A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Leeds Arts Centre performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream in November – December 1970.

Set designs

Cast

Theseus, Duke of Athens	Len Sheldon
Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons	Mary Nelson
Egeus	Dennis Stevenson
Hermia, Egeus’s daughter	Monica Brown
Lysander	Trevor Money
Demetrius	Edwin Barraclough
Helena	Thelma Stoker
Philostrate, Master of Revels	Jack Clark
Peter Quince, a Carpenter	Eric Parker
Nick Bottom, a Weaver	Arthur Cockerill
Francis Flute, a Bellows-Mender	David Nicholls
Tom Snout, a Tinker	Dennis Stevenson
Snug, a Joiner	John Armitage
Robin Starveling, a Tailor	Geoff Mountain
Oberon, King of the Fairies	Brian Shaw
Titania, Queen of the Fairies	Patricia Appleson
Puck or Robin Goodfellow	Charles Cook
Peaseblossom, a Fairy	Sheila Wilson
Cobweb, a Fairy	Gillian Rule
Moth, a Fairy	Dorothy Money
Mustard Seed, a Fairy	Ruth Wilkinson
Fairies attending on Oberon	Jenny Shaw
	Jean Armitage
Indian Boy	Jonathan Preston

Backstage team

Director	Malcolm Brown
Stage Manager	Jack Lewis
Assistant Stage Manager	Ray Spurgeon
Prompt	Fay Jack
	Aileen Tillotson
Set Constructed by	Fred Mower
Properties	Anita Mountain
Costumes Made by	Betty Triggs
	LAC Team
Lighting	Colin Lackenby
Music	Christine Wilson
Song Arranged by	David Carrack
Front of House Managers	Edith Harrison
	Betty Johnson
Box Office	Hazel Irving
	John Pemberton
Publicity	Edward Macro
	Jo Davy
	Richard Strudwick

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 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, 2005, 1994 and 1959 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.

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