Leeds Arts Centre probably performed The Rose without a Thorn in June 1949.
| Henry VIII | Frederick H. Spencer |
| Thomas Cranmer (Archbishop of Canterbury) | Roy Webber |
| Sir Thomas Audley (Lord Chancellor) | Stanley Howard |
| The Earl of Hertford | Ladley Pearson |
| Thomas Culpeper | Cyril A. Spencer |
| Francis Derham | John Moore |
| John Lassels (a butler) | Ernest Beaumont |
| Katherine Tilney (Lady-in-Waiting to Katheryn) | Margaret Bentley |
| Margery Morton (Lady-in-Waiting) | Louie R. Senior |
| Anne of Cleaves | Edith Benten |
| Mary Lassels (Lady-in-Waiting to Anne) | Joan Lake |
| Manservent | Norman Rushton |
| Warder | George Beel |
| Page | David Billingham |
| Characters in the Masque | |
| “Paris” | Tom Webb |
| “Minerva” | Betty Naylor |
| “Juno” | Betty Pearson |
| “Venus” | Cynthia Jean McKay |
| Greek Chorus | |
| First Player | Arthur Ridley |
| Second Player | Arthur Cox |
| Third Player | Colin Longbottom |
| Chorus | Joyce Bruce |
| Olga Whitehead | |
| Cynthia Vendyback | |
| Sarah Suson | |
| Winifred Exley | |
| Margaret Walker | |
| Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court & Soldiers | Mary E. Dobson |
| Dorothy E. Brown | |
| Mary Irvine | |
| Elaine Cooper | |
| Kay Cooper | |
| Clarice Taylor | |
| Ernest Greaves | |
| John Moore | |
| Peter Nichols | |
| Colin Longbottom | |
| J. Whitehead | |
| George Beel | |
| Director | Stanley Sykes |
| Stage Manager | Norman Rushton |
| Assistant Stage Manager | David Gaunt |
| Properties | Muriel J. Dunning |
| Mary E. Dobson | |
| Barbara Dalley | |
| Wardrobe | Elsie Bell |
| Cora E. Greaves | |
| Prompter | Madeleine Michaels |
| Lighting and Effects | Walter P. Miller |
| Peter Nock | |
| Set Built by | Norman Rushton |
| David Gaunt | |
| Set Designed by | Thomas Bevan |
| Set Painted by | Members of the Stage Staff |
| under the Direction of | Thomas Bevan |
| Elizabeth Tinker | |
| Programme Cover Designed by | J. C. Newby |
| Masque Directed by | E. Muriel Cooke-Yarborough |
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of The Rose without a Thorn, we would be very pleased to hear from you.