Viola Lyel
Past productions
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Grouse Moor Image
1967 – 1968,
Bristol Hippodrome.
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Aunt March,
Little Women, Bloomsbury Plays Ltd
started 19th December 1967,
Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre, London.
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Miss Phipps,
Horizontal Hold, H M Tennent Ltd and John Counsell Ltd
20th March – 17th June 1967,
Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre, London), Theatre Royal, Windsor, and other locations.
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Bise,
The Fighting Cock, Chichester Festival Theatre Productions
7th June 1966 – 28th January 1967,
Chichester Festival Theatre, Main Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
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The Clandestine Marriage, Chichester Festival Theatre Company
1966,
Chichester Festival Theatre, Main Theatre.
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Lady Cleghorn,
The Reluctant Peer, Geoffrey Hastings and Windsor Theatre Company
29th March – 7th August 1965,
New Theatre, Oxford, King’s Theatre, Glasgow, and other locations.
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Lady Cleghorn,
The Reluctant Peer, Peter Saunders
6th January 1964 – 6th March 1965,
Duchess Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
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Mrs Whitefield,
Man and Superman, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company
25th June – 13th July 1963,
Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street).
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Alice Fisher,
Billy Liar, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company
14th May – 1st June 1963,
Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street).
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Mrs Gow,
The Bride Comes Back
17th October 1960 – February 1961,
Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London, King’s Theatre, Southsea, and other locations.
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Old Ropeen,
The Hostage
7th – 25th June 1960,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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The Edwardians
17th – 28th May 1960,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Romeo and Juliet
1959 – 1960,
Bristol Old Vic – Tour.
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The First Gentleman
1959 – 1960,
Southern Television Ltd.
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The Comedy of Errors
1959 – 1960,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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She Stoops to Conquer
1959 – 1960,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Edie Hornett,
Watch It, Sailor!, Toby Rowland Ltd in association with Pertpic Ltd and Cedric B Levitt
21st September – 17th October 1959,
Streatham Hill Theatre, London, Golders Green Hippodrome, and other locations.
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Lady Blore,
Wolf’s Clothing, E P Clift and Anna Deere Wiman
started 16th February 1959,
Theatre Royal, Brighton, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, and other locations.
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Blodwen Morgan-Jones,
The Bride and the Bachelor, Geoffrey Hastings
20th October – 13th December 1958,
Theatre Royal, Hanley, Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff, and other locations.
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Blodwen Morgan-Jones,
The Bride and the Bachelor, Peter Saunders
12th November 1956 – 9th August 1958,
Duchess Theatre, London, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, and other locations.
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Mrs Byng,
Simple Spymen, Windsor Repertory Company
28th May – 2nd June 1956,
Theatre Royal, Windsor.
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Miss Holroyd,
Bell, Book and Candle, H M Tennent Ltd
30th January – 14th April 1956,
Bristol Hippodrome, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, and other locations.
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Volpone
1955 – 1956,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Uncle Vanya
1955 – 1956,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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The Matchmaker
1955 – 1956,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Bachelor Borne
1956,
Bristol Hippodrome.
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Eugenie,
Ondine, Bristol Old Vic Trust Ltd
started 18th October 1955,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Mrs Loughton-Moore,
The Mulberry Bush, Bristol Old Vic Company
started 27th September 1955,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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The Manor of Northstead
1954 – 1955,
Theatre Royal, Bath.
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Lady Cleghorn (Caroline),
The Manor of Northstead
15th March 1954 – 22nd January 1955,
Duchess Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Nottingham.
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Widow Capilet,
All’s Well That Ends Well
1953 – 1954,
The Old Vic, London.
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Queen Elinor,
King John
1953 – 1954,
The Old Vic, London.
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Aunt Louise,
Figure of Fun
1st October 1951 – 19th April 1952,
Aldwych Theatre, London and Opera House, Manchester.
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Thelma Cressington,
Count Your Blessings, Andrew Melville and Stanley French
12th February – 26th May 1951,
Wyndham’s Theatre, London, Westminster Theatre, London, and other locations.
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Miss Irma Thackeray,
The Lady Purrs, Anthony Hawtrey and Envoy Productions Ltd
15th March – 1st April 1950,
Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
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Miss Gossage,
The Happiest Days of Your Life
29th March 1948 – 10th September 1949,
Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
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Mathilde Heiss (replacement),
The Shop at Sly Corner, Jack De Leon
11th April 1945 – 3rd May 1947,
St Martin’s Theatre, London.
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Nurse,
Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company
7th June 1945 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Queen Katherine,
Henry VIII, Royal Shakespeare Company
17th May 1945 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Mrs Hardcastle,
She Stoops to Conquer, Royal Shakespeare Company
3rd May 1945 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Octavia,
Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd April 1945 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Emilia,
Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company
3rd April 1945 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Mistress Page,
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company
2nd April 1945 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Hamlet
1944 – 1945,
Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1944 – 1945,
Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
1944 – 1945,
Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).
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Lady Would-Be,
Volpone, Royal Shakespeare Company
5th June 1944 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Helena,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company
8th May 1944 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Gertrude,
Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company
24th April 1944 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Witch 2,
Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company
11th April 1944 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.