Sybil Thorndike

“Theatrical Confessions”
Which is your favourite Theatre ? The ‘Old Vic’.
Which is your favourite play ? ‘Macbeth’.
What is your earliest recollection ? I was two. It was my brother’s christening in Rochester cathedral. He was yelling, and I had on a new pelisse which felt lovely.
Which is your favourite sport ? Swimming.
Which is your favourite hobby ? The Piano.
Which are your favourite cigarettes ? Love them all.

From January 1922 Programme ‘The Bat’ St. James’s Theatre.

Past productions

Appearance, Tribute to The Lady started 6^th May 1974, Old Vic, London.
Lilian Baylis Centenary Festival 1973 – 1974, Old Vic, London.
Night Must Fall 1967 – 1968, Bristol Hippodrome.
Abby Brewster, Arsenic and Old Lace, Peter Saunders 7^th February – 12^th November 1966, Vaudeville Theatre, London, Cambridge Arts Theatre, and other locations.
Miss Crawley, Vanity Fair 26^th November 1962 – January 1963, Queen’s Theatre, London.
Marina Timofeyevna, Uncle Vanya started 16^th July 1962, Chichester Festival Theatre.
Sacrifice 1960 – 1961, Old Vic, London.
Lotta Bainbridge, Waiting in the Wings started 7^th September 1960, Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1959 – 1960, Old Vic, London.
Dame Sophia Carrell, Eighty In The Shade 8^th January – 13^th June 1959, Globe Theatre 1909 – 1994 (Shaftesbury Ave.), London.
Under Milk Wood 1953 – 1954, Old Vic, London.
Laura Anson, A Day by the Sea 26^th November 1953 – 1954, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
Mrs Whyte, Waters of the Moon 26^th March 1951 – 2^nd May 1953, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
Aunt Anna Rose, Treasure Hunt started 14^th September 1949, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
Mrs Jackson, The Return of the Prodigal 24^th November 1948 – 22^nd January 1949, Globe Theatre 1909 – 1994 (Shaftesbury Ave.), London.
Isabel Linden, The Linden Tree 15^th August 1947 – 21^st August 1948, Duchess Theatre, London.
Uncle Vanya 1945 – 1946, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Justice's Lady, The Critic 18^th October 1945 – 1946, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Henry IV, Part 1 1945 – 1946, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Catherine Petkoff, Arms and the Man 5^th September 1944 – 1946, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Jocasta, Oedipus Rex 18^th October 1945 – 1946, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Mistress Quickly, Henry IV, Part 2, Old Vic Company 1945 – 1946, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Mistress Quickly, Henry IV, Part 1, Old Vic Company started 26^th September 1945, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Margaret of Anjou, Richard III 13^th September 1944 – 1945, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Aase, Peer Gynt 31^st August 1944 – 1945, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Marina, Uncle Vanya 16^th January – ? 1945, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Arms and the Man 1944 – 1945, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Lottie Dundass 1942 – 1943, Vaudeville Theatre, London.
The Queen Bee 1942 – 1943, Theatre Royal, Bristol.
She Stoops to Conquer 1942 – 1943, Theatre Royal, Bristol.
The House of Jeffreys 1942 – 1943, The Playhouse Theatre, London.
Jacob 2^nd – 13^th June 1942, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Medea 1941 – 1942, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
King John 1940 – 1941, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1939 – 1940, Old Vic, London.
Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1938 – 1939, Old Vic, London.
The Corn is Green 1938 – 1939, Duchess Theatre, London.
Volumnia, Coriolanus 1937 – 1938, Old Vic, London.
Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1937 – 1938, Old Vic, London.
My Son’s My Son 1936 – 1937, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
Short Story 1935 – 1936, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
Mrs Millward (Evie), The Distaff Side 25^th September 1934 – February 1935, Booth Theatre, New York.
Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1934 – 1935, Old Vic, London.
Katharina (the Shrew, Baptista's eldest daughter), The Taming of the Shrew, The Old Vic Theatre Company started 1935, Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London.
Victoria Van Brett, Double Door, by Elizabeth McFadden, Moss Empires/Howard and Wyndham Tours Ltd. started 5^th February 1934, Globe Theatre 1909 – 1994 (Shaftesbury Ave.), London and King’s Theatre, Glasgow.
Hamlet 1933 – 1934, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
Mrs Millward (Evie), The Distaff Side 5^th September – 2^nd December 1933, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1932 – 1933, Old Vic, London.
Citizen's Wife, The Knight of the Burning Pestle 1931 – 1932, Old Vic, London.
Saint Joan 1931 – 1932, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.

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