Little Boy Blue

Leeds Arts Centre performed Little Boy Blue in March 1948.

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

Fairy Rose	Gwenda Procter
Fairies	Margaret Gill
	Audrey Hewitt
	Doreen Parker
	Vera Wilson
	Betty Powell
	Vera Turner
	Sheila Whitehead
	Annie Meadley
Fairy Thistle	Mary E. Hobson
Flatty	Arthur Ridley
Simple Simon	Arthur Cox
The Mayor	William Bishop
Mrs Muffet	Mabel D. Spencer
Miss Muffet	Margaret Gale
Boy Blue	Rosamund Fenwick
Squire Acres	Leslie Oliver
Marjorie	Sheila V. M. Harrison
Cook	Pamela Wray
Giles	C. K. Harrison
Bloggs	C. E. Blakeborough
Villagers	Doreen Emmett
	Mavis Wright
	Mary Sanderson
	Joyce Paver
	Lilian Marsden
	Barbara Woolmer
	Beatrice Robinson
	May Downing

Backstage team

Stage Manager	Arthur E. B. Brown
Electrician	William Bishop
Dances Arranged by	Miss E. Empsall
House Manager	Shirley Wood
Pianist	Miss M. Booth
Costume Adviser	Beatrice M. Upstone

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 Little Boy Blue, we would be very pleased to hear from you.

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