
| Issmal Hughes South America, a tramp | Arthur Cox |
| Job Edwards, landlord of “The Druid’s Rest” | Herbert Stead |
| Zachariah Policeman, the local constable | Don Farrow |
| A Mysterious Wayfarer | Leslie Oliver |
| Singer | Anne Lumby |
Backstage team
| Director | Ladley Pearson |
| Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Peter Nock |
| Properties | Muriel J. Dunning |
| Joyce Bruce | |
| Ernest Beaumont | |
| Wardrobe | Elsie Bell |
| Cora E. Greaves | |
| Lighting and Effects | Walter P. Miller |
| Joan Lake | |
| Prompter | Ruth B. Hamlyn |
| Auditorium Manager | William Sharp |
| Box Office Manager | Alan Cottrell |
| Publicity and Business Manager | William Sharp |
| Stage Director | Thomas Bevan |
| Tuition in Welsh | J. D. Thomas |
| Kay Cottrell | |
| Programme Cover Designed by | J. C. Newby |
| The Set Designed by | Thomas Bevan |
| Set Painted by | Elizabeth Tinker |
| Thomas Bevan | |
| Set Built by | Peter Nock |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
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