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 6^th May 1974, Old Vic, London.
Lilian Baylis Centenary Festival 1973 – 1974, Old Vic, London.
Mrs Bramson, Night Must Fall, Martin Tickner (for Firmont Plays Ltd) 29^th April – 29^th June 1968, Bristol Hippodrome, New Theatre, Oxford, and other locations.
Abby Brewster, Arsenic and Old Lace, Peter Saunders 7^th February – 12^th November 1966, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London, Cambridge Arts Theatre, and other locations.
Mrs Doris Tate, Return Ticket started 1965, New Theatre, Oxford and Duchess Theatre, London.
Molly (Dowager Countess of Lister), The Reluctant Peer, Peter Saunders 6^th January 1964 – 6^th March 1965, Duchess Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
Lady Beatrice Cuffe, Queen B., Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd and Windsor Theatre Company 18^th September – 16^th November 1963, Theatre Royal, Windsor, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, and other locations.
Miss Crawley, Vanity Fair 26^th November 1962 – 19^th January 1963, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim 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 (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, 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.
Isabel Brocken, The Foolish Gentlewoman 24^th January – 30^th July 1949, Duchess Theatre, London and Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff.
Mrs Jackson, The Return of the Prodigal 24^th November 1948 – 22^nd January 1949, Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, 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.
Lady Beatrice Cuffe, Queen Bee, CEMA and Old Vic Company 25^th May – 19^th June 1943, Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company) and Liverpool Playhouse.
The House of Jeffreys 15^th December 1942 – 20^th March 1943, The Playhouse Theatre, London.
Lottie Dundass 1942 – 1943, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London.
She Stoops to Conquer 1942 – 1943, Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).
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.
Miss Moffat, The Corn is Green, Stephen Mitchell 15^th August 1938 – 15^th June 1940, Duchess Theatre, London, Opera House, Manchester, and other locations.
Mrs Conway, Time and the Conways 3^rd – 29^th January 1938, Ritz Theatre, New York (now Walter Kerr Theatre, New York).
Volumnia, Coriolanus 1937 – 1938, Old Vic, London.
Shakespeare Birthday Festival, Old Vic Company 23^rd April 1937, Old Vic, London.
My Son’s My Son 1936 – 1937, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
Short Story 1935 – 1936, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
Shakespeare Birthday Festival, Old Vic Company 23^rd April 1935, Old Vic, London.
Mrs Millward (Evie), The Distaff Side 25^th September 1934 – February 1935, Booth Theatre, New York.
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, Howard and Wyndham Tours Ltd and Moss Empires 5^th February – 9^th June 1934, Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London), King’s Theatre, Glasgow, and other locations.

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