It's Behind You - Bradford Pantomimes 1902-2001

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

Laidler died 1955. Control of his theatres now in the hands of Gwladys Stanley, his widow

Gwladys Stanley stops producing Pantomimes. Sam. H. Newsome produces at 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, Billy Purvis, Horace Mashford, Phyllis Gladwyn, Sheridan Grant, Bernard Bedford, Les Murphy
1953/54	Jack & the Beanstalk	Alhambra	Bunny Doyle, Betty Dayne, The Romas
1954/55	Red Riding Hood	Alhambra	Jack Storey, Jasmine Dee, Viki Emra

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

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

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

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)
1973/74	Puss In Boots	Alhambra	Freddie Garrity, Frankie Desmond, Terri Howard, Arthur Tolcher

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

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 Pearce, Bobby Bennett, Dave Lee
1994/95	Aladdin	Alhambra	Billy Pearce, 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 Pearce, 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 Handbill	Alhambra	Cannon & Ball, Tricia Penrose, Kulvinda Ghir, Liana Bridges & Sooty
2001/2002	Snow White Handbill	Alhambra	Amanda Barrie, Billy Pearce
2002/2003	Jack and the Beanstalk Handbill	Alhambra	Billy Pearce, Malandra Burrows, Bill & Ben, Don Crann, Charlie Cairoli and Su Douglas
2003/2004	Cinderella	Alhambra	Billy Pearce, Dean Sullivan, Mina Anwar, Su Douglas, Veronica Hart, Miles Weston
2004/2005	Dick Whittington click on image to enlarge	Alhambra	Billy Pearce, Paul Usher, Bobby Bennett, Carolynne Good, Faye Barker, Postman Pat
2005/2006	Snow White	Alhambra	Lesley Joseph, Roger Kitter, Peter Piper, Victoria Hay, Andrew Kennedy, The Magnificent Seven
2006/2007	Aladdin	Alhambra	Billy Pearce, Bobby Bennett, Lila McConigley, Philip Hitchcock, Gary Sharkey
2007/2008	Peter Pan	Alhambra	Billy Pearce, Peter Blake, Rhoda Montemayor, Ronni Elizabeth Hart, Jodie Jackson, Leanne Fury, The Acromaniacs,
2008/2009	Cinderella	Alhambra	Billy Pearce, Hayley Tamaddon, Jan Eric
2009/2010		Alhambra	Billy Pearce, Gaynor Faye, Leanne Jones, Tony Adams, Jay Worthy
2010/2011		Alhambra	Billy Pearce, Sian Reeves, Peter Piper, Kelly Chinery
2011/2012		Alhambra	Billy Pearce, Andrew Ryan, Hilary O'Neil, Neil Fingleton, Ian Stuart Robertson

1932/33	Mother Goose	Daly�s Theatre	Cora Goffin, George Lacy FIRST WEST END SEASON
1933/34	Mother Goose	Princes Theatre, Bristol	Walter Amner, Audrey Ball, Victor Eynsford, Eileen Fowler, George Lacy, Flora Macdonald, Richard Milner, Marie Picquart, George Queen, Angus Strong
1934/35	Babes in the Wood	Victoria Palace	Gwladys Stanley, Mary Daly, Duggie Wakefield
1934/35	Dick Whittington	Princes Theatre, Bristol	Hart Athol, Mamie Holland, Wilbur Lenton, Anne Leslie, Isabel Merson, Bonnie Roberts, Mona Vivian
1936/37	Aladdin	Princes Theatre, Bristol	Jean Colin, Leslie Strange, Connie Graham, Monti Ryan, S. Griffiths-Moss, Norah & Peg St. John, Leslie Noyes & Dorothy Dee, Kiraki Bros., Eddie Black, Victor King, The J. Sherman-Fisher Girls, Francis Laidler's 12 Little Sunbeams
1937/38	Cinderella	Princes Theatre, Bristol	George Baines, Peggy Bedell, Joan Cole, Jack Hayes, Charlie Jass, Wendy Elliott, Phil Strickland, Jay Galvin, Phyllis Godden, Victor King, Ron Rich
1938/39	Jack and the Beanstalk	Princes Theatre, Bristol	Norman Evans, Jean Colin, Jack Barty, Joyce Winn, Howard Rogers, Marie Delaine, Percy Garside, The Lennox Sisters, De Suter Bros, Shanks Bros, Marion Gerth, J Murray Stewart, Kirby�s Flying Ballet, The Twelve J Sherman-Fisher Firls, The 12 Little Sunbeams.
1938/39	Red Riding Hood	ROH, Covent Garden	Patricia Burke, Nelson Keyes, George Jackley, Polly Ward, Arthur Rees. Royalty attended.
1939/40	Red Riding Hood	Princes Theatre, Bristol	Jean Colin, Bunny Doyle, Madge Escolme, Percy Garside, Richard Hassett, Arthur Hosking, Rosalind Melville, Tommy Prior, Billy Purvis, Mavis Ray
1939/40	Cinderella	London Coliseum	Patricia Burke, Leslie Sarony, Leslie Holmes, Joan Cole and the real life sisters Joan and Doris Fred-Emney (Daughters of the actor and brother of the actor with the same name). Also starring Jane Corda, Monti Ryan The Turner Twins, Charlie Jass (as "Neddy" the Horse)the John Tiller Girls and Kirby's Flying Ballet
1940/41	Aladdin	London Coliseum	Jean Colin, Iris Sadler and Jerry Verno. (During the blitz. Laidler often slept in a corridor there)
1941/42	Jack and the Beanstalk	London Coliseum	Jean Colin, Lorely Dyer, Norman Evans, Jimmy Plant, Joe Crastoian, Betty Jumel, Dimitri Vetter, Kathleen Livingston, Joe P. Kennedy, Kirby's Flying Ballet, and The 16 John Tiller Girls.
1942/43	Mother Goose	London Coliseum	Norman Evans.
1950/1	Humpty Dumpty	Theatre Royal, Leeds	Jack Storey, Joy Beattie, Don Saunders, Bonnie Downs
1955/6	Sleeping Beauty A Gwladys Laidler Production	Theatre Royal, Leeds	Anne Boobier, Eric V. Marsh, Billy Whittaker, Patricia Somerset, Charles Wlatt, June Campbell, Ruby Wlatt, Moyna Cope, Lorna Dean, Albert and Les Ward, Terry Scott, Stephanie Dane and Robert Hargreaves