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1883/84 Babes in the Wood (Theatre Royal)

1884/85 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Prince's)

1886/87 Robinson Crusoe (Prince's)
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1887/88 Puss in Boots (Prince's)
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1893/94 Babes in the Wood (Theatre Royal)
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1898/89 Sinbad the Sailor (Prince's)
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1896/87 Blue Beard Junior (Palace)
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1902/03 Robinson Crusoe (Prince's)


1911/12 Little Red Riding Hood(Theatre Royal)
Harry Lauder
May Hill
Aimee Roberts
Billie Sinclair
May Lilian Levey
Edward Lewis
Harry Brayne
Ernest Selig
Harry Lupino
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1913/14 Dick Whittington (Theatre Royal)
Daisy Wood
Madge Vincent
Albert Le Fre
Lupino Lane
Alice Pollard
Cyril Thompson
Horrace Mills
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1916/17 Cinderella (Palace)
Clarice Mayne

1915/16 Robinson Crusoe (Theatre Royal)
Louie Beckman
Jack Pleasants
Joe Nightingale
Cecil Morton York
Constance Caley
George Robey


1916/17 A Kiss For Cinderella (Manchester Royal)
Percy Hutchison
Hilda Trevelyan
1917/18 Babes in the Wood (Palace)
Dorothy Ward
Ernie Mayne
Georgie Wood
Shaun Glenville
Fred Allandale
Hilda Glyder
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1918/19 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Clarice Mayne
Harry Weldon
1919/20 Aladdin (Palace)
Ella Retford
Lupino Lane
Nellie Wallace
Daisy Bindley
Albert Darnley
Wallace Lupino
Thelma Rayne

1920/21 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Ella Retford
Lupino Lane
Nellie Wallace
1921/22 Puss in Boots (Palace)
Mona Vivian
Billy Merson
1922/23 Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Opera House)
Nora Delaney
Horace Mills
Walter Passmore
Lily Long
Edith Pearson
Violet Vernon
Johnny Schofield
Jack Treagle
Wilfred Essex

1922/23 Mother Goose (Palace)
Dorothy Ward
Shaun Glenville
Georgie Wood
Jean Alexander
Beryl Beresford
Ambrose Thorne
Leslie Hinton
Fred Conquest
Lily Lapidus

1923/24 Cinderella (Palace)
Vera Pearce
George Gregory
1925/26 Queen of Hearts (Palace)
Gwladys Stanley
Jack Edge
James Craig
G S Melvin
George Sanger
Bert Rousette
Marjorie Battiss
Adrienne Brune
The Alva Brothers

1926/27 Humpty Dumpty (Palace)
Georgie Wood
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1927/28 The Sleeping Beauty (Palace)
Kitty Reidy
Jay Laurier
1928/29 Aladdin (Palace)
Nellie Wallace
Gwladys Stanley
1929/30 Robinson Crusoe (Palace)
Dorothy Ward
Shaun Glenville
Syd Walker
Henry Hearty
June Nolan
Yvette Anning
Arthur Conquest

1930/31 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Jack Edge
Faye Compton
1931/32 Jack & The Beanstalk (Palace)
Betty Jumel
Billy Danvers
James Craig
Dorothy Penny
Ethel Anderson

1933/34 Cinderella (Palace)
Billy Danvers
Phyllis Neilson-Terry
Winnie Collins
Gracie West
Victor Crawford
Valerie Larg

1934/35 Sleeping Beauty (Opera House)
Binnie Barnes
Gene Gerrard
Rex London
Olive Groves
Ruth Sherman
Helen Brothers
Helga Stone
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1934/35 Peter Pan (Manchester Hippodrome)
Dinah Sheridan
1935/36 Jack and the Beanstalk (Palace)
G S Melvin
Oriel Ross
Billy Danvers
Wallace Lupino
Victoria Hopper
Betty Pugh
Ernest Lester
Dorothy O'Dell
Fred Watt
The Shanks Brothers

1936/37 Babes in the Wood (Palace)
Marie Burke
Jean Adrienne
Charles Cornford
Arthur Rigby
Tom Gamble
Jack Edge
Mary Thornley
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1938/39 Aladdin (Opera House)
Cora Goffin
Stanley Holloway
Dave Burnaby
Gloria Day
1939/40 Babes in the Wood (Opera House)
Hal Bryan
Veronica Wilson
1940/41 Cinderella (Opera House)
Tommy Trinder, Fay Compton, Naughton and Gold, Joy Hayden, Doreen Dalton, Bernardi
1942/43 Red Riding Hood (Palace)
Jean Adrienne
Jean Colin
G S Melvin
Dave Morris
Robert Wilson
Billy Smith
Prudence Hyman
Donald Keir

1943/44 Jack and the Beanstalk (Palace)
1944/45 The Queen of Hearts (Palace)
Tom Gamble
Dave Morris
Jean Colin
Jean Adrienne
Bill Burke
Billy Smith
Sylvia Leslie
Arnold Rooke
Jean Burgess

1946/47 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Billy Tasker
1947/48 Cinderella (Palace)
Beryl Reid
George Moon
Hazel Bray
George Bolton
Bertram Dench
Viola Johnstone
Bunty Meadows
Muriel Zillah
John Palmer

1948/49 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Stella Hamilton
Gerry Lee
Raymond Bennett
Freddie Fowler
Herbert Hare
Reg Dixon
Jean Adrienne
Sheila Mathews
Leo Franklyn
Kenneth Birrell
Leslie Jones

1949/50 Babes in the Wood (Palace)
Jimmy Jewel
Ben Warriss
Prudence Hyman
Charles Doak
Lucas Bassett
Jack Hayes
Boy Kerrigan
George Hamilton
Erica Yorke
Marjorie Browne

1949/50 Jack and Jill (Hippodrome)
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1951/52 Old King Cole (Palace)

1952/53 Babes in the Wood (Hulme Hippodrome)
Nat Mills
Mary Naylor
Joy Jackley
Gordon & Colville

1952/53 Little Miss Muffet (Manchester Hippodrome)

1952/53 Humpty Dumpty (Palace)
Clement Hamelin
Coral Farrell
Hugh Stewart
Jean Bayless
Norman Evans
Maureen Sims
Betty Jumel
Patricia Burke


1953/54 Puss in Boots (Palace)
George Hamilton
Jack Hayes
Fred Kitchen
David Dawson
Aileen Cochrane
Ben Warriss
Jimmy Jewel

1953/54 Mother Goose (Manchester Hippordrome)
Tommy Fields
Margaret Burton
Charles Warren

1953/54 Little Bo Beep (Hulme Hippodrome)

1955/56 Humpty Dumpty (Palace)
Harry Seacombe (Oliver!, Highway)
Roy Castle

1954/55 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Michael Wynne
Ken Swales
Beryl Foley
Stanley Vilven
Margaret Heath
Sonnie Hale
Joy Nichols

1956/57 Mother Goose (Palace)
George Lacey



1956/57 Puss In Boots (Hippodrome)
Tommy Cooper
Reg Varney
Ann Truscott
Arthur Gordon
Anna Peters
Freda Wyn
Stuart Pearce
Margaret Burton
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1957/58 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Kenneth Jonnart
Billy Nelson
David Nixon
Pamela Beesley
Jean Telfer
Sam Woodcock
Cornelia Lucas
Phoebe Lewis
Dawkes and Webb
Chuck O'Neil
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1957/58 Aladdin (Palace)
Ken Dodd

1958/59 Cinderella (Palace)
Bob Monkhouse (in his pantomime debut)
Danny La Rue
Dennis Goodwin
Alan Haynes
Margaret Mitchell
Grace Rich
Walter Kavan
George Arnett
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1959/60 Robinson Crusoe (Palace)
Norman Wisdom
Helen James
Osborne Whitaker
Eddie Leslie
Martin Gluth
Harold Holness
Terry Kendall
Elizabeth Larner
Billy Whittaker
Patricia Stark
Tony Vincent
1960/61 Humpty Dumpty (Palace)
Harry Secombe
Gary Miller
Roy Castle

1961/62 Turn Again Whittington (Palace)
Bruce Forsyth
Penny Calvert
Nicholas Brent
Tudor Evans
Johnny Shack
Ken Wilson
Elizabeth Saunders
Yana
Lionel Baker
Jimmy Lee
Marie Lynn
Thelma Ruby
Dave Lyons
Johnny Shack
Bill Lane
Peter Kyle
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1962/63 Snow White (Palace)
Ruby Murray

1964/65 Sleeping Beauty (Palace)
Morecombe & Wise
Betty Emery
Edmund Hockridge
Dorothy Dampier
Herbert Hare
Eddie Molloy
Denny Dayviss
Jack Yardley
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1965/66 Aladdin (Palace)
Des O'Connor
Billy Dainty
Jack Douglas
Freddy and The Dreamers

1966/67 Snow White and the Seve Dwarfs (Palace)
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1967/68 Cinderella (Palace)
Des O'Connor
Vince Hill
Jack Douglas (Carry On Films)
Freddie Sales
Joe Black



1968/69 Robinson Crusoe (Palace)
Ken Dodd
Hope & Keen
Paula Hendrix
George Barnes
Billy Whittaker




1969/70 Jack and the Beanstalk (Palace)
Jimmy Clithero
Anita Harris (Carry On Films)
Jack Tripp
Gordon & Bunny Jay



1970/71 Cinderella (Opera House)
Mary Hopkin
Lonnie Donegan
Arthur Askey
Peter Butterworth (Carry on Films)
Joe Black

1970/71 Treasure Island (Palace)
Bill Kerr
Max Howard
Kevin Frazer
Derek Farr
McDonald Hobley
John Dunbar
Joscelyn Mason
Michae Quinto
Raul Neunie
David Lincoln
James Taylor
Bunny Reed
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1971/72 Aladdin (Palace)
Billy Dainty
The Dallas Boys
Bernard Bresslaw (Carry On Films)
Anita Harris (Carry On Films)
Freddie Davies

1972/73 Queen of Hearts (Palace)
Danny La Rue

1972/73 Peter Pan (Opera House)
Lulu
Anthony Sharp
Prue Clark
Susan Hannay
Freeman & Page

1973/74 Cinderella (Palace)
Clodagh Rodgers
Ronnie Corbett
John Inman
Barry Howard
Jimmy & Brian Patton
Dorothy Dampier
Charlie Stewart
Tom Saffrey
Brian Hill
1974 (March) Peter Pan (Opera House)
Anita Harris
John Gower

1975/76 Cinderella (Oldham Coliseum)
Sheila Price
Andrea Koniuch
Olivia Mundy
Robert Kingswell
Lynne Williamson
Toni Stuart
John Jardine
Paula Tilbrook
Peter Wraight
Andrew McNeedney


1976/77 Babes in the Wood (Palace)
Arthur Askey
Dickie Henderson
Mark Wynter
Bertie Hare
Freddie Stevens


1976/77 Cinderella (Opera House)
Billy Dainty (Buttons)
Hugh Lloyd (Hunkamunka - Ugly Sister)
Elizabeth Power (Eastenders) (Prince Charming)
Ayshea (Cinderella)
Russell Hunter (Dollialolla - Ugly Sister)
Pauline Garner (Dandini)
Graham Squire (Baron Hardup)
Jennifer Claire (Fairy Godmother)
Michael (Major Domo)




1977/78 Jack and the Beanstalk (Opera House)
Stanley Baxter
Christopher Beeney
Penelope Mackay
Michael Kilgarriff
Lindy Whiteford
Roland Macleod
Doreen Driver
Vivienne McKee
Leigh Marsh

1978/79 Dick Whittington (Opera House)
Basil Brush
Ayshea (Dick Whittington)
Frank Carson (Idle Jack)
Bert Weeden (Alderman Fitzwarren)
Wendy Smith (Alice Fitzwarren)
Michael Mungarvan (Saltan)
Howard Williams (Town Crier)
Barry Walls (Mate)
Ronne Coyles (Sarah the Cook)
Phil Wood (Captain)
Max Arthur (King Rat)
Maretta Sibley (Spirit of the Bells)

1978/79 Mother Goose (Palace)
Anna Karen
Aubrey Phillips
Dave Peters
Bryan Johnson
Peter Simon
Colin Beach


1983/84 Cinderella (Palace)
Kathy Staff (Last of the Summer Wine, Crossroads)
Bill Owen (Last of the Summer Wine)
Lorraine Chase (Emmerdale)
Matthew Kelly
Sarah Kennedy
Trevor Peacock
John Bardon (Eastenders
Ann Sidney
Ward Allen

1984/85 Aladdin (Palace)
Su Pollard (Hi De Hi)
Derek Griffiths (Playschool)
Matthew Kelly (You Bet)
Anneka Rice (Treasure Hunt)
Edmund Hockridge
Bob Carolgees (Surprise Surprise)
Tommy Trinder
Ted Mount

1986/87 Jack and the Beanstalk (Palace)
Russ Abbot
Bella Emberg
Tudor Davies
Windsor Davis (Never The Twain)


1987/88 Cinderella (Palace)
Michael Barrymore (Strike it Lucky, My Kind of People)
Norman Collier
Jessica Martin
Bernard Bresslaw (Carry On Films)
Duggie Small
Peggy Mount (Oliver!)
Dawson Chanve
Jilli Foot
Umberto

1988/89 Babes in the Wood (Palace)
Cannon and Ball
Bernadette Nolan
Barry Howard (Hi De Hi)
Richard Gibson (Allo Allo)
Ann Sidney

1989/90 Aladdin (Palace)
Paul Nicholas (Just Good Friends)
Paul Shane (Hi De Hi)
Eartha Kitt
Sylvestor McCoy (Doctor Who)
Peter Blake
Garfield


1990/91 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Les Dawson (Blankety Blank)
Jon Nettles (Bergerac)
The Roly Polys
Mark Walker
Ann Sidney
Dooby Duck
Richard Jarmain
Lara Jarmain


1991/92 Snow White (Palace)
Dana
Jimmy Cricket
Mike Holloway
Juliette Kaplan (Last of the Summer Wine)
Su Douglas
Ken Gibson
Kenneth MacDonald (Only Fools and Horses)


1992/93 Aladdin (Opera House)
Michael Barrymore (Strike it Lucky Strike it Rich)
Val Lehman (Prisoner Cell Block H)
Simon Fox
The Roly Polys
Gordon Peters
Hal Nolan
Dooby Duck


1993/94 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Ken Dodd
Glyn Owen (Howards' Way)
Wyn Calvin
Susan Maughan

1995/96 Aladdin (Palace)
Roy Barraclough (Coronation Street)
Billy Pearce
Richard De Vere
Maggie Mooney

1998/99 Cinderella (Palace)
Darren Day
Isla Fisher (Home and Away)
Ruth Madoc (Hi De Hi)
Barnaby
Mr Blobby (Noel's House Party)

1999/00 Peter Pan (Palace)
Brian Blessed (Flash Gordon)
Anita Harris (Carry On Films)


2000/01 Snow White (Opera House)
Julie Goodyear (Coronation Street)
Patrick Mower (Emmerdale)
Danielle Nicholls
Barnaby
Kenny Baker (Star Wars)

2001/02 Aladdin (Opera House)
Sherrie Hewson (Crossroads, Coronation Street, Benidorm)
Tim Vincent (Blue Peter)
The Roly Polys
Gail McKenna
Richard De Vere

2002/03 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Opera House)
Lily Savage / Paul O'Grady

2003/04 Cinderella (Opera House)
Brian Conley
Dawson Chance
Nigel Ellacott
Peter Robbins

2004/05 Dick Whittington (Opera House)
The Chuckle Brothers
Jeffrey Holland (Hi De Hi)
Helen Noble

2005/06 Peter Pan (Opera House)
Steve McFadden (Eastenders)
Sophie Lawrence (Eastenders)
Matt Slack

2006/07 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Opera House)
Suranne Jones (Coronation Street, Doctor Foster)
Warwick Davis (Willow, Star Wars, Harry Potter)
Justin Moorhouse
John Savident (Coronation Street)

2007/08 Cinderella (Opera House)
Tina O'Brien (Coronation Street)
Johnny Briggs (Coronation Street, Echo Bay)
Roger Kitter (Allo Allo)
Mike Toolan
Bernie Nolan

2008/09 Peter Pan (Opera House)
Gemma Atkinson
John Thomson
Gary Wilmot
Mike Toolan
Jen Pringle