A Victorian Soirée & Edwardian Music Hall

by Unknowndirected by Margaret Rhodes
December 1988
The Civic Theatre

Leeds Arts Centre performed A Victorian Soirée & Edwardian Music Hall in December 1988.

Cast

“A Stalwart Rescue”
Robin Dearheart – Jacob’s son (returned from abroad)Bill Hutchinson
Jacob Dearheart – Poor but honestDennis Stevenson
Jemima Dearheart – His careworn wifeAudrey Barker
Rose Dearheart – Their daughter, sweet and trueSam McAdam
Sir Rodney Blackham – The new Squire, a blackhearted villainChris Rowley
John Stalwart – A gipsy youth of noble characterNeil Roberts
“Honesty is the Best Policy” or “Dastardly Dishonesty gets its Cumuppance”
Lucy Lively – The heroine employed by RuthlessShirley Hamer
James Honesty – The hero, also employed by RuthlessNeil Roberts
Reginald Ruthless – The villain, James’s stepfatherBill Hutchinson
Lady Mabel – Wife to villain, James’s motherJoyce King
Lydia Lively – Mother of our heroineGeorge Judd
Sir Horatio Honesty – Long lost uncle to our hero, and brother to his late-lamented fatherTrevor Money
 
Ladies of the CompanyAudrey 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 CompanyGeorge Barker
 Martyn Drake
 Bill Hutchinson
 Martin Key
 Trevor Money
 Neil Roberts
 Chris Rowley
 Dennis Stevenson

Backstage team

DirectorMargaret Rhodes
Stage ManagerEdwin Barraclough
AssistantsMel Harvey
 David Mallinson
 Jim Young
PropertiesRichard Francis
LightingLaurie Ball
Ladies’ CostumesLAC Team
Gentlemen’s CostumesGeorge Teale
Rehearsal PianistRichard Noakes
Box Office ManagersJohn Pemberton
 Dorienne Pemberton
Front of HouseMalcolm Brown
 Monica Brown

Archive documents

The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.

Download: Programme
(416 KBytes)
Download: Flyer
(78 KBytes)
Download: Newsletter
(61 KBytes)

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Other productions

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.