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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• directed by Margaret Davey
March 2005
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream in March 2005.
Production photos
These photographs were taken during the production’s rehearsals and performances.
The Full Cast
The Mechanicals
First Fairy
Oberon
Puck
The Fairies, Titania and Nick Bottom
The Faries, Backstage
The Lovers: Lysander, Hermia, Helena and Demetrius
Snug and an Assistant Stage Manager, Backstage
Robin Starveling, Backstage
The Stage Manager and an Assistant, Backstage
Costume designs
The costumes for this production were designed by Gerry Armytage; some of the original drawings can be seen here.
Oberon
Titania
Puck
Peaseblossom
Mustardseed
Second Fairy
Set designs
The set for this production was designed by Gerry Armytage; some of the original drawings – showing Theseus’ Palace and Titania’s Bower – can be seen here.
Theseus’ Palace
Titania’s Bower
Cast
| Theseus | David Wheatley |
| Hippolyta | Kate Jackson-Moss |
| Egeus | David Lancaster |
| Hermia | Sophia Hatfield |
| Lysander | Tom Bailey |
| Demetrius | Tim Scargill |
| Helena | Emily Holloway |
| Philostrate | Dave Hall |
| Oberon | Graham Greensit |
| Titania | Margaret Davey |
| Puck | Gabriel G Keogh |
| Peaseblossom | Daisy Francis |
| Cobweb | Thomas Davey |
| Moth | Jacob Pyrah |
| Mustardseed | Megan Drake |
| First Fairy | Shirley Broadbent |
| Oberon’s Attendants | Mariela Gauto |
| Kathryn Francis | |
| Heather Cooper | |
| Peter Quince | Pete Grocock |
| Nick Bottom | Peter Sandles |
| Francis Flute | Nick Blackshaw |
| Tom Snout | Stephen Mosley |
| Snug | Michael Wood |
| Robin Starveling | Edwin Barraclough |
Backstage team
| Director | Margaret Davey |
| Production Manager | Joyce King |
| Set & Costume Design | Gerry Armytage |
| Stage Manager | Steve Fryatt |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Martyn Drake |
| David Mallinson | |
| Richard Francis | |
| Andrew Lawrie | |
| Celia Taylor | |
| Fight Choreographer | Martin Key |
| Set & Props | Denise Davies |
| Lighting | Peter Waddicor |
| Sandy Clark | |
| Original Music | Yaron Hollander |
| Sound Operation | John Davey |
| Prompt | Deborah Hodgson |
| Box Office Manager | Maggie Rhodes |
| Front of House | Claire Bloss |
Archive documents
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
Download: Flyer
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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, 1994, 1970 and 1959 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.
