Sybil Thorndike
Past productions
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Appearance,
Tribute to The Lady
6th May 1974,
The Old Vic, London.
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Lilian Baylis Centenary Festival
1973 – 1974,
The Old Vic, London.
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The Woman,
There Was an Old Woman, Thorndike Theatre (Leatherhead) Ltd
14th October – 1st November 1969,
Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
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Mrs Bramson,
Night Must Fall, Martin Tickner for Firmont Plays Ltd
29th April – 29th June 1968,
Bristol Hippodrome, New Theatre, Oxford, and other locations.
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Abby Brewster,
Arsenic and Old Lace, Peter Saunders
7th February – 12th November 1966,
Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London, Cambridge Arts Theatre, and other locations.
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Mrs Doris Tate,
Return Ticket, Peter Saunders
1st March – 8th May 1965,
New Theatre, Oxford, Duchess Theatre, London, and other locations.
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Molly (Dowager Countess of Lister),
The Reluctant Peer, Peter Saunders
6th January 1964 – 6th March 1965,
Duchess Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
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Lady Beatrice Cuffe,
Queen B., Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd and Windsor Theatre Company
18th September – 16th November 1963,
Theatre Royal, Windsor, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (now The Alexandra), and other locations.
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Miss Crawley,
Vanity Fair
26th November 1962 – 19th January 1963,
Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
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Marina Timofeyevna,
Uncle Vanya
started 16th July 1962,
Chichester Festival Theatre, Main Theatre.
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Sacrifice
1960 – 1961,
The Old Vic, London.
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Lotta Bainbridge,
Waiting in the Wings
started 7th September 1960,
Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
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Shakespeare Birthday Festival
1959 – 1960,
The Old Vic, London.
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Mrs Kittridge,
The Sea Shell, Stephen Mitchell
12th October – 28th November 1959,
King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, and other locations.
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Dame Sophia Carrell,
Eighty in the Shade
8th January – 13th June 1959,
Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
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Amy, Dowager Lady Monchensey,
The Family Reunion
7th June – 1st September 1956,
Phoenix Theatre, London.
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Under Milk Wood
1953 – 1954,
The Old Vic, London.
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Laura Anson,
A Day by the Sea
26th November 1953 – 1954,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
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Mrs Whyte,
Waters of the Moon, Tennent Productions Ltd
26th – 30th May 1953,
King’s Theatre, Glasgow.
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Mrs Whyte,
Waters of the Moon
26th March 1951 – 2nd May 1953,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
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Aunt Anna Rose,
Treasure Hunt, Tennent Productions Ltd
29th August 1949 – 29th July 1950,
Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
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Isabel Brocken,
The Foolish Gentlewoman
24th January – 30th July 1949,
Duchess Theatre, London and Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff.
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Mrs Jackson,
The Return of the Prodigal
24th November 1948 – 22nd January 1949,
Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
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Isabel Linden,
The Linden Tree, London Mask Theatre
23rd June 1947 – 21st August 1948,
Duchess Theatre, London, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, and other locations.
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Uncle Vanya
1945 – 1946,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Justice's Lady,
The Critic
18th October 1945 – 1946,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Henry IV, Part 1
1945 – 1946,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Catherine Petkoff,
Arms and the Man
5th September 1944 – 1946,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Jocasta,
Oedipus Rex
18th October 1945 – 1946,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Mistress Quickly,
Henry IV, Part 2, Old Vic Company
1945 – 1946,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Mistress Quickly,
Henry IV, Part 1, Old Vic Company
started 26th September 1945,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Margaret of Anjou,
Richard III
13th September 1944 – 1945,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Aase,
Peer Gynt
31st August 1944 – 1945,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Marina,
Uncle Vanya
16th January – ? 1945,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Mrs Dundass,
Lottie Dundass, Farndale Ltd
21st July – 20th November 1943,
Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London and Cambridge Theatre, London.
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Lady Beatrice Cuffe,
Queen Bee, CEMA and Old Vic Company
25th May – 19th June 1943,
Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company) and Liverpool Playhouse.
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She Stoops to Conquer
1942 – 1943,
Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).
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Georgina Jeffreys,
The House of Jeffreys, Alex B Nichols and Jeffreys Production Ltd
17th August 1942 – 20th March 1943,
Playhouse Theatre, London, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, and other locations.
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Jacob
2nd – 13th June 1942,
Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
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Medea
1941 – 1942,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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King John
1940 – 1941,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Shakespeare Birthday Festival
1939 – 1940,
The Old Vic, London.
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Shakespeare Birthday Festival
1938 – 1939,
The Old Vic, London.
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Miss Moffat,
The Corn is Green, Stephen Mitchell
15th August 1938 – 15th June 1940,
Duchess Theatre, London, Opera House, Manchester, and other locations.
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Mrs Conway,
Time and the Conways
3rd – 29th January 1938,
Ritz Theatre, New York (now Walter Kerr Theatre, New York).
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Volumnia,
Coriolanus
1937 – 1938,
The Old Vic, London.
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Ann Murray,
Yes, My Darling Daughter, Alfred de Liagre Jr and Gilbert Miller
3rd June – 24th July 1937,
St James’s Theatre, London.
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Shakespeare Birthday Festival, Old Vic Company
23rd April 1937,
The Old Vic, London.
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My Son’s My Son
1936 – 1937,
Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
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Shakespeare Birthday Festival, Old Vic Company
23rd April 1935,
The Old Vic, London.