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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
• directed by I. Morley-Roberts
November – December 1953
Leeds Children’s Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed The Pied Piper of Hamelin in November – December 1953.
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
| Jan Dekker, Mayor of Hamelin | John Wood |
| Madam Dekker, his wife | Priscilla Clayden |
| Tina Exley | |
| Anna, their daughter | Monica Bickers |
| Mary Haddow-Anderson | |
| Cornelis Holst, Councillor of Hamelin | Douglas Butterfield |
| Madam Holst, his wife | Lucy Bradley |
| Dorothy Paul | |
| Hendrik, their son | John Matthews |
| Paul Hefford | |
| Mistress Tilli, a sempstress | Betty Beall |
| Florence M. Brown | |
| Dirk, ward of Hamelin | Leonard Warne |
| Donald Bate | |
| The Pied Piper | Arthur Cox |
| Solo Dancer | Norma Riley |
| Citizens of Hamelin | Betty Bagnall |
| Averl Bedford | |
| Dorothy E. Brown | |
| Malcolm Cryle | |
| Jo Denton | |
| Mary E. Dobson | |
| Brian Gibbon | |
| Mary Laister | |
| Jean Houseman | |
| Sidney Irving | |
| Margaret MacDonald | |
| Jean Miller | |
| Walter P. Miller | |
| John Morley | |
| Mary Dalton | |
| Arthur Ridley | |
| Valerie Smith | |
| Michael Warner | |
| Rosemary Wild | |
| Their Children | Jean Allewell |
| Jean Anderson | |
| Joyce Broad | |
| Christine Dearlove | |
| Beryl Douglas | |
| Carole Heath | |
| Pat Hewson | |
| Michael Kelly | |
| Lilian Laidlaw | |
| Brenda Lister | |
| Linda Morgan | |
| Denise Pennalls | |
| Margaret Reyner | |
| Margaret Shaw | |
| Patricia Stocks | |
| Jennifer Taylor | |
| Colin Tinker | |
| David Brown | |
Backstage team
| Director | I. Morley-Roberts |
| Special Recordings by | Arthur Cox |
| Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| Prompter and Assistant Producer | Margaret Shackleton |
| Costumes Designed and Executed by | Pauline Clayden |
| Assisted by | Freda Benn |
| Publicity | Jean Miller |
| Production Secretary | Dorothy E. Brown |
| Dances Arranged by | May Hurford |
| Cover Design by | J. C. Newby |
| Set Designed and Executed by | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| Assisted by | T. R. Clayden |
| Hazel Hunter | |
| Janet Turner | |
| Property Mistress | Margaret Murphy |
| Special Properties Executed by | H. B. Brown |
| Statue Designed and Executed by | Shirley Butler |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
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