Leeds Arts Centre performed Tom Sawyer’s Treasure Hunt in December 1950.
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.
Aunt Polly Sawyer | Marie Whitaker |
Tom Sawyer | Jeremy Smart |
The New Boy | George Fawcett |
Becky Thatcher | Ann Miles |
Jim | Melvyn Kleiman |
Ben Rogers | Christopher Wright |
Billy Fisher | Cedric Roberts |
Johnny Miller | Ian Mackenzie |
Jeff Thatcher | Ronald Douglas |
Willie Mufferson | Leslie Burns |
Bob Tanner | Kenneth Shipstone |
Joe Harper | William Muirhead |
Huckleberry Finn | Brian Hobbs |
Mrs Harper | Cynthia Vendyback |
Amy Lawrence | Majorie Banks |
Sally | Joyce Mann |
Gracie Miller | Anne Gardner |
Susie Harper | Valerie Stackhouse |
Widow Douglas | Christine Thomas |
Muff Potter | Arthur Ridley |
Injun Joe | John Jackson |
Dr Robinson | William Huntley |
Old Hooper | Arnold Williams |
Judge Thatcher | Ernest Beaumont |
Mrs Thatcher | Barbara Dalley |
Sheriff | Ernest Greaves |
Other Children | Marjorie Backshaw |
Christine Beaumont | |
Shirley Wood | |
Richard Bell | |
George Howling |
Director | Arthur Cox |
Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
Assistant Stage Manager | Peter Joy |
Properties | Betty Claughton |
Winifred Exley | |
Prompter | Freda Fenwick |
Wardrobe Mistress | Elsie Bell |
Assisted by | Cora Greaves |
Stella Ramsbottom | |
Winifred Swallow | |
Auditorium Manager | Norman Pepper |
Cover Design by | J. C. Newby |
Settings by | Arthur E. B. Brown |
Peter Joy |
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of Tom Sawyer’s Treasure Hunt, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
Leeds Arts Centre has also performed Tom Sawyer’s Treasure Hunt on another occasion, in 1951 – more details of that production can be found by following the link to its page in this archive.