Victor, if the pantomime was staged in the 40s prior to 1946 it must have taken place during the Second World War. I wonder if this is why the Dame was played by an actor with one leg as, obviously, he would not have been fit for active service (as were both Arthur Askey and Jimmy Edwards). Given the times, It is just possible that the actor was a local amateur or a man too old for military service. Herbert Marshall, the superb English Actor who made a name for himself in Hollywood lost a leg during service in the First World War but I don't imagine he came to Sheffield to play Dame as he was busy in Hollywood during this period, gracing such films as The Little Foxes and The Letter. My father played in the orchestra pit at the Lyceum for over thirty years, before and after the war but I do not remember a one-legged actor ever featuring in his backstage stories. Merry Christmas everyone! K Still on a Wildgoose Chase and with many happy memories of the theatre in Sheffield.