Local Theatre → Leonard Kitching (1906-1975)

Leonard Kitching is known to have taken part in the following local productions:

ProductionYearRoleCompany
Rose Marie1932castHuddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society
The Maid of the Mountains1937cast: Pietro / Corporal TerroniHuddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society
The Lilac Domino1938cast: ParkerHuddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society
Sunny1951cast: Siegfried PetersHuddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society
Sunny1951male quartetHuddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society
The Girl Friend1953castHuddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society
Show Boat1956cast: MaxHuddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society
Call Me Madam1957cast: ButlerHuddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society

They are credited in the above productions as L. Kitching and Leonard Kitching.

Photographs

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


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


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


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

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


Also pictured: Joe Beswick, George Wheatley Dyson, Jack Emmerson, Kathleen Hoyle, and Leslie Sunderland.

Sunny (1951) — Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society


Also pictured: Doreen France and Laurence Mackness.


Also pictured: Laurence Mackness and Gordon Pike.


Also pictured: Doreen France, Constance Holmes, Joyce Longley, Norman Moore, Norman Royston, and Edgar Woffenden.

Show Boat (1956) — Huddersfield and District Amateur Light Opera Society


Also pictured: Brenda Tarpey and Geoffrey S. Ware.

Biographical Notes

  • Born 17 November 1906, son of clogger Joseph Edward Kitching and his wife Bertha. Baptised 23 December 1906 at St. Peter's church, Huddersfield. Married Nellie Jillott in 1937. Worked as a boot repairer (1939 Register).