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The Snow Queen
• directed by Lucy Bradley
December 1951
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Children’s Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed The Snow Queen in December 1951.
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.
Production photos
These photographs were taken at the production, and are displayed here courtesy of Leeds Children’s Theatre.
Cast
| Hans Anderson | Arthur Cox |
| The Grandmother | Lucy Bradley |
| Gerda | June Peers |
| Kay, her playmate | Leonard Warne |
| Neighbour | Arthur Ridley |
| Snow Queen | Beryl Castelow |
| Wooden Soldiers | Malcolm Burtonshaw |
| Harry Hullah | |
| John Iceton | |
| Harry Cohen | |
| Enchantress | Mary Spencer |
| Flower Spirit Rose | Pamela Milne |
| Flower Spirit Tiger Lily | Joan Forsyth |
| Joyce Adcock | |
| Flower Spirit Clematis | Olga Whitehead |
| Flower Spirit Snowdrop | Estelle Briggs |
| Valerie Stackhouse | |
| Flower Spirit Hyacinth | Barbara Dalley |
| Flower Spirit Buttercup | Lesley Starforth |
| Flower Spirit Narcissus | Margaret Murphy |
| Raven | Norman Garbutt |
| His Tame Beloved | Anita Bird |
| Prince | Tony Dickinson |
| Princess | Ann Prideaux |
| Robber Chief | Ernest Greaves |
| Robber Woman | Margaret Shackleton |
| Robber Girl | Dorothy Prideaux |
| Other Robbers | Stephen Bates |
| Neville Connor | |
| Donald Harrison | |
| Barry Jackson | |
| Frank Kendall | |
| Ralph Kendall | |
| Kenneth Lane | |
| William Ratcliffe | |
| Leslie Reyner | |
| Eric Rickatson | |
| Wise Woman | Muriel J. Dunning |
| Reindeer | John Wood |
| Ice and Snow Spirits, Flower Dancers | Brenda Thorpe |
| Margaret Sullivan | |
| Pauline Johnson | |
| Joyce Richardson | |
| Denise Pennalls | |
| Margaret Boardman | |
| Alison Brook | |
| Ann Sleight | |
| Jean Coates | |
| Denise Remmer | |
| Jean Bolton | |
| Ruth Feldman | |
| Clarissa Roberts | |
| Janice Hingley | |
| Monica Steel | |
| Patricia Carter |
Backstage team
| Director | Lucy Bradley |
| Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Peter Joy |
| Properties | Betty Claughton |
| Prompter | Norah Shearer |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Cora Greaves |
| Assisted by | Stella Ramsbottom |
| Irene Douglas | |
| Publicity | Jean Miller |
| Dances Arranged by | May Hurford |
| Auditorium | Winifred Crofts |
| Freda Fenwick | |
| Incidental Music arranged from Scandanavian Airs by | Rachel Stacey |
| Piano and Musical Direction | Tom Mason |
| Recorder Boys from Cross Flatts School Senior Department | David Longthorn |
| Garry Longthorn | |
| David Muhl | |
| David J. Pullan | |
| Cover Design | J. C. Newby |
| Scenery Designed and Painted by | Peter Joy |
| Arthur E. B. Brown | |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
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Add to the archive
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of The Snow Queen, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
