Bradford Pantomimes - Laidler and Afterwards
Laidler Pantomimes
| Year | Pantomime | Location | Cast |
| 1902/03 | Red Riding Hood | Princes Theatre | Gracie Graham, Fanny Harris, Percy Curry, Guy Drury, Teddy Gibbs |
| 1903/04 | Aladdin | Princes Theatre | Violet, Minnie & Marie Silcott, Ruby Winstone, Bob Selvidge, May Maple, George Collins, Gilbert Rogers, Fred Maple, Sandy & Carl, Mr.F.Martino (Frank MacNaughten production) |
| 1904/05 | Robinson Crusoe | Princes Theatre | Adela Rose, Lily Black, Billy Elliott, Oliver Conroy |
| 1905/06 | Dick Whittington | Princes Theatre | Esme Gordon, Edith Ager, Percy Curry, T.B.Fayme |
| 1906/07 | Cinderella | Princes Theatre | Florrie Forde, Alice Williams, Nellie Sheffield, Jo Monkhouse |
| 1907/08 | Aladdin | Princes Theatre | Lillie Soutter, Ethel Bryant, Bert Byrne, Frank Robinson, Dan Hardie |
| 1908/09 | Red Riding Hood | Princes Theatre | Florrie
Forde, Susie Belmore, Victoria Cross, Bert Byrne, Will Lindsay, Frank
Robinson |
| 1909/10 | Forty Thieves | Princes Theatre | Ada Fawn, Leslie Gibson, May Mannering, Dick Tubb, Alf Corrie, Chris le Brun, Frank Robinson |
| 1910/11 | Babes In The Wood | Princes Theatre | Florrie
Forde, Susie Belmore, Bob Selvidge, George Brooks, Willie Leopold,
Victor Crawford, Gilbert Rogers |
| 1911/12 | Dick Whittington | Princes Theatre | Barbara Babbington, Mona Vivian, Olive Pursell, Bert Byrne, Tom Bates, Hector Gordon |
| 1912/13 | Cinderella | Princes Theatre | Alice Wyatt, Susie Belmore, Gypsie Hodgson, Minnie Myrie, Reg Bolton, Victor Crawford, Fred Anderson |
| 1913/14 | Robinson Crusoe | Princes Theatre | Alice Wyatt, Molly McCarthy, Mamie Watson, Lucy Murray, Bob Selvidge, Syd Howard, Leslie Barker, Fred Anderson |
| 1914/15 | Aladdin | Princes Theatre |
Mona Vivian, Aimee Stewart, Minnie
Myrle, Reg Bolton, Will Lindsay, Norman H Lee |
| 1915/16 | Cinderella | Princes Theatre | Rene Ralph, Empsie Bowman, Walter Amner, Brothers Obo, Percy Cahill, Milton Brothers |
| 1916/17 | Dick Whittington | Princes Theatre | Mona Vivian, Daisy West-Collins, Bob Selvidge, Brothers Obo |
| 1917/18 | Robin Hood | Princes Theatre | Lily Vine, Winnie Goodwin, Fred Walmsley, May Sherrard, Adrian Ross |
| 1918/19 | Forty Thieves | Princes Theatre | Winifred Ward, Lottie Govell,
Brothers Obo, Ken Kendrick, Bob Selvidge, Frank Lilliput |
| 1919/20 | Babes in the Wood | Princes Theatre | Gabrielle Ray, Nellie Gallafent, Gwennie Harcourt, Fred Walmsley, Leslie Barker |
| 1920/21 | Aladdin | Princes Theatre | Gwladys Stanley, Bobbie MacCaulay, Aimee Stewart, G.S.Melvin, Brothers Obo, Pat Redmond,, Harry Thornton |
| 1921/22 | Cinderella | Princes Theatre | Gwladys Stanley, Cecilia Gold, Chick Farr, Leslie Barker, Jimmy Pullin, Pat Redmond |
| 1922/23 | Dick Whittington | Princes Theatre | Rene Ralph, Dot Temple, Cissie Sullivan, Tom D Newell, Tom Drew, Tom Morton, Walter Waite |
| 1923/24 | Red Riding Hood | Princes Theatre | Dorothy Leigh, Winifred O’Connor, Jack Pleasants, John E Coyle, Hobbs & Nolan, Gwennie Harcourt |
| 1924/25 | Robinson Crusoe | Princes Theatre | Cissie Sullivan, Dorothy Viggers, Marian Dawson, Naughton & Gold, Nor Kiddie |
| 1925/26 | Babes in the Wood | Princes Theatre | Daisy Taylor, Irene North, Reg Bolton, Tom Prior, Eddie Foy |
| 1926/27 | Dick Whittington | Princes Theatre | Margery Wyn, Jane Ayr, Harry Angers, Jack & George McNaughton, Stuart Watson |
| 1927/28 | Cinderella | Princes Theatre | Ouida Macdermott, Betty Green, Marian Dawson, Madge White, Tom Prior |
| 1928/29 | Aladdin | Princes Theatre | Vera Vere, Jessie Moore, Fredric Culpitt, Queen & Le Brun, Hal Bert, St John Sisters |
| 1929/30 | Jack & the Beanstalk | Princes Theatre | Madge White, Betty Davies, Mark Daly |
Pantomimes
now at The Alhambra
| 1930/31 | Mother Goose | Alhambra | Norah
Blaney, George Lacy, Joan
Brett, Marie Picquart |
| 1931/32 | Humpty Dumpty | Alhambra |
Nita Underwood, Gwen May, Dolores & Cecilia Nono, Bertram Dench, Hugh Rene, Ivor Vintor |
| 1932/33 | Babes in the Wood | Alhambra | Irene Lister, Noreen Davies, Mary O’Hara, Norman Griffin, Albert Modley |
| 1933/34 | Dick Whittington | Princes Theatre* | Eileen Midgley, Evie Carcraft, Albert Modley, Dick Evans |
| 1934/35 | Red Riding Hood | Alhambra |
Phyllis
Godden, Bessie Pratt,
Jennie Gregson, Fred Walmsley, Roy Barbour |
| 1935/36 | Cinderella | Alhambra |
Phyllis Godden, Bessie Pratt, Ivy Luck, Marian Dawson, Reg Bolton, Claude Worth |
| 1936/37 | Mother Goose | Alhambra | Rosalind Melville, Iris Sadler, Marion Gerth, Doreen Cheyne, Joan Preston, Albert Modley |
| 1937/38 | Babes in the Wood | Alhambra |
Robin Coles, Elsie Tree, Fred Walmsley, Holt & Maurice, Betty Conquest |
| 1938/39 | Aladdin | Alhambra |
Frank Randle, Peggy Bedall, Iris Sadler, Renee Foster |
| 1939/40 | Mother Goose | Alhambra | Margaret Morgan, Pauline Lewis, Marian Dawson, Albert Modley, Darroll Richards |
| 1940/41 | Jack & The Beanstalk | Alhambra | June Bardsley, Joy Francis, Norman Evans, George Baines, Percy Garside, Hal Osmond |
| 1941/42 | Red Riding Hood | Alhambra | Veronica Duke, Anne Singer, Marie Delaislane, Phil Strickland, Jack Hayes, Percy Garside |
| 1942/43 | Cinderella | Alhambra | Rosalind Melville, Pauline Lewis, Georgette Perry, Muriel White, Bunny Doyle, Rich & Galvin, Wilfred Watson, Billy Purvis |
| 1943/44 | Humpty Dumpty | Alhambra |
Grace Draper, Irlin Hall, Norman Evans, Betty Jumel, Percy Garside, Charlie Jass |
| 1944/45 | Aladdin | Alhambra | Sylvia Kellaway, Audrey Hewitt, Bunny Doyle, Bert Rich, Wilfred Watson, Billy Purvis |
| 1945/46 | Jack & the Beanstalk | Alhambra | Bunty Meadows, Gloria Starr, Sonia Stacpoole, Roy Barbour, Jack Hayes |
| 1946/47 | Mother Goose | Alhambra | Norman Evans, Margery Manners, Betty Martin, Betty Jumel, Percy Garside, Edgar Driver, Richard Milner, Billy Purvis |
| 1947/48 | Cinderella | Alhambra |
Wilfred Pickles, June Whitfield, Fay Lenore, Marian Dawson, Bert Rich, Richard Milner |
| 1948/49 | Red Riding Hood | Alhambra | Norman Evans, Margery Manners, Mary Merodith, Percy Garside, Billy Purvis |
| 1949/50 | Humpty Dumpty | Alhambra | Albert Modley, Margery Manners, Bonnie Downs, Deirdrie Peyer |
| 1950/51 | Aladdin | Alhambra |
Zena Dell, Mary Allen, Claude Chandler, Rob Currie, Alex Lennox, Percy Garside, Billy Purvis |
| 1951/52 | Cinderella | Alhambra |
Kathleen West, Walter Niblo, Joy Beattie, Jasmine Dee, Trevor Morton |
| 1952/53 | Mother Goose | Alhambra | Jack Storey, Doreen Duke, Bonnie Downs, Hackford & Doyle |
| 1953/54 | Jack & the Beanstalk | Alhambra | Bunny Doyle, Betty Dayne, The Romas |
| 1954/55 | Red Riding Hood | Alhambra |
Jack Storey, Jasmine Dee, Viki Emra |
Laidler died 1955. Control of his theatres now in the hands of Gwladys Stanley, his widow
| 1955/56 | Robin Hood | Alhambra | Jimmy Paige, Eddie Henderson, Call McCord and his horse, Ladybird |
| 1956/57 | The Sleeping Beauty | Alhambra |
Billy Whitaker, Joe Black, The Three Sikis, Barbara Sumner, Lorna Dean |
| 1957/58 | Puss In Boots | Alhambra | Ken Barnes, Bonnie Downs, Patricia Vivian, Donald Stewart |
Gwladys Stanley stops producing Pantomimes. Sam. H. Newsome produces at Alhambra
| 1958/59 | Dick Whittington | Alhambra | Ronnie Hilton, Sonny Jenks, Billy Stutt, Don Arrol, Susan Swinford, Derek Westlake |
| 1959/60 | Jack & The Beanstalk | Alhambra | Ken Dodd, Tony Heaton, Lisbeth Lennon |
| 1960/61 | Robin Hood | Alhambra | John Hanson, Jimmy Wheeler, Freddie Frinton, Joe Baker, Jack Douglas |
Princes
Theatre Bradford sold for demolition
| 1961/62 | Puss In Boots | Alhambra | Tommy Cooper, George Bolton, Joy Turpin, Diana Day |
| 1962/63 | The Frog Prince | Alhambra | Charlie Cairoli, Freddie Frinton, Billy Dainty, Astra Blair |
| 1963/64 | Pied Piper Of Hamelin | Alhambra | Reg Varney, Freddie Sales, Joe Church, Terry Feris |
Gwladys Stanley puts her
Alhambra company into Liquidation
Bradford City Council buy the Alhambra. Managed by Rowland Hill.
The
end of the Laidler Alhambra connection.
| 1964/65 | Tom Thumb | Alhambra | Jimmy Clitheroe, Hope & Keen, Kathleen West, Danny Purches |
| 1965/66 | Robin Hood | Alhambra | Mike & Bernie Winters, George Lacy, Michael Bevis, Manetti Twins, Ruth Evans |
| 1966/67 | Cinderella | Alhambra | Freddie Frinton, Derek Dene, Kathleen West, Betty Jumel, Ruth Evans, John Larson |
| 1967/68 | Pied Piper Of Hamelin | Alhambra | Freddie Davies, Mark Wynter, Don Smoothey, Betty Emery, Anna Lou & Maria |
| 1968/69 | Merry King Cole | Alhambra | Harry Worth, Peter Butterworth, Lauri Lupino Lane, Robert Earl, Anne Harriman |
| 1969/70 | Dick Whittington | Alhambra | Vince Hill, Bobby Dennis, Don Maclean, Don Smoothey, Toni-sue Birley |
| 1970/71 | Robinson Crusoe | Alhambra |
Tommy Trinder, Jack Tripp, Marion Grimaldi, Allen Christie, Cox Twins, Miles Twins |
| 1971/72 | Cinderella | Alhambra | John Hanson, David Hamilton, Wendy Bowman, Tommy Rose |
| 1972/73 | Aladdin | Alhambra | Bobby Bennett, Jack Tripp, Jasmine Dee, June Shand,
Paul and Barry Harman (now Paul and Barry Chuckle - The Chuckle
Brothers)
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| 1973/74 | Puss In Boots | Alhambra | Freddie Garrity, Frankie Desmond, Terri Howard, Arthur Tolcher |
Gwladys Stanley dies in Monte Carlo
| 1974/75 | Jack & The Beanstalk | Alhambra | Charlie Drake, Jack Smethurst, Nat Jackley, Cannon & Ball, Patsy Maclean |
| 1975/76 | Goldilocks & The Three Bears | Alhambra | Terry Scott, Anne Aston, Jackie Pallo, Blayne Barrington |
| 1976/77 | Aladdin | Alhambra | Barbara Windsor, Freddie Davies, Michael Bates, Donald Hewlitt, Michael Knowles, John Clegg |
| 1977/78 | Cinderella | Alhambra | Charlie Drake, Dora Bryan, Bernard Bresslaw, Bill Simpson, Anne Aston, Joe Black |
| 1978/79 | Babes In The Wood | Alhambra |
Les Dawson, Tammy Jones, Peter Goodwright, Roy Barraclough, Eli Woods |
| 1979/80 | Dick Whittington | Alhambra | Bill Maynard, Alan Curtis, McDonald Hobley, Joy Launor-Hayes |
| 1980/81 | Jack & The Beanstalk | Alhambra | Cannon & Ball, Norman Collier, Susan Maughan |
| 1981/82 | Aladdin | Alhambra | Little & Large, Norman Collier, Patsy Ann Scott, Dudley Long |
| 1982/83 | Cinderella | Alhambra | Russ Abbot, Denise Nolan, Dustin Gee, Les Dennis, Blayne Barrington |
| 1983/84 | Babes In The Wood | Alhambra | The Krankies, Billy Dainty, Peter Goodwright, Alan Curtis, Janet Edis |
1984- 1986 The Alhambra Theatre closed for refurbishment
| 1986/87 | Babes In The Wood | Alhambra | Cannon & Ball, Wyn Calvin, Craig Douglas, Sharon Keil |
| 1987/88 | Aladdin | Alhambra | Sue Pollard, Jimmy Cricket, Paul
Shane, Eli Woods, Jane Danielle, Joe Black, Maurice Thorogood |
| 1988/89 | Dick Whittington | Alhambra | The Krankies, Christopher Biggins, Amanda Redington, Simon Bowman, Derek Holt, Russell Lane, Maurice Thorogood, Abigail Lee |
| 1989/90 | Cinderella | Alhambra |
Jim Davidson, Jess Conrad, Charlie Drake, Hilary O’Neil |
| 1990/91 | Jack & The Beanstalk | Alhambra | Max Boyce, Geoffrey Hayes with George & Zippy, Jane Freeman, Liz Hobbs, Ian Botham |
| 1991/92 | Robinson Crusoe | Alhambra | David Essex, Bobby Bennett, Erik Ray Evans |
| 1992/93 | Babes In The Wood | Alhambra | Russ Abbot, Bella Emberg |
| 1993/94 | Cinderella | Alhambra | Paul Nicholas, Billy Pierce, Bobby Bennett, Dave Lee |
| 1994/95 | Aladdin | Alhambra |
Billy Pierce, Roy Barroclough, Lewis Collins, Nicholas Smith |
| 1995/96 | Dick Whittington | Alhambra |
Mathew
Kelly, The Grumbleweeds, Linda Lusardi |
| 1996/97 | Jack & The Beanstalk | Alhambra |
Paul
Squire, Frank Bruno, Geoffrey Durham, Ken Morley, Emma Roache |
| 1997/98 | Cinderella | Alhambra | Billy Pierce, Geoff Hinsliff, Su Douglas, Mina Anwar, Sasha Lawrence |
| 1998/99 | Peter Pan |
Alhambra |
Leslie Grantham, Joe Pasquale, Joanna Bobin |
| 1999/2000 | Dick Whittington | Alhambra | Lisa Riley, The Chuckle Brothers, Peter Byrne |
| 2000/2001 | Aladdin | Alhambra | Cannon & Ball, Tricia Penrose, Kulvinda Ghir, Liana Bridges & Sooty |
| 2001/2002 | Snow White | Alhambra | Amanda Barrie, Billy Pierce |
