Leeds Arts Centre performed The Merry Wives of Windsor in June 1947.
Sir John Falstaff | Frederick H. Spencer |
Fenton, a young gentleman | Cyril A. Spencer |
Shallow, a country Justice | Henry Seaton |
Slender, cousin to Shallow | Ladley Pearson |
Ford, a gentleman dwelling at Windsor | Herbert Stead |
Page, a gentleman dwelling at Windsor | Arthur Cox |
Sir Hugh Evans, a Welsh parson | A. J. Griffiths |
Dr. Caius, a French physician | Stanley G. Sykes |
Host of the Garter Inn | Ernest Beaumont |
Bardolph, follower of Falstaff | Walter P. Miller |
Pistol, follower of Falstaff | Rowland Perry |
Nym, follower of Falstaff | John Cheetham |
Robin, page to Falstaff | Sheila Scott |
Simple, servant to Slender | Howard Hoptrough |
Rugby, servant to Dr. Caius | R. Anthony Spencer |
First Servant | Reg Taylor |
Second Servant | Ted Smalley |
Mistress Ford | Sybil B. Armitage |
Mistress Page | Kathleen Worth |
Anne Page, her daughter | Joan Waugh |
Mistress Quickly, servant to Dr. Caius | Margaret Bentley |
Fairies | Joan Brooks |
Brenda Dearden | |
Patricia Heslop | |
Jean Johnson | |
June Lawless | |
Jean North | |
Barbara Taylor | |
Marie Turner |
Director | Michael Honan |
Stage Manager | Reg Taylor |
Assistant Stage Manager | Ted Smalley |
Properties | Elizabeth Findlay |
Muriel J. Dunning | |
Wardrobe Mistress | Phyllis Harris |
Prompter | Marian S. Halder |
Dance Arrangements | Katherine Cox |
Set Designed and Painted under the Direction of | Mollie Cullen |
Elizabeth Tinker | |
Fanfare by | The Buglers of the 13th (Leeds) Coy. The Boys’ Brigade |
Programme Cover by | J. C. Newby |
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of The Merry Wives of Windsor, we would be very pleased to hear from you.