Local Theatre → George Wheatley Dyson (1900-1974)

George Wheatley Dyson is known to have taken part in the following local productions:

ProductionYearRoleCompany
Tom Jones1924cast: An OfficerHuddersfield Amateur Operatic Society
Rose Marie1932cast: Sergeant MaloneHuddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society
The Maid of the Mountains1937cast: BaldasarreHuddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society
The Lilac Domino1938cast: Andre (a Young Englishman)Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society
Call Me Madam1957cast: Grand Duke OttoHuddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society
Free as Air1960cast: Lord Paul PostumousHuddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society
The Merry Widow1961cast: Baron Zeta (Pontevedrian Ambassador in Paris)Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society

They are credited in the above productions as G. W. Dyson, G. Wheatley Dyson, and George Wheatley Dyson.

Photographs

Rose Marie (1932) — Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society


Also pictured: Doris Haigh, Doris Hall, and Ernest Taylor.


Also pictured: Tom Denham, J. B. Gledhill, May Hickson, J. Hubert Hiley, Sidney Kaye, Hilda Priestley, and Cyril Ware.


Also pictured: Marjorie Baylis, Mona Benson, Ivy Buckley, Mary Daley, Rene Daley, Louie Driver, Doris Haigh, Doris Hall, Mabel Hughes, Eleanor Jones, Sidney Kaye, Mabel Lister, Moril Smith, Ernest Taylor, Alice Wareing, and Margaret Wood.

The Maid of the Mountains (1937) — Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society


Also pictured: J. Hubert Hiley, Kathleen Hoyle, and Norman Moore.


Also pictured: Joe Beswick, George W. Cunnington, J. Hubert Hiley, Constance M. Holmes, Kathleen Hoyle, Leonard Kitching, Norman Moore, A. R. Waiting, and Cyril Ware.


Also pictured: Joe Beswick, John B. Broderick, Enid M. Brown, J. Hubert Hiley, Kathleen Hoyle, Leonard Kitching, Norman Moore, and Pauline Rushford.


Also pictured: Joe Beswick, George W. Cunnington, J. Hubert Hiley, Leonard Kitching, Norman Moore, A. R. Waiting, and Cyril Ware.


Also pictured: Enid M. Brown, J. Hubert Hiley, Kathleen Hoyle, Norman Moore, and Pauline Rushford.

The Lilac Domino (1938) — Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society


Also pictured: J. Hubert Hiley, Kathleen Hoyle, and Norman Moore.


Also pictured: Joe Beswick, Jack Emmerson, Kathleen Hoyle, Leonard Kitching, and Leslie Sunderland.


Also pictured: Jack Emmerson, J. B. Gledhill, Herbert Halstead, J. Hubert Hiley, Kathleen Hoyle, and Norman Moore.

Call Me Madam (1957) — Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society


Also pictured: Constance M. Holmes.

Free as Air (1960) — Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society


Also pictured: Theresa A. Lewthwaite.


Also pictured: Kenneth Hoyle and Norman Moore.

The Merry Widow (1961) — Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society


Also pictured: Norman Moore.

Biographical Notes

  • Born 6 March 1900. Son of printer and stationer George Henry Dyson. Member of the family firm of Wheatley, Dyson and Son, Limited. Married 1927 to Elsie Rippon. Died 28 September 1974.