John Laurie

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Past productions

• Earl of Gloucester, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company 11^th February (press night) – 6^th June 1964, Tour.
• Arthur Cameron, Lizard on the Rock, Peter Bridge for Bridge Productions Ltd started 6^th March 1962, Opera House, Manchester, Phoenix Theatre, London, and other locations.
• Performer, Savonarola Brown 6^th November 1960, Royal Festival Hall, London.
• Performer, Scenes from Shakespeare and Classical English Theatre 25^th January – 22^nd March 1958, Tour – India and Tour – Sri Lanka.
• Performer, Scenes from Shakespeare September 1957, Helsinki, Finland.
• Demokos, Tiger at the Gates, Robert L Joseph and Stephen Mitchell 25^th April – 3^rd September 1955, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London, Opera House, Manchester, and other locations.
• Peterbono, Thieves’ Carnival, London Arts Theatre Committee Ltd 2^nd – 26^th January 1952, Arts Theatre, London.
• Reader, The Recital of Poetry and Music, The Apollo Society 3^rd June – 22^nd September 1951, Wigmore Hall, London, The Senate House Cambridge, and other locations.
• Macadam, Macadam And Eve 12^th March – 28^th April 1951, Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Reader, A Recital of Poetry and Music, Cambridge Arts Theatre Trust 9^th August 1950 – 7^th August 1954, The Senate House Cambridge, Cambridge Arts Theatre, and other locations.
• Henry V 1944 – 1945, Film Version.
• Captain Shotover (Replacement), Heartbreak House 19^th March – 9^th October 1943, Cambridge Theatre, London.
• Hatlock, The Peaceful Inn 28^th May – 22^nd June 1940, Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
• Sicinius Velutus, Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company 9^th May 1939 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Malvolio, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company 13^th April 1939 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Othello, Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company 11^th April 1939 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Richard III, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company 6^th April 1939 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Jaques, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company 4^th April 1939 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• McKay, Surprise Item 25^th February – 19^th March 1938, Ambassadors Theatre, London.
• Gaster, Bees on the Boat Deck, Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson 5^th May – 6^th June 1936, Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London.
• Rosmersholm started March 1936, Criterion Theatre, London.
• Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1935 – 1936, The Old Vic, London.
• Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night, Sydney W Carroll started 18^th June 1935, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London.
• The Rivals 18^th January – 17^th February 1934, Ambassadors Theatre, London.
• The Country Wife 1933 – 1934, Ambassadors Theatre, London.
• Sir Thomas Seymour, The Tudor Wench 1933 – 1934, Alhambra Theatre, London.
• Hamlet 1933 – 1934, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
• Macbeth, Macbeth, Old Vic Company 21^st November – 10^th December 1932, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, The Old Vic Theatre, London, and other locations.
• Brothers of Napoleon - Prince Lucien / Colonel Neil Campbell, Napoleon The Hundred Days 18^th April – 14^th May 1932, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Pelling, And So To Bed 26^th November 1931 – 30^th January 1932, Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
• Twelfth Night 1931 – 1932, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London.
• Twelfth Night 1931 – 1932, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Lord Hastings (Lord Chamberlain), Richard III started October 1930, Prince of Wales Theatre, London.
• Lord hastings, Richard III, Balliol Holloway Productions 1^st September – 18^th October 1930, New Theatre and Prince of Wales Theatre, London.
• Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1929 – 1930, The Old Vic, London.
• Twelfth Night 1928 – 1929, The Old Vic, London.
• Mary Magdalene 1928 – 1929, The Old Vic, London.
• Henry V 1928 – 1929, Cambridge Arts Theatre.
• Macbeth 1928 – 1929, The Old Vic, London.
• The Vikings 1928 – 1929, The Old Vic, London.
• Adam’s Opera 1928 – 1929, The Old Vic, London.
• As You Like It 1928 – 1929, The Old Vic, London.
• Caste 1928 – 1929, The Old Vic, London.
• Hamlet 1928 – 1929, The Old Vic, London.
• Henry VIII 1928 – 1929, The Old Vic, London.
• Love’s Labour’s Lost 1928 – 1929, The Old Vic, London.
• The Merry Wives of Windsor 1928 – 1929, The Old Vic, London.
• Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1928 – 1929, The Old Vic, London.
• James, Paul Among the Jews, Incorporated Stage Society 8^th – 9^th July 1928, Prince of Wales Theatre, London.
• Henry V 1927 – 1928, Lyric Theatre, London.

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