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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• directed by Malcolm Brown
November – December 1970
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre will be presenting a new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from Wednesday 17th – Saturday 20th July 2024 – you can find more details elsewhere on this site.
Leeds Arts Centre performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream in November – December 1970.
Set designs
The set for this production was designed by Malcolm Brown; an original drawing can be seen here.
Cast
| Theseus, Duke of Athens | Len Sheldon |
| Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons | Mary Nelson |
| Egeus | Dennis Stevenson |
| Hermia, Egeus’s daughter | Monica Brown |
| Lysander | Trevor Money |
| Demetrius | Edwin Barraclough |
| Helena | Thelma Stoker |
| Philostrate, Master of Revels | Jack Clark |
| Peter Quince, a Carpenter | Eric Parker |
| Nick Bottom, a Weaver | Arthur Cockerill |
| Francis Flute, a Bellows-Mender | David Nicholls |
| Tom Snout, a Tinker | Dennis Stevenson |
| Snug, a Joiner | John Armitage |
| Robin Starveling, a Tailor | Geoff Mountain |
| Oberon, King of the Fairies | Brian Shaw |
| Titania, Queen of the Fairies | Patricia Appleson |
| Puck or Robin Goodfellow | Charles Cook |
| Peaseblossom, a Fairy | Sheila Wilson |
| Cobweb, a Fairy | Gillian Rule |
| Moth, a Fairy | Dorothy Money |
| Mustard Seed, a Fairy | Ruth Wilkinson |
| Fairies attending on Oberon | Jenny Shaw |
| Jean Armitage | |
| Indian Boy | Jonathan Preston |
Backstage team
| Director | Malcolm Brown |
| Stage Manager | Jack Lewis |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Ray Spurgeon |
| Prompt | Fay Jack |
| Aileen Tillotson | |
| Set Constructed by | Fred Mower |
| Properties | Anita Mountain |
| Costumes Made by | Betty Triggs |
| LAC Team | |
| Lighting | Colin Lackenby |
| Music | Christine Wilson |
| Song Arranged by | David Carrack |
| Front of House Managers | Edith Harrison |
| Betty Johnson | |
| Box Office | Hazel Irving |
| John Pemberton | |
| Publicity | Edward Macro |
| Jo Davy | |
| Richard Strudwick |
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 will be performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream again, from Wednesday 17th – Saturday 20th July 2024 – you can find more details of this new production elsewhere on this site.
We have also performed it on other occasions before, in 2005, 1994 and 1959 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.
