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Chronology Of Theatre Performances

THEATRE:
* Key to Repertory Companies and Theatres:
P: Preston Repertory Company, Royal Hippodrome, Preston     W: Wolverhampton Repertory Company, Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
S: Salisbury Repertory Company, The Playhouse, Salisbury      B: The Bristol Old Vic Company, Theatre Royal, Bristol

DATE:
PLAY:
ROLE:
AUTHOR:
DIRECTOR:
THEATRE*:
9/54
The Gay Dog
Bert Gray
Joseph Colton
Alan Foss
P
10/54
The Little Hut
First Stranger
Andre Roussin
Anthony Finigan
P
10/54
The Sleeping Prince
First Footman
Terence Rattigan
Geoff Wardwell
P
10/54
Come Live With Me
Gustave
D. & C. Christie
Geoff Wardwell
P
11/54
The Perfect Woman
Winkel
W. Geoffrey / B. Mitchell
Oliver Gordon
P
11/54
Dear Charles
Dominique Lecler
Alan Melville
Geoff Wardwell
P
11/54
The Burning Glass
Gerry Hardlip
Charles Morgan
Geoff Wardwell
P
12/54
Loophole
Emrys Garron
Cecil Madden
Geoff Wardwell
P
12/54
As Long As They're Happy
Hermann Schneider
Vernon Sylvaine
Geoff Wardwell
P
1/55
Thark
Mr. Jones
Ben Travers
Geoff Wardwell
P
1/55
The Man In Possession
McAllister
H. M. Harwood
Geoff Wardwell
P
1/55
The Orchard Walls
Godfrey Pritchard
R. F. Delderfield
Adrian Cairns
P
2/55
When We Are Married
Alderman J. Helliwell
J. B. Priestley
Geoff Wardwell
P
2/55
The Same Sky
Jeff Smith
Yvonne Mitchell
Geoff Wardwell
P
4/55
Angels In Love
Furse
Hugh Mills
John Barron
W
4/55
A Day By The Sea
David Anson
N. C. Hunter
John Barron
W
5/55
The Sleeping Prince
Major Domo
Terence Rattigan
John Barron
W
5/55
Peril At End House
Henry
Agatha Christie
Geoff Lumsden
W
5/55
A Question Of Fact
Charles Trafford
Wynyard Brown
John Barron
W
5/55
Both Ends Meet
Sir George Treherne
Arthur Macrae
John Barron
W
5/55
Rookery Nook
Harold Twine
Ben Travers
John Barron
W
6/55
The Secret Tent
Inspector Thornton
Elizabeth Addyman
John Barron
W
6/55
The Living Room
Fr. James Brown
Graham Greene
John Barron
W
6/55
Down Came A Blackbird
Ali
Peter Blackmore
John Barron
W
7/55
Love's A Luxury
Mr. Mole
G. Paxton & E.V. Hoile
Geoff Lumsden
W
7/55
A Streetcar Named Desire
Howard Mitchell
Tennessee Williams
John Barron
W
8/55
Meet A Body
Mr. Hawkins
F. Launder & S. Gilliat
John Barron
W
8/55
Little Lambs Eat Ivy
Corder
Noel Langley
Hazel V. Wallace
W
8/55
Witness For The Prosecution
Leonard Vole
Agatha Christie
John Barron
W
8/55
Sabrina Fair
Paul d'Argenson
Samuel Taylor
John Barron
W
8/55
Beside The Seaside
Wilf Pearson
Leslie Sands
John Barron
W
9/55
Lady Windermere's Fan
Mr. Dumby
Oscar Wilde
John Barron
W
9/55
It's Never Too Late
Stephen Hodgson
Felicity Douglas
Roger Winton
W
9/55
I Am A Camera
Clive Mortimer
John van Druten
John Barron
W
9/55
Seven Year Itch
Richard's conscience
George Axelrod
John Barron
W
10/55
Seagulls Over Sorrento
Able Seaman Badger
Hugh Hastings
John Barron
W
10/55
Anna Christie
Chris Christopherson
Eugene O'Neill
John Barron
W
10/55
Au Revoir
various
various
John Barron
W
11/55
The Bespoke Overcoat
Morry
Wolf Mankovitz
Joan White
S
11/55
The Respectable Prostitute
The Negro
Jean-Paul Sartre
Joan White
S
12/55
She Would And She Would Not
Trappanti
Colley Cibber
John Barron
S
12/55
Robinson Crusoe
King Neptune/Man Friday
Harry Bright & Peter Powell
Peter Powell
W
4/56
Book Of The Month
Dr. Maclure
Basil Thomas
John Barron
S
4/56
Busman's Honeymoon
Superintendent Kirk
Dorothy L. Sayers
Basil Foster
S
4/56
I Killed The Count
Samuel Diamond
Alec coppel
Peter Aldersley
W
4/56
Simon And Laura
Mr. Wolfstein
Alan Melville
Peter Aldersley
W
5/56
Spring At Marino
Prokovitch
Constance Cox
Peter Aldersley
W
5/56
My Three Angels
Joseph
Sam & Bella Spewack
Peter Aldersley
W
5/56
Alibi
Hercule Poirot
Agatha Christie
Peter Aldersley
W
5/56
All For Mary
Alphonse
H. Brooke & K. Bannerman
Peter Aldersley
W
6/56
Lucky Strike
Charlie Maggs
Michael Brett
Peter Aldersley
W
6/56
Jupiter Laughs
Dr. Drewett
A. J. Cronin 
Peter Aldersley
W
6/56
The Miser
Harpagon
Moliere
Peter Aldersley
W
7/56
Murder At The Grand
Leonard
H. Bromley-Chapman
Peter Aldersley
W
7/56
The Middle Watch
Marine Ogg
Ian Hay & Stephen King-Hall
Peter Aldersley
W
7/56
Running Wild
Arthur Popplejoy
Ben Leather
Peter Powell
W
7/56
Appointment With Death
Dr. Theodore Gerard
Agatha Christie
Peter Aldersley
W
8/56
My Wife's Lodger
Willie Higginbotham
Dominic Roche
Peter Aldersley
W
8/56
The Red-Headed Blonde
Jonathan Maxwell
Val Guest
Kenneth Keeling
W
8/56
Of Mice And Men
Candy
John Steinbeck
Peter Aldersley
W
8/56
The Food Of Love
Owen Thomas
Christopher Bond
Peter Aldersley
W
9/56
Arsenic And Old Lace
Dr. Einstein
Joseph Kesselring
Peter Aldersley
W
9/56
Springtime
Dick Goddard
F. Ryerson & C. Clements
William Avenell
W
9/56
Ah, Wilderness
Richard
Eugene O'Neill
Nancy Poultney
W
9/56
Our Wife
Ted Sparrow
Leslie Sands
Leslie Sands
W
10/56
Shadow Of Doubt
Manning
Norman King
Peter Aldersley
W
10/56
The Happiest Days Of Your Life
Rainbow
John Dighton
Peter Aldersley
W
10/56
One Bright Day
Paul La Barca
Sigmund Miller
Peter Aldersley
W
10/56
The Tender Trap
Joe McGall
M. Shulman & R. Smith
Peter Aldersley
W
10/56
This Year Next Year
Martin Armitage
Lionel Brown
John Myers
W
11/56
East Lynne
Mr. Dill
Mrs. Henry Wood
Peter Aldersley
W
11/56
A Cuckoo In The Nest
Major George Bone
Ben Travers
Frederick Peisley
S
12/56
The Food Of Love
Owen Thomas
Christopher Bond
Frederick Peisley
S
12/56
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
Charles Dickens
John Maxwell
Alex. Birm.
12/56
Babes In The Wood
Len, robber
Henry Marshall
Terence Dudley
S
2/57
Full House
Mr. Rosenblatt
Ivor Novello
Frederick Peisley
S
3/57
The Cure For Love
Jack Hardacre
Walter Greenwood
Terence Dudley
S
6/57
Free As Air
John/A Reporter
J. Slade & D. Reynolds
Denis Carey
Savoy
11/58
The Iceman Cometh
Ed Masher
Eugene O'Neill
Tony Robertson
UK tour
3/59
The Brass Butterfly
Phanocles
William Golding
Oliver Gordon
S
3/59
Thark
Sir Hector Benbow
Ben Travers
Oliver Gordon
S
4/59
A View From The Bridge
First Immigration Officer
Arthur Miller
Oliver Gordon
S
4/59
French Without Tears
Monsieur Maingot
Terence Rattigan
Oliver Gordon
S
4/59
The Tunnel Of Love
Augie Poole
J.  Fields & P. de Vries
Oliver Gordon
S/Guildford
5/59
Gigi
Victor
Colette & Anita Loos
Oliver Gordon
S
5/59
Something To Hide
Inspector Davies
Leslie Sands
Ian Mullins
S
6/59
Gaslight
Rough
Patrick Hamilton
Rolf Dieter
S
8/59
The Love Match
Bill Brown
Glenn Melvyn
Jack Williams
Richmond
8/59
The Clandestine Marriage
Canton
G. Colman & D. Garrick
John Hale
B
9/59
Romeo And Juliet
Sampson / Friar John
William Shakespeare
John Hale
B
11/59
The Silent Woman
Sir John Daw
Ben Jonson
John Hale
B
12/59
The Long & The Short 
& The Tall
Private Bamforth
Willis Hall
David Scace
B
12/59.
Hooray For Daisy!
Harry Tuck
J. Slade & D. Reynolds
Denis Carey
B
2/60
A Taste Of Honey
Peter
Shelagh Delaney
John Hale
B
3/60
Mary Stuart
Lord Burleigh
Schiller
John Hale
B
4/60
The Woodcarver
Griff
Morris Brown
Prunella Scales
B
4/60
She Stoops To Conquer
Tony Lumpkin
Oliver Goldsmith
Dudley Jones
B
6/60
The Hostage
Pat
Brendan Behan
John Hale
B
6/60
The Comedy Of Errors
Dromio of Syracuse
William Shakespeare
John Hale
B
DATE:
PLAY:
ROLE:
AUTHOR:
DIRECTOR:
THEATRE*:
7/60
Romeo And Juliet
Friar Lawrence
William Shakespeare
John Hale
Baalbek Festival
9/60
Rhinoceros
The Logician
Eugene Ionesco
John Hale
B
9/60
The Tempest
Stephano
William Shakespeare
John Hale
B
10/60
Caesar And Cleopatra
Rufio
G. Bernard Shaw
Toby Robertson
B
11/60
One-Way Pendulum
Art. Groomkirby
N. F. Simpson
Alan Bridges
B
12/60
Dick Whittington
Cicely Suett
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley & Gavin Gordon
Frank Dunlop
B
2/61
Roots
Mr. Bryant
Arnold Wesker
Duncan Ross
B
4/61
A Passage To India
Fielding
E. M. Forster
Alan Bridges
B
4/61
Richard II
Henry Bolingbroke
William Shakespeare
John Hale
B
5/61
The Killer
Architect/Policeman
Eugene Ionesco
John Hale
B
6/61
A Man For All Seasons
The Common Man
Robert Bolt
Warren Jenkins
B
6/61
Goat Song
Celestino
Martin Shuttleworth
John Hale
B
9/61
North City Traffic
Straight Ahead
Harry Hopkins
James Douglas
Alan Simpson
Gaiety, Dublin
11/61
The Caretaker
Davies
Harold Pinter
Gareth Davies
Leatherhead
2/62
The Recruiting Officer
Sargeant Kite
George Farquhar
Frank Dunlop
Playhouse, Nottingham
6/62
Semi-Detached
Fred Midway
David Turner
Anthony Richardson
Belgrade, Coventry
6/62
Arms And The Man
Sergius Saranoff
G. Bernard-Shaw
David Forder
Belgrade, Coventry
9/62
Red Roses For Me
Brennan 
o' the Moor
Sean O' Casey
Julius Gellner
Mermaid
9/63
Semi-Detached
Fred Midway
David Turner
Anthony Richardson
Belgrade, Coventry
10/63
Semi-Detached
Fred Midway
David Turner
Anthony Richardson
Music Box, New York
8/64
Hamp
Lieut. Tom Webb
John Wilson
John Gibson
Th.Royal, Newcastle
& Lyceum,Edinburgh
4/65
Ghosts
Pastor Manders
Henrik Ibsen
Adrian Rendle
Th. Royal, Stratford E.
9/66
Volpone
Corvino
Ben Jonson
Frank Hauser
Playhouse, Oxford
10/66
The Rules Of The Game
Leone Gala
Luigi Pirandello
James Grout
Playhouse, Oxford
1/67
Volpone
Corvino
Ben Jonson
Frank Hauser
Garrick
9/67
The Resistible Rise 
Of Arturo Ui
Arturo Ui
Bertolt Brecht
Michael Blakemore
Citizens', Glasgow
8/68
The Resistible Rise 
Of Arturo Ui
Arturo Ui
Bertolt Brecht
Michael Blakemore
Lyceum, Edinburgh
11/68
The Strange Case 
Of Martin Richter
Martin Richter
Stanley Eveling
Michael Blakemore
Hampstead Theatre Club
4/69
The Resistible Rise 
Of Arturo Ui
Arturo Ui
Bertolt Brecht
Michael Blakemore
Playhouse, Nottingham
7/69
The Resistible Rise 
Of Arturo Ui
Arturo Ui
Bertolt Brecht
Michael Blakemore
Saville
7/70
The Heretic
Giordano Bruno
Morris West
Morris West & 
Joseph O' Connor
Duke Of York's
5/71
Disabled
Barker
Peter Ransley
Vivian Matalon
Hampstead
9/71
Richard III
Richard
William Shakespeare
Peter McEnery
Playhouse, Nottingham
3/72
The Caretaker
Davies
Harold Pinter
Chris Morahan
Mermaid
5/73
The Banana Box
Rooksby
Eric Chappell
David Scace
Hampstead
6/73
The Banana Box
Rooksby
Eric Chappell
David Scace
Apollo
5/74
Abel, Where Is
Your Brother?
Narrator & I
Julius Edliss
Amos Mokadi
Act-Inn
10/74
The Looneys
Brian
John Antrobus
Michael Rudman
Hampstead
12/75
A Christmas Carol
Eben. Scrooge
Charles Dickens
Michael Fabian
UK tour
10/76
The Frontiers Of Farce: The Purging / The Singer
Follovoine / Dhuring
Georges Feydeau &
Frank Wedekind
Peter Barnes
Old Vic, London
12/76
Tartuffe
Tartuffe
Moliere
David Thompson
Greenwich
2/77
The Frontiers Of Farce: The Purging / The Singer
Follovoine / Dhuring
Georges Feydeau &
Frank Wedekind
Peter Barnes
Criterion, London
11/77
The Immortal Haydon
Haydon
John Wells
Alan Strachan
Mermaid
1/78
The Immortal Haydon
Haydon
John Wells
Alan Strachan
Greenwich
2/79
Semi-Detached
Fred Midway
David Turner
Leonard Rossiter & Alan Strachan
Greenwich & tour
3/80
Make And Break
Garrard
Michael Frayn
Michael Blakemore
Lyric,Hammersmith
5/80
Make And Break
Garrard
Michael Frayn
Michael Blakemore
Th.Royal, Haymarket
9/82
The Rules Of The Game
Leone Gala
Luigi Pirandello
Anthony Quayle
Th.Royal, Haymarket
12/82
The Rules Of The Game
Leone Gala
Luigi Pirandello
Anthony Quayle
Phoenix
6/83
Tartuffe
Tartuffe
Moliere
Peter Coe
Churchill, Bromley
3/84
Loot
Insp. Truscott
Joe Orton
Jonathon Lynn
Ambassadors
9/84
Loot
Insp. Truscott
Joe Orton
Jonathon Lynn
Lyric

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