Viola Lyel

Past productions

• Grouse Moor Image 1967 – 1968, Bristol Hippodrome.
• Aunt March, Little Women, Bloomsbury Plays Ltd started 19^th December 1967, Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre, London.
• Miss Phipps, Horizontal Hold, H M Tennent Ltd and John Counsell Ltd 20^th March – 17^th June 1967, Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre, London), Theatre Royal, Windsor, and other locations.
• Bise, The Fighting Cock, Chichester Festival Theatre Productions 7^th June 1966 – 28^th January 1967, Chichester Festival Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
• The Clandestine Marriage, Chichester Festival Theatre Company 1966, Chichester Festival Theatre.
• Lady Cleghorn, The Reluctant Peer, Geoffrey Hastings and Windsor Theatre Company 29^th March – 7^th August 1965, New Theatre, Oxford, King’s Theatre, Glasgow, and other locations.
• Lady Cleghorn, The Reluctant Peer, Peter Saunders 6^th January 1964 – 6^th March 1965, Duchess Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
• Mrs Whitefield, Man and Superman, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 25^th June – 13^th July 1963, Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street).
• Alice Fisher, Billy Liar, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 14^th May – 1^st June 1963, Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street).
• Mrs Gow, The Bride Comes Back 17^th October 1960 – February 1961, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London, King’s Theatre, Southsea, and other locations.
• The Edwardians 17^th – 28^th May 1960, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• Romeo and Juliet 1959 – 1960, Bristol Old Vic – Tour.
• The First Gentleman 1959 – 1960, Southern Television Ltd.
• The Comedy of Errors 1959 – 1960, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• The Hostage 1959 – 1960, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• She Stoops to Conquer 1959 – 1960, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• Edie Hornett, Watch It, Sailor!, Toby Rowland Ltd in association with Pertpic Ltd and Cedric B Levitt 21^st September – 17^th October 1959, Streatham Hill Theatre, Golders Green Hippodrome, and other locations.
• Lady Blore, Wolf’s Clothing, E P Clift and Anna Deere Wiman started 16^th February 1959, Brighton Theatre Royal, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, and other locations.
• Blodwen Morgan-Jones, The Bride and the Bachelor, Geoffrey Hastings 20^th October – 13^th December 1958, Theatre Royal, Hanley, Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff, and other locations.
• Blodwen Morgan-Jones, The Bride and the Bachelor, Peter Saunders 12^th November 1956 – 9^th August 1958, Duchess Theatre, London, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, and other locations.
• Mrs Byng, Simple Spymen, Windsor Repertory Company 28^th May – 2^nd June 1956, Theatre Royal, Windsor.
• Miss Holroyd, Bell, Book and Candle, H M Tennent Ltd 30^th January – 14^th April 1956, Bristol Hippodrome, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, and other locations.
• Volpone 1955 – 1956, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• Uncle Vanya 1955 – 1956, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• The Matchmaker 1955 – 1956, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• Bachelor Borne 1956, Bristol Hippodrome.
• Eugenie, Ondine, Bristol Old Vic Trust Ltd started 18^th October 1955, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• Mrs Loughton-Moore, The Mulberry Bush, Bristol Old Vic Company started 27^th September 1955, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• The Manor of Northstead 1954 – 1955, Theatre Royal, Bath.
• Lady Cleghorn (Caroline), The Manor of Northstead 15^th March 1954 – 22^nd January 1955, Duchess Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Nottingham.
• Widow Capilet, All’s Well That Ends Well 1953 – 1954, Old Vic, London.
• Queen Elinor, King John 1953 – 1954, Old Vic, London.
• Aunt Louise, Figure of Fun 1^st October 1951 – 19^th April 1952, Aldwych Theatre, London and Opera House, Manchester.
• Thelma Cressington, Count Your Blessings 7^th March – 26^th May 1951, Wyndham’s Theatre, London and Westminster Theatre, London.
• Miss Gossage, The Happiest Days of Your Life 29^th March 1948 – 10^th September 1949, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
• Nurse, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company 7^th June 1945 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Queen Katherine, Henry VIII, Royal Shakespeare Company 17^th May 1945 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Mrs Hardcastle, She Stoops to Conquer, Royal Shakespeare Company 3^rd May 1945 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Octavia, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company 23^rd April 1945 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Emilia, Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company 3^rd April 1945 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Mistress Page, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company 2^nd April 1945 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Hamlet 1944 – 1945, Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1944 – 1945, Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).
• The Merry Wives of Windsor 1944 – 1945, Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).
• Lady Would-Be, Volpone, Royal Shakespeare Company 5^th June 1944 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company 8^th May 1944 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Gertrude, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company 24^th April 1944 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Witch 2, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company 11^th April 1944 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Widow, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company 10^th April 1944 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• The Taming of the Shrew 1943 – 1944, Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).

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