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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• directed by Joyce Adcock
March 1959
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream in March 1959.
Cast
| Theseus, Duke of Athens | Peter Cornish |
| Egeus, Father to Hermia | Terry Hawkin |
| Lysander, in love with Hermia | Gerry Armytage |
| Demetrius, in love with Hermia | David Hurst |
| Philostrate, Master of the Revels | Eric Nunns |
| Quince, a carpenter | Gordon Caleb |
| Snug, a joiner | George Westmoreland |
| Bottom, a weaver | Jack Lewis |
| Flute, a bellowsmaker | Geoffrey Benn |
| Snout, a tinker | John Craven |
| Starveling, a tailor | Arthur Ridley |
| Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons (betrothed to Theseus) | Joan Milbourne |
| Hermia, daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander | Maureen Rutter |
| Helena, in love with Demetrius | Helen Ash |
| Oberon, King of the Fairies | Malcolm Ash |
| Titania, Queen of the Fairies | Barbara Dalley |
| Puck, or Robin Goodfellow | Terry Taplin |
| Peaseblossom | Norman Little |
| Cobweb | Robert Andersen |
| Moth | Robert Hey |
| Mustardseed | Graham Little |
| Fairy | Sally Adcock |
| Fairy Singer | Jean Marshall |
| Fairies | Sylvia Brayshay |
| Valerie Smith | |
| Elin Toona | |
| Jennifer Taylor | |
| Jean Thompson | |
| Guards & Courtiers | John Egan |
| Stanley Smith | |
| Barry Smith | |
| Ralph Vincent | |
| Court Trumpeter | Michael Booth |
| Ladies of the Court | Pauline Bishop |
| Judith Gardener | |
| Janet Brown | |
| Dorothy Kyne | |
| Anne Murgatroyd | |
| Joan Orange | |
| Jean Sugarman | |
| Eileen Smith |
Backstage team
| Director | Joyce Adcock |
| Stage Manager | Ken Alexander |
| Assisted by | Frank Brophy |
| Settings | Ken Alexander |
| Frank Brophy | |
| Elaine Cooper | |
| Lighting | Geoff Nellist |
| Music | Patricia Whittam |
| Colin Belford | |
| Wardrobe | Cora Greaves |
| Assisted by | LAC Team |
| Properties | Margaret Shackleton |
| Ruth Waudby | |
| Prompter | Nettie Ross |
| Auditorium Managers | Ernest Greaves |
| Olive Richardson | |
| Box Office Managers | Mary Smith |
| Philip Weston |
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 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
Other productions
Leeds Arts Centre has also performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream on other occasions, in 2024, 2005, 1994 and 1970 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.
