The Druid’s Rest

by Emlyn Williamsdirected 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 EdwardsJennie Stratton
Glan, their elder sonLeslie McGee
Tommos, their younger sonDavid Billingham
Sarah Jane Jehovah, Job’s nieceMarian S. Halder
Issmal Hughes South America, a trampArthur Cox
Job Edwards, landlord of “The Druid’s Rest”Herbert Stead
Zachariah Policeman, the local constableDon Farrow
A Mysterious WayfarerLeslie Oliver
SingerAnne Lumby

Backstage team

DirectorLadley Pearson
Stage ManagerArthur E. B. Brown
Assistant Stage ManagerPeter Nock
PropertiesMuriel J. Dunning
 Joyce Bruce
 Ernest Beaumont
WardrobeElsie Bell
 Cora Greaves
Lighting and EffectsWalter P. Miller
 Joan Lake
PrompterRuth B. Hamlyn
Auditorium ManagerWilliam Sharp
Box Office ManagerAlan Cottrell
Publicity and Business ManagerWilliam Sharp
Stage DirectorThomas Bevan
Tuition in WelshJ. D. Thomas
 Kay Cottrell
Programme Cover Designed byJ. C. Newby
The Set Designed byThomas Bevan
Set Painted byElizabeth Tinker
 Thomas Bevan
Set Built byPeter Nock

Archive documents

The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.

Download: Programme
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