Rachel Kempson

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Past productions

• Volumnia, Coriolanus 1989, Young Vic, London.
• Maria Vasilyevna, Uncle Vanya 12^th May – 12^th November 1988, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London.
• Margaret, The Captain's childhood nurse, The Father, Farnham Repertory Company 16^th March 1998 – 2^nd April 1988, Redgrave Theatre, Farnham.
• Her Infinite Variety 1987 – 1988, Old Vic, London.
• Julia Shuttlethwaite, The Cocktail Party, Eddie Kulukundis, New Theatre Company Ltd, and Riggs O’Hara 15^th July – 20^th September 1986, Phoenix Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Bath.
• The Cocktail Party 1985 – 1986, Theatre Royal, Bath.
• Chekhov’s Women 1985 – 1986, Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London.
• Tribute to Sir Michael Redgrave 1985 – 1986, Old Vic, London.
• Bron, The Old Country started 7^th September 1977, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
• Blanche Gaveston, A Family and a Fortune 10^th April – October 1975, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
• A Family and a Fortune 1974 – 1975, Theatre Royal, Bath.
• Nancy, The Freeway 27^th September 1974 – 1975, Old Vic, London.
• Lady Childress, Gomes 15^th – 24^th November 1973, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
• Older Lady, A Sense of Detachment, English Stage Company 4^th December 1972 – 1973, Royal Court Theatre, London.
• The Charge of the Light Brigade 1967 – 1968, Film Version.
• Romeo and Juliet 1958 – 1959, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
• Pericles 1958 – 1959, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
• Lady Capulet, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company 12^th December 1958 (press night) – 5^th January 1959, Tour.
• Ursula, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company 26^th August 1958 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Dionyza, Pericles, Royal Shakespeare Company 8^th July 1958 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Lady Capulet, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company 8^th April 1958 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Cora Fellowes, The Mulberry Bush, English Stage Company 2^nd April – 8^th May 1956, Royal Court Theatre, London.
• Janet Marchborough, The Hawthorn Tree, ‘Q’ Theatre Company 29^th November – 4^th December 1955, ‘Q’ Theatre, London.
• Joan, Saint Joan 6^th – 11^th April 1954, ‘Q’ Theatre, London.
• Octavia, Antony and Cleopatra 4^th November 1953 – 17^th January 1954, Tour and Princes Theatre, London (now Shaftesbury Theatre (1963 – Present Day)).
• Regan, King Lear 14^th July – 31^st October 1953, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Octavia, Antony and Cleopatra 28^th April – 31^st October 1953, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Queen Elizabeth, Richard III 24^th March – 31^st October 1953, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Katie, Top of the Ladder, Laurence Olivier Productions 11^th October – 30^th December 1950, St James’s Theatre, London.
• Hilda Taylor-Snell, Venus Observed 18^th January – 5^th August 1950, St James’s Theatre, London.
• Violet Jackson, The Return of the Prodigal 24^th November 1948 – 22^nd January 1949, Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
• The Winslow Boy, ‘Q’ Theatre Company 6^th – 11^th January 1948, ‘Q’ Theatre, London.
• Lucy Forrest, Uncle Harry 29^th March – 8^th July 1944, Garrick Theatre, London.
• Jane, wife of Ralph, The Shoemaker’s Holiday 4^th November – 10^th December 1938, Playhouse Theatre, London.
• Maria, The School for Scandal 25^th November 1937 – 1938, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
• Love’s Labour’s Lost, Old Vic Company 1936 – 1937, Old Vic, London.
• Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1936 – 1937, Old Vic, London.
• Rose Burke, Painted Sparrows, Liverpool Repertory Company started 20^th May 1936, Liverpool Playhouse.
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1934 – 1935, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Titania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company 5^th June 1934 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Princess of France, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company 23^rd April 1934 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company 21^st April 1934 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Hero, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company 18^th April 1934 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Olivia, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company 17^th April 1934 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Ariel, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company 16^th April 1934 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Blanca, The Lady from Alfaqueque, Anmer Hall 8^th November – 16^th December 1933, Westminster Theatre, London.
• Ophelia, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th July 1933 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th June 1933 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Virgilia, Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company 24^th April 1933 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Lady, Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company 21^st April 1933 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Phebe, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company 19^th April 1933 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Witch 1, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company 18^th April 1933 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Hero, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company 17^th April 1933 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.