Download: Programme
(416 KBytes)
Leeds Arts Centre performed A Victorian Soirée & Edwardian Music Hall in December 1988.
“A Stalwart Rescue” | |
Robin Dearheart – Jacob’s son (returned from abroad) | Bill Hutchinson |
Jacob Dearheart – Poor but honest | Dennis Stevenson |
Jemima Dearheart – His careworn wife | Audrey Barker |
Rose Dearheart – Their daughter, sweet and true | Sam McAdam |
Sir Rodney Blackham – The new Squire, a blackhearted villain | Chris Rowley |
John Stalwart – A gipsy youth of noble character | Neil Roberts |
“Honesty is the Best Policy” or “Dastardly Dishonesty gets its Cumuppance” | |
Lucy Lively – The heroine employed by Ruthless | Shirley Hamer |
James Honesty – The hero, also employed by Ruthless | Neil Roberts |
Reginald Ruthless – The villain, James’s stepfather | Bill Hutchinson |
Lady Mabel – Wife to villain, James’s mother | Joyce King |
Lydia Lively – Mother of our heroine | George Judd |
Sir Horatio Honesty – Long lost uncle to our hero, and brother to his late-lamented father | Trevor Money |
Ladies of the Company | Audrey Barker |
Susie Braime | |
Peggy Daker | |
Nina Goldthorpe | |
Gwyneth Hadley | |
Shirley Hamer | |
George Judd | |
Joyce King | |
Sam McAdam | |
Anne Robinson | |
Margaret Savage | |
June Stevenson | |
Betty Triggs | |
Christine Wilson | |
Pam Wilson | |
Kathy Wormald | |
Gentlemen of the Company | George Barker |
Martyn Drake | |
Bill Hutchinson | |
Martin Key | |
Trevor Money | |
Neil Roberts | |
Chris Rowley | |
Dennis Stevenson |
Director | Margaret Rhodes |
Stage Manager | Edwin Barraclough |
Assistants | Mel Harvey |
David Mallinson | |
Jim Young | |
Properties | Richard Francis |
Lighting | Laurie Ball |
Ladies’ Costumes | LAC Team |
Gentlemen’s Costumes | George Teale |
Rehearsal Pianist | Richard Noakes |
Box Office Managers | John Pemberton |
Dorienne Pemberton | |
Front of House | Malcolm Brown |
Monica Brown |
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of A Victorian Soirée & Edwardian Music Hall, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
Leeds Arts Centre has also performed A Victorian Soirée & Edwardian Music Hall on another occasion, in 1989 – more details of that production can be found by following the link to its page in this archive.