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Beauty and the Beast
• directed by Joyce Adcock and Margaret Shackleton
November – December 1954
The Civic Theatre
Leeds Children’s Theatre
Leeds Arts Centre performed Beauty and the Beast in November – December 1954.
This production was staged by Leeds Children’s Theatre, who at the time were one of the sub-groups within Leeds Arts Centre. Having returned to being a company in their own right in the 1950s, they are still creating theatre for children to this day.
Cast
| Hodge, a Wizard | Arthur Ridley |
| Gordon Caleb | |
| Mikey, his Nephew (a young dragon) | Dorothea Paul |
| The Prince (the Beast) | Douglas Butterfield |
| Mr Clement, a Merchant | Bill Rogerson |
| John O’Connor | |
| Jessamine | Edith Johnson |
| Morag Busby | |
| Jonquiline | Ann Rockcliffe |
| Valerie Smith | |
| Jane (known as Beauty) | A. Christine Hudson |
| Dorothy Grossbard | |
| Shadows, sprits of the forest | Rita Champlin |
| Susan Hollander | |
| Patricia Jackson | |
| Georgina Rowe | |
| Patricia Stocks | |
| Sylvia Richardson | |
| Marcia Talbot | |
| Ann Armitage | |
| Joan Horn | |
| Kathleen Gregory | |
| Margaret Nowell | |
| Valerie Wolstenholme | |
| Maureen Weate | |
Backstage team
| Director | Joyce Adcock and Margaret Shackleton |
| Stage Manager | Colin Ibbotson |
| Costumes Designed and Executed by | Cora Greaves |
| Settings Devised by | Hazel Hunter |
| Settings Constructed and Painted by | Sheila Kennedy |
| Ann Parker | |
| Brana Silvester | |
| Pat Harrison | |
| Ann Thomas | |
| Tom Pemberton | |
| Sidney Irving | |
| Properties | Jo Denton |
| Margaret Shackleton | |
| Prompter | Rose Taylor |
| At the Piano | Gordon Caleb |
| Jack Harrison | |
| Music | Ivor K. Dykes |
| Publicity | Jean Miller |
| Magic by | Roy Johnson |
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 Beauty and the Beast, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
