Sybil Thorndike

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, Tennent Productions Ltd 29^th August 1949 – 29^th July 1950, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
• 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.
• Mrs Dundass, Lottie Dundass 21^st July – 20^th November 1943, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London and Cambridge 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.
• She Stoops to Conquer 1942 – 1943, Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).
• Georgina Jeffreys, The House of Jeffreys, Alex B Nichols and Jeffreys Production Ltd 17^th August 1942 – 20^th March 1943, Playhouse Theatre, London, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, and other locations.
• 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.
• Shakespeare Birthday Festival, Old Vic Company 23^rd April 1935, Old Vic, London.
• Mrs Venables' Daughter - Mrs Millward (Evie), The Distaff Side 25^th September 1934 – February 1935, Booth Theatre, New York.
• Lady Bucktrout, Short Story 1935 – 9^th January 1936, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol and Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, 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, 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.
• Hamlet 1933 – 1934, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.

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