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 1950 to 1959
Dark of the Moon
by Howard Richardson and William Berney • directed by Joyce Adcock
November 1959 • The Civic Theatre
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Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller • directed by Malcolm Ash
September 1959 • The Civic Theatre
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The Love of Four Colonels
by Peter Ustinov • directed by Cedrick Vendyback
June 1959 • The Civic Theatre
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare • directed by Joyce Adcock
March 1959 • The Civic Theatre
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A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams • directed by Malcolm Ash
January 1959 • The Civic Theatre
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Hannibal’s Highway
by Joyce Adcock and Gordon Caleb • directed by Joyce Adcock and Gordon Caleb
December 1958 • The Civic Theatre
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The Ghost Train
by Arnold Ridley • directed by Margaret Shackleton
September 1958 • The Civic Theatre
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The Crucible
by Arthur Miller • directed by Malcolm Ash
June 1958 • The Civic Theatre
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Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
March 1958
The Late Edwina Black
by William Dinner and William Morum • directed by Margaret Shackleton
January – February 1958
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With Bells On IV
by Joyce Adcock and Gordon Caleb • directed by Joyce Adcock and Gordon Caleb
December 1957 • The Civic Theatre
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Arsenic and Old Lace
by Joseph Kesselring
probably October 1957
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
probably March 1957
With Bells On III
by Joyce Adcock and Gordon Caleb • directed by Joyce Adcock and Gordon Caleb
June 1956 • The Civic Theatre
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The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
probably March 1956
With Bells On II
by Joyce Adcock and Gordon Caleb • directed by Joyce Adcock and Gordon Caleb
June 1955 • The Civic Theatre
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Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë, adapted by Helen Jerome • directed by Mary Dobson
May 1955 • The Civic Theatre
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As You Like It
by William Shakespeare • directed by Ladley Pearson
March 1955 • The Civic Theatre
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Spring 1600
by Emlyn Williams • directed by Joyce Adcock
February 1955 • The Civic Theatre
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Beauty and the Beast
by Nicholas Stuart Gray • directed by Joyce Adcock and Margaret Shackleton
November – December 1954 • The Civic Theatre • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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Don’t Listen, Ladies!
by Sacha Guitry, translated by Stephen Powys and Guy Bolton • directed by Cedric Vendyback
November 1954 • The Civic Theatre
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Hobson’s Choice
by Harold Brighouse • directed by Roy Johnson
September 1954 • The Civic Theatre
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With Bells On I
by Joyce Adcock and Gordon Caleb • directed by Joyce Adcock and Gordon Caleb
May 1954 • The Civic Theatre
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The Joker and the Knave
by W. L. Melton • directed by Anne Miles and Arthur Cox
March – April 1954 • The Civic Theatre • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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The Young Elizabeth
by Jennette Dowling and Francis Letton • directed by Ladley Pearson
March 1954 • The Civic Theatre
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman • directed by Joyce Adcock
January 1954 • The Civic Theatre
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by Madge Miller • directed by I. Morley-Roberts
November – December 1953 • Leeds Children’s Theatre
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Two Dozen Red Roses
by Aldo de Benedetti, adapted by Kenneth Horne • directed by Cedric Vendyback
November 1953
Vanity Fair
by W. M. Thackeray, adapted by Constance Cox • directed by Cyril Spencer
probably September 1953
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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Caesar’s Friend
by Campbell Dixon and Dermot Morrah • directed by Joyce Adcock
April 1952
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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