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Dick Whittington
• directed by Arthur Ridley
December 1952
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Children’s Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed Dick Whittington in December 1952.
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.
Cast
| Immortals | |
| Fairy Bow Bells | Winifred Exley |
| The Rat King | Jeffrey Clayton |
| Mortals | |
| Alderman Fitzwarren | Arthur Ridley |
| Richard Turner | |
| Alice, his daughter | Joan Lake |
| Alderman Tanner | Douglas Kidder |
| Jack Baldwinson | |
| Alderman Patbutter | Ernest Greaves |
| Robert. W. Rogerson | |
| Alderman Jerry Builder | Leslie Reyner |
| Arnold Williams | |
| Tony Chappell | |
| Simon | Peter O’Toole |
| Arnold Williams | |
| Cook | Margaret Shackleton |
| Bessie | Mary Spencer |
| Elizabeth Hayward | |
| Diggory Dag | Arthur Cox |
| Doggery Dug | Harry Dodd |
| Mrs. Fish | Irene Douglas |
| Mrs. Grime | Dorothy Paul |
| Dick Whittington | Margaret Bentley |
| His Cat | Arthur Starkie |
| Captain Clutterbuck | Douglas Butterfield |
| The Sultan of Morocco | John Jackson |
| Pearl of the Orient | Valerie Smith |
| Ruby Without Price | Pauline Clayden |
| Priscilla Clayden | |
| Keeper of the Harem | Leslie Reyner |
| Arnold Williams | |
| Tony Chappell | |
| Sailors, Guards | Douglas Kidder |
| Jack Baldwinson | |
| Frank Kendall | |
| Ralph Kendall | |
| More Wives of the Sultan | Pauline Iredale |
| Lesley Starforth | |
| Faries, Citizens of London, Eastern Ladies, etc | Brenda Thorpe |
| Margaret Boardman | |
| Valerie Firth | |
| Margaret Sullivan | |
| Joyce Broad | |
| Sheila Welburn | |
| Ann Sleight | |
| Joyce Richardson | |
| Margaret Reyner | |
| Christine Dearlove | |
| Denise Pennalls | |
| Carole Heath | |
| Barbara Metcalf | |
| Avril Pearson | |
| Alison Brook | |
| Solo Dance by | Brenda Thorpe |
| Barbara Naylor | |
Backstage team
| Director | Arthur Ridley |
| Piano and Musical Direction | Tom Mason |
| Recorder Boys from Cross Flatts County Primary School | David Longthorn |
| David Muhl | |
| David J. Pullan | |
| Alan Kingston | |
| Frank Martin | |
| Michael Pickering | |
| Gordon Wright | |
| Kenneth Humphreys | |
| David Barker | |
| John Hill | |
| Martin Taylor | |
| Keith Richards | |
| Barry Broadbent | |
| Roger Smithies | |
| Stuart Murray | |
| David Roberts | |
| John Aspinall | |
| Nigel Duce | |
| Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| Prompter | Margaret Sleight |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Cora E. Greaves |
| Wardrobe Assistance | Stella Ramsbottom |
| LAC Team | |
| Publicity | Jean Miller |
| Dances Arranged by | May Hurford |
| Cover Design by | J. C. Newby |
| Scenery | W. Ratcliffe |
| Stephen Bates | |
| Properties | Richard Turner |
| Connie Turner |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
Add to the archive
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of Dick Whittington, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
