Peggy Ashcroft
Past productions
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Henry VI
1963 – 1964,
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
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Margaret,
Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company
20th August 1963 (press night),
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Queen Margaret,
Edward IV, Royal Shakespeare Company
17th July 1963 (press night),
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Margaret,
Henry VI, Royal Shakespeare Company
17th July 1963 (press night),
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Reader,
The Hollow Crown, Royal Shakespeare Company
1st (press night) – 23rd June 1962,
Tour.
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The Cherry Orchard
1961 – 1962,
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
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Madame Ranevsky,
The Cherry Orchard, Royal Shakespeare Company
5th December 1961 (press night),
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Emilia,
Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company
10th October 1961 (press night),
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Reader,
The Hollow Crown, Royal Shakespeare Company
19th March 1961 (press night),
Aldwych Theatre, London.
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The Duchess of Malfi
1960 – 1961,
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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The Taming of the Shrew
1960 – 1961,
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
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Duchess of Malfi,
The Duchess of Malfi, Royal Shakespeare Company
15th December 1960 (press night),
Aldwych Theatre, London.
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Duchess of Malfi,
The Duchess of Malfi, Royal Shakespeare Company
30th November (press night) – 7th December 1960,
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Paulina,
The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company
30th August 1960 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Katharina,
The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company
21st June 1960 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Rebecca West,
Rosmersholm, English Stage Company
2nd November 1959 – 19th March 1960,
Royal Court Theatre, London, Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre, London), and other locations.
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Julia Rajk,
Shadow of Heroes
started 7th October 1958,
Piccadilly Theatre, London.
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Cymbeline
1957 – 1958,
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Imogen,
Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Company
2nd July 1957 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Rosalind,
As You Like It, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company
2nd April 1957 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Cymbeline
1956 – 1957,
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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As You Like It, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company
1956 – 1957,
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
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Miss Madrigal (1st Applicant),
The Chalk Garden, Tennent Productions Ltd
21st March 1956 – 9th November 1957,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
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Cordelia,
King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company
6th June (press night) – 17th December 1955,
Tour.
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Beatrice,
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
6th June (press night) – 17th December 1955,
Tour.
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Cleopatra,
Antony and Cleopatra
4th November 1953 – 17th January 1954,
Tour and Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London (now Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 1963 – Present Day).
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Cleopatra,
Antony and Cleopatra
28th April – 31st October 1953,
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Portia,
The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company
17th March 1953 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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The Merchant of Venice
1952 – 1953,
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Hester Collyer,
The Deep Blue Sea
6th March 1952 – 1953,
Duchess Theatre, London.
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Twelfth Night
1950 – 1951,
The Old Vic, London.
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
1950 – 1951,
The Old Vic, London.
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Electra
1950 – 1951,
The Old Vic, London.
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Cordelia,
King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company
18th July 1950 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Beatrice,
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
6th June 1950 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Evelyn Holt,
Edward, My Son
30th September 1948 – 14th May 1949,
Martin Beck Theatre (now Al Hirschfeld Theater), New York.
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Catherine Sloper,
The Heiress, Tennent Productions Ltd
24th January 1949 – 19th August 1950,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
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Evelyn Holt,
Edward, My Son, Gilbert Miller and Henry Sherek
21st April 1947 – 23rd April 1949,
His Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London (now His Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London), Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London, and other locations.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1944 – 1945,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
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The Duchess of Malfi
1944 – 1945,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
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Ophelia (Replacement),
Hamlet
started 25th July 1944,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, and other locations.
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Hamlet
1943 – 1944,
Bristol Hippodrome.
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Catherine Lisle,
The Dark River
19th October – 27th November 1943,
Whitehall Theatre, London (now Trafalgar Theatre, London).
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Cecily Cardew,
The Importance of Being Earnest
started 14th October 1942,
Phoenix Theatre, London.
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Dinah Sylvester, Sir Hubert's Daughter,
Cousin Muriel
7th March – 11th May 1940,
Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
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The Importance of Being Earnest
1939 – 1940,
Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
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Cecily Cardew,
The Importance of Being Earnest
started 31st January 1939,
Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
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Shakespeare Birthday Festival
1938 – 1939,
The Old Vic, London.
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Lady Teazle,
The School for Scandal
25th November 1937 – 1938,
Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
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Irina,
Three Sisters
28th January – ? 1938,
Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).