PRODUCTION |
THEATRE |
DATE |
CHARACTER |
|
AUSTRALIA
|
You Never Can Tell |
Garrick, Melbourne |
3 September 1930 |
Gloria |
The Roof |
Comedy, Melbourne |
24 March 1931 |
Nell |
Loyalties |
Comedy, Mebourne |
2-22 May 1931 |
Margaret Orme |
The Calendar |
Comedy, Mebourne |
23 May - 4 June 1931 |
Wendy Panniford |
The Calendar |
Theatre Royal, Sydney |
13 June - 10 July 1931 |
Wendy Panniford |
My Lady's Dress |
Theatre Royal, Sydney |
11-24 July 1931 |
Lize |
A Warm Corner |
Her Majesty's, Sydney |
25 July - 7 Aug 1931 |
Mimi |
A Warm Corner |
Royal Adelaide |
15-21 Aug 1931 |
Mimi |
Hay Fever |
Theatre Royal, Adelaide |
22-26 Aug 1931 |
Myra Arundel |
A Warm Corner |
Comedy, Mebourne |
29 Aug - 11 Sept |
Mimi |
My Lady's Dress |
Comedy, Melbourne |
12-25 Sept 1931 |
Lize |
Cape Forlorn |
Comedy, Melbourne |
26 Sept - 7 Oct 1931 |
Eileen Kell |
Let Us Be Gay |
Criterion, Sydney |
5-19 Dec 1931 |
Madge |
Let Us Be Gay |
His Majesty's, Brisbane |
27 Feb - 4 Mar 1932 |
Madge |
The First Mrs Fraser |
His Majesty's, Brisbane |
5-12 March 1932 |
Murdo Fraser |
Take Two From One |
Comedy, Melbourne |
7-11 Dec 1932 |
Diana |
Topaze |
Comedy, Melbourne |
24 Dec - 1 Jan 1933 |
Suzy |
Autumn Crocus |
Criterion, Sydney |
10-17 Jan 1933 |
Jenny Gray |
The Command to Love |
Criterion, Sydney |
4-11 Feb 1933 |
Manuela |
The Command to Love |
Royal |
25 Mar - 8 Apr 1933 |
Manuela |
The Quaker Girl |
Royal |
22 July - 13 Sept |
Diane |
The Apple Cart |
Garrick, Melbourne |
9-13 Oct 1933 |
Orinthia |
Children in Uniform |
Garrick, Melbourne |
14 Oct - 10 Nov 1933 |
Fräulein von Bernberg |
Hedda Gabler |
Garrick, Melbourne |
2-6 December 1933 |
Hedda |
Dear Brutus |
Garrick, Melbourne |
26 Dec - 19 Jan 1933 |
Mrs Dearth |
Musical Chairs |
Garrick, Melbourne |
20 Jan - 3 Feb 1933 |
Irene Baumer |
Out of the Sea |
Garrick, Melbourne |
14-18 April 1933 |
Isobel |
Children in Uniform |
Palace, Melbourne |
28 Apr - 4 May 1933 |
Fräulein von Bernberg |
| ENGLAND
| |
|
Lovers Leap (tour) |
Southsea, Eastbourne, Nottingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh |
8 Aug - 20 Oct 1934 |
Helen Storer (understudy to Nora Swinburne and Ursula Jeans) |
Lovers Leap |
Vaudeville |
8 Aug - 20 Oct 1934 |
Helen Storer (understudy) |
Mated |
Arts |
17-24 Feb 1935 |
Concordia |
Basalik |
Arts Theatre Club |
7 Apr 1935 |
Lady Amerdine |
This Desirable Residence |
Embassy |
1935 |
Mary Penshott |
The Golden Gander |
Embassy Swiss Cottage |
6-18 Jan 1936 |
Victoria |
The Happy Medium |
Savoy |
3 May 1936 (one performance) |
Freda Westerham |
Heroes Don't Care |
tour and St Martin's Bexhill |
30 May 1936 |
Connie Crawford |
Heroes Don't Care |
Oxford, London |
10 June - 17 Oct 1936 |
Connie Crawford |
Death Asks a Verdict |
Royalty |
13 Dec 1936 (one performance) |
Lydia Latimer |
The Taming of the Shrew |
New |
23 Mar - 1 May 1937 |
The Widow (and understudy to Edith Evans) |
| The Great Romancer |
Strand 9 May then New 15-26 June 1937 |
May-June 1937 |
Ida Ferrier |
The Gusher |
Prince's |
31 July - 27 Nov 1937 |
Jacqueline |
Emperor of the World |
Strand |
19 March 1939 |
Poppaea |
Believe It Or Not |
New |
March 1940 |
Madeleine |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
Theatre Royal Birmingham |
17 November 1941 |
Maggie Cutler |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
Manchester Opera House |
|
Maggie Cutler |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
Savoy Theatre |
4 Dec 1941 - 14 Aug 1942 (709 performances) |
Maggie Cutler |
| My Sister Eileen |
Savoy Theatre |
22 Sept 1943 - 29 Apr 1944 |
Ruth Sherwood |
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney |
Grand, Blackpool, then Savoy |
15 June 1944 - 3 Feb 1945 |
Mrs Cheyney |
Lady Frederick |
Theatre Royal Brighton, Grand Theatre Blackpool, then Savoy |
21 Nov 1946 - 29 Mar 1947 |
Lady Frederick Berolles |
Canaries Sometimes Sing |
Grand Theatre Blackpool, then Garrick |
18 Nov 1947 - 14 Feb 1948 |
Emma Melton |
Jonathan |
Aldwych |
29 July - 7 Aug 1948 |
Bathsheba |
Castle in the Air |
Grand Theatre, Leeds, then Adelphi |
7 Dec 1949 - 27 May 1950 |
'Boss' Trent |
Castle in the Air |
Savoy |
29 May - 19 Aug 1950 |
'Boss' Trent |
Othello |
Old Vic tour |
31 October 1951 |
Emilia |
King Lear |
Old Vic tour |
3 March 1952 |
Regan |
Affairs of State |
Theatre Royal Brighton |
28 July 1952 |
Constance Russell |
Affairs of State |
Cambridge Theatre |
21 August 1952 |
Constance Russell |
Affairs of State |
Hippodrome, Bristol |
1953-1954 |
Constance Russell |
Simon And Laura |
Strand |
25 Nov 1954 - 12 Feb 1955 |
Laura Foster |
Simon And Laura |
Apollo |
14 Feb 1955 - 28 May 1955 |
Laura Foster |
Nina |
Theatre Royal Haymarket |
27 July 1955 - 3 Sept 1955 |
Nina Tessier |
Macbeth |
Old Vic |
22 May 1956 - |
Lady Macbeth |
Macbeth |
Hippodrome, Bristol |
- 1956 |
Lady Macbeth |
Hamlet |
Old Vic |
18 Sept 1957 |
Gertrude |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Old Vic |
23 Dec 1957 - 15 Feb 1958 |
Helena |
King Lear |
Old Vic |
19 Feb 1958 |
Goneril |
The Pleasure of His Company |
Theatre Royal Haymarket |
23 April 1959 |
Katherine Dougherty |
Toys In The Attic |
Piccadilly Theatre |
10 November 1960 |
Albertine Prine |
Bonne Soupe |
The Comedy Theatre |
1960 |
Marie Paule |
Bonne Soupe |
New Theatre, Oxford |
26 September 1961 |
Marie Paule |
Bonne Soupe |
Wyndham's Theatre |
13 February 1962 |
Marie Paule |
The Right Honourable Gentleman |
Her Majesty's |
28 May 1964 |
Mrs Rossiter |
Lady Windermere's Fan |
Phoenix Theatre |
1966 |
Mrs Erlynne |
Lady Windermere's Fan |
Theatre Royal Brighton |
23 August 1966 |
Mrs Erlynne |
What the Butler Saw |
Queen's Theatre |
1969 |
Mrs Prentice |
My Darling Daisy |
Lyric Theatre |
1970 |
Lady Warwick |
Mrs Warren's Profession |
National Theatre |
1970 |
Kitty Warren |
My Darling Daisy |
Lyric Theatre |
22 June 1970 |
Lady Warwick |
Mrs. Warren's Profession |
Old Vic |
1970-1971 |
Kitty Warren |
The Sea |
Royal Court |
1973-1974 |
Louise Rafi |
The Waltz of the Toreadors |
Theatre Royal, Haymarket |
1974 |
Madame St Pé |
| Ardele |
Queen's Theatre |
1975 |
The Countess |
AMERICA
| |
Tamburlaine the Great |
Winter Garden Theater New York |
19 Jan - 4 Feb 1956 |
Zabina |
Macbeth |
Winter Garden Theater New York |
29 Oct 1956 - 12 Jan 1957 |
Lady Macbeth |
Troilus and Cressida |
Winter Garden Theater New York |
26 Dec 1956 - 12 Jan 1957 |
Helen |
The Rehearsal |
Royale Theater New York |
23 Sept - 28 Dec 1963 |
The Countess |
The Right Honourable Gentleman |
Billy Rose Theater New York |
19 Oct 1965 - 22 Jan 1966 |
Mrs Rossiter |
Charley's Aunt |
Cirque Dinner Theater, Seattle |
12 August 1975 |
Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez |
Charley's Aunt |
Granny's Dinner Theater, Dallas |
16 March 16 - 10 April 1976 |
Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez |
Charley's Aunt |
National U.S. Tour |
10 May - 26 June 1976 |
Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez |
The Importance of Being Earnest |
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles |
27 Jan 1977 |
Lady Bracknell |
Travesties |
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles |
27 Jan 1977 |
Nadya Lenin |
