Viola Lyel
Past productions
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Widow,
The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company
10th April 1944 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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The Taming of the Shrew
1943 – 1944,
Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).
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Macbeth
1943 – 1944,
Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).
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Hamlet
1943 – 1944,
Theatre Royal, Bristol (pre formation of Bristol Old Vic Company).
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Miss Preen,
The Man who Came to Dinner, Firth Shephard
4th December 1941 – 6th November 1943,
Savoy Theatre, London, Grand Theatre & Opera House, Leeds, and other locations.
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Emily Creed,
Ladies in Retirement
1st August – 15th November 1941,
St Martin’s Theatre, London.
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Anna Portal,
The Blue Goose
23rd January – 15th March 1941,
Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre, London).
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Julia Browne,
After the Dance
12th June – 12th August 1939,
St James’s Theatre, London and New Theatre, Oxford.
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Judith (Lot's elder Daughter),
Lot’s Wife
10th June 1938 – July 1939,
Aldwych Theatre, London, ‘Q’ Theatre, London, and other locations.
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Valeria,
Coriolanus
1937 – 1938,
The Old Vic, London.
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Marianne Bell-Mason (Replacement),
Sarah Simple
4th May – 13th November 1937,
Garrick Theatre, London.
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Shakespeare Birthday Festival, Old Vic Company
23rd April 1937,
The Old Vic, London.
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Dolly Kelvin,
Duet in Floodlight
4th – 8th June 1935,
Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
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Wellington
1932 – 1933,
Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
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Ivy Mortimore,
Jane’s Legacy
16th December 1930 – 14th March 1931,
Duchess Theatre, London.
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Clare Pembroke,
Nine Till Six
27th September – October 1930,
Ritz Theatre, New York (now Walter Kerr Theatre, New York).
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Nancy Sibley,
Milestones
28th January – 12th April 1930,
Criterion Theatre, London.
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Fashion; or, Life in New York
1928 – 1929,
Gate Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, London.
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Yellow Sands
1928 – 1929,
Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
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Petronell Sweetland,
The Farmer’s Wife, Birmingham Repertory Company
26th – 31st July 1926,
Pavilion Theatre, Torquay.
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Extra,
Hamlet, Birmingham Repertory Company
started 13th May 1926,
Royal Court Theatre, London.
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Emma Major,
Yellow Sands
started 1926,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
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Bert’s Girl
30th November – 12th December 1925,
Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
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Jane’s Legacy
24th October – 7th November 1925,
Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
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The Philanderer
26th September – 9th October 1925,
Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
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Bert’s Girl
12th – 25th September 1925,
Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
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Measure for Measure
1918 – 1919,
The Old Vic, London.
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The Taming of the Shrew
1918 – 1919,
The Old Vic, London.
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The Winter’s Tale
1918 – 1919,
The Old Vic, London.
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Everyman
1918 – 1919,
The Old Vic, London.
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Hamlet
1918 – 1919,
The Old Vic, London.
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Shakespeare Birthday Festival
1918 – 1919,
The Old Vic, London.
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Love’s Labour’s Lost
1918 – 1919,
The Old Vic, London.
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The Coventry Nativity Play
1918 – 1919,
The Old Vic, London.
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Richard III
1917 – 1918,
The Old Vic, London.
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King Lear
1917 – 1918,
The Old Vic, London.
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Cymbeline
1917 – 1918,
The Old Vic, London.
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Everyman
1917 – 1918,
The Old Vic, London.
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Shakespeare Birthday Festival
1917 – 1918,
The Old Vic, London.
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Henry VIII
1917 – 1918,
The Old Vic, London.
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Romeo and Juliet
1917 – 1918,
The Old Vic, London.