Athene Seyler
Past productions
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Martha 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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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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Mother of second Constantia,
The Chances
started 3rd July 1962,
Chichester Festival Theatre, Main Theatre.
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Mrs Caution,
The Gentleman Dancing Master, Pembroke Theatre Croydon
17th – 29th April 1961,
Pembroke Theatre, Croydon.
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The Dowager,
The Edwardians, John Counsell Ltd, Linnit and Dunfee Ltd, STP (Theatres) Ltd, and Windsor Repertory Company
14th September – 21st November 1959,
Theatre Royal, Windsor and Saville Theatre, London.
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Dame Beatrice Appleby,
Breath of Spring, Allan Davis Ltd and Michael Codron
4th – 9th May 1959,
Theatre Royal, Bath.
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Dame Beatrice Appleby,
Breath of Spring, Allan Davis Ltd and Michael Codron
3rd March 1958 – 30th May 1959,
Cambridge Theatre, London, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, and other locations.
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The Duchess of Whitadder,
The Iron Duchess, E P Clift for Minster Productions in conjunction with Anna Deere Wiman
25th February – 25th May 1957,
Theatre Royal, Brighton, Cambridge Theatre, London, and other locations.
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Mrs Malaprop,
The Rivals
? – February 1956,
Saville Theatre, London and Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
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Miss Holroyd,
Bell, Book and Candle, H M Tennent Ltd
13th September 1954 – 21st January 1956,
Phoenix Theatre, London, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, and other locations.
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Romeo and Juliet
1952 – 1953,
The Old Vic, London.
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Mrs Higgins,
Pygmalion
1953 – 24th April 1954,
Bristol Hippodrome, St James’s Theatre, London, and other locations.
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Amy Beringer,
First Person Singular
20th February – 1st March 1952,
Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
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Caroline,
Who is Sylvia?, H M Tennent Ltd
9th October 1950 – 13th October 1951,
Criterion Theatre, London, Cambridge Arts Theatre, and other locations.
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Veta Louise Simmons,
Harvey, George and Alfred Black, H M Tennent Ltd, and Val Parnell
13th December 1948 – 1st July 1950,
Prince of Wales Theatre, London, Piccadilly Theatre, London, and other locations.
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Duchess of Berwick,
Lady Windermere’s Fan, Tennent Plays Ltd
3rd March – 19th July 1947,
Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
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Duchess of Berwick,
Lady Windermere’s Fan, CEMA and Tennent Plays Ltd
18th June 1945 – February 1947,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, New Theatre, Oxford, and other locations.
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Lady Frinton,
The Last of Mrs Cheyney
15th June 1944 – 3rd February 1945,
Savoy Theatre, London.
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Fanny Farrelly,
Watch on the Rhine
22nd April 1942 – 4th December 1943,
Aldwych Theatre, London.
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The Cherry Orchard
24th – 28th February 1942,
Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
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The Cherry Orchard
started 28th August 1941,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Miss Moffat (temporary replacement),
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 Candour,
The School for Scandal
25th November 1937 – 1938,
Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
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Elspeth Alderney (cousin to Lady March),
People of Our Class
1937 – 1938,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Prosperine Garnett,
Candida
10th February – 8th May 1937,
Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
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The Soldier’s Fortune
1st October – 2nd November 1935,
Ambassadors Theatre, London.
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Amy Wigmore,
Family Affairs
22nd August 1934 – 22nd June 1935,
Ambassadors Theatre, London, Phoenix Theatre, London, and other locations.
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Mrs Belben,
The Winning Post
started 17th December 1934,
Adelphi Theatre, London.
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First Witch / Gentlewoman,
Macbeth, Old Vic Company
3rd – 28th April 1934,
The Old Vic Theatre, London.
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Shakespeare Birthday Festival, Old Vic Company
23rd April 1934,
The Old Vic, London.
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Mrs Frail,
Love for Love, Old Vic Company
6th – 31st March 1934,
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
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Love for Love
March 1934,
The Old Vic, London.
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The Importance of Being Earnest, Old Vic Company
1933 – 1934,
The Old Vic, London.
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Mistress Overdone,
Measure for Measure, Old Vic Company
4th – 23rd December 1933,
The Old Vic, London.
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Old Lady,
Henry VIII, Old Vic Company
7th November – 2nd December 1933,
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
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Madame Lyubov Andreievna Ranevskaya,
The Cherry Orchard, Old Vic Company
9th October 1933 – 6th January 1934,
The Old Vic, London and Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
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Maria,
Twelfth Night, Old Vic Company
18th September – 7th October 1933,
The Old Vic, London.
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Mabel Tritton,
As It Was In The Beginning
12th – 14th June 1932,
Arts Theatre, London.
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Othello
1931 – 1932,
St James’s Theatre, London.
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?T/O Miss Prism?,
The Importance of Being Earnest
7th July 1930 – 1931,
Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London.
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Marriage a la Mode
1930 – 1931,
Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London.
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Clara Perry,
The Last Enemy
started 19th December 1929,
Fortune Theatre, London.
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The Czarina,
Red Sunday
27th – 30th June 1929,
Arts Theatre, London.
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Mme de Stael,
Napoleon’s Josephine
24th September – 1st December 1928,
Fortune Theatre, London.
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Claudia Kitts,
March Hares
12th December 1927 – 17th March 1928,
Ambassadors Theatre, London and Criterion Theatre, London.
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The Transit of Venus
26th April – 25th June 1927,
Ambassadors Theatre, London.
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Betty Taradine,
Billeted, Dennis Eadie
started 31st May 1926,
Royalty Theatre, Dean Street, London.
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Nelly Fell,
The Torchbearers
20th April – 30th May 1925,
Ambassadors Theatre, London.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1924 – 1925,
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
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Mrs Bucket,
Isabel, Edward and Anne, Frederick Harrison
31st March – 16th June 1923,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.