Andrew Fowles, 43, of Alcester, Warks, was given a suspended sentence at Warwick Crown Court in November after being convicted of supplying drugs.

The judge spared him jail after hearing he was the sole carer for his children.

But the Attorney General referred to the Court of Appeal which decided the original sentence was "lenient".

Fowles, of Willow Cottage, was given seven days to surrender to custody and "make domestic arrangements" for his three teenage children.

'Unduly lenient'

Last November, Recorder David Lane QC told the Royal Shakespeare Theatre dresser that, despite the "sheer volume" of ecstasy tablets involved, a prison sentence was not called for.

But Lord Justice Maurice Kay told the Appeal Court the Recorder had also noted that Fowles' customers were likely to be youngsters of his children's own age.

He dealt the drugs while working in a bar at the Godskitchen Global Gathering festival at Long Marston airfield, near Stratford-upon-Avon, in July 2004.

He was convicted of supplying 261 ecstasy tablets and possessing a further 269 tablets with intent to supply.