Barbara Couper

Past productions

• House of Cards 3^rd – 26^th October 1963, Phoenix Theatre, London.
• House of Cards 26^th January – February 1963, Players Theatre, Villiers Street, London.
• Mrs Farrant, Level Crossing, Windsor Theatre Company 2^nd – 14^th April 1962, Theatre Royal, Windsor.
• Mrs Hurstpierpoint, Valmouth 2^nd October 1958 – 25^th April 1959, Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London and Saville Theatre, London.
• Miss Addy, Janus 15^th April – 13^th July 1957, Aldwych Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
• Clare Beresford, Doctor Jo 31^st October 1955 – 17^th March 1956, Golders Green Hippodrome and Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Katherine Parr (Replacement), The Young Elizabeth 2^nd April 1952 – 20^th June 1953, Criterion Theatre, London and New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Helen Allistair, Women of Twilight, Anthony Hawtrey and Jack Hylton 15^th October 1951 – 10^th May 1952, Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London, and other locations.
• The Blue Bird 20^th December 1950 – 3^rd March 1951, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
• The Dark Corridor 1949 – 1950, People’s Theatre, London.
• Unnamed parts, Toad of Toad Hall, Royal Shakespeare Company 23^rd December 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Undine Fane, My Wives and I 31^st July – 16^th August 1947, Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London).
• Adelyn Chalcot, Message for Margaret, Sherek Players Ltd 28^th August 1946 – 26^th April 1947, Westminster Theatre, London, Duchess Theatre, London, and other locations.
• Eleanor Dawson, Frieda, Sherek Players Ltd 18^th February – 24^th August 1946, Westminster Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
• Mrs Lake, The Wind of Heaven 19^th February – 1^st December 1945, Bristol Hippodrome, King’s Theatre, Glasgow, and other locations.
• Mrs Brown (Replacement), Claudia 17^th September 1942 – 15^th January 1944, St Martin’s Theatre, London.
• Mildred Brent, Dr Brent’s Household started 27^th May 1940, Richmond Theatre, London.
• Lady Isabel Welwyn, The Ascent of F6, Group Theatre 27^th June – 8^th July 1939, The Old Vic, London.
• Out Goes She 1938 – 1939, Richmond Theatre, London.
• Gertrude, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company 6^th July 1936 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Beatrice, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company 23^rd April 1936 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Goneril, King Lear, Stratford Memorial Theatre Company 20^th April 1936 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Olivia, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company 17^th April 1936 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Lady Capulet, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company 16^th April 1936 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Portia, Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company 14^th April 1936 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Katharina, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company 13^th April 1936 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Judith Montague, Distinguished Gathering 26^th November 1935 – 14^th March 1936, St Martin’s Theatre, London and Cambridge Theatre, London.
• Hamlet 1935 – 1936, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.