Harold French

Past productions

• Director, A Present from Harry, Helen Arnold and Stephen Mitchell 11^th May – 6^th June 1970, Grand Theatre & Opera House, Leeds, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, and other locations.
• Director, A Public Mischief, Martin Landau for Marlan Productions started 19^th April 1965, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Director, Trap for a Lonely Man, Harry Saltzman and Robin Fox 25^th February – 11^th May 1963, Savoy Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
• Director, Out of Bounds, Henry Sherek and Michael Redgrave Productions Ltd 15^th October 1962 – 8^th June 1963, Wyndham’s Theatre, London, New Theatre, Oxford, and other locations.
• Director, The Bride Comes Back 17^th October 1960 – February 1961, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London, King’s Theatre, Southsea, and other locations.
• Director, The More the Merrier 15^th August – 8^th October 1960, Golders Green Hippodrome, Coventry Theatre (now Coventry Apollo), and other locations.
• Director, When in Rome, Jack Hylton 2^nd December 1959 – 17^th September 1960, Adelphi Theatre, London and New Theatre, Oxford.
• Director, The More the Merrier started 21^st September 1959, Grand Theatre & Opera House, Leeds, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, and other locations.
• Director, Gilt and Gingerbread, John Clements Plays Ltd 23^rd March – 25^th July 1959, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, Golders Green Hippodrome, and other locations.
• Director, Gilt and Gingerbread, John Clements Plays Ltd 10^th November – 20^th December 1958, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (now The Alexandra), Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, and other locations.
• Director, The Waltz of the Toreadors, Carl Clopet Productions and Harold French Ltd 27^th January – 15^th May 1958, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff, and other locations.
• Director, Odd Man In, Henry Sherek 3^rd June 1957 – 22^nd March 1958, St Martin’s Theatre, London, Opera House, Manchester, and other locations.
• Director, Tabitha, John Wildberg and Harold French, by arrangement with Theatre Managers Ltd. 8^th March – 14^th April 1956, Duchess Theatre, London.
• Director, Tabitha 26^th September – 8^th October 1955, Theatre Royal, Brighton and New Theatre, Oxford.
• Director, Fortune Came Smiling 15^th – 17^th March 1951, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London.
• Director, The Dancing Years 1950 – 1951, Film Version.
• Director, The Philadelphia Story 1^st December 1949 – 11^th February 1950, Duchess Theatre, London.
• Director, Another Love Story 6^th November 1944 – 12^th May 1945, Phoenix Theatre, London, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, and other locations.
• Producer, No Time for Comedy 27^th March 1941 – 24^th January 1942, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
• Director, Ladies into Action 23^rd March – 4^th May 1940, Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London, King’s Theatre, Southsea, and other locations.
• Director, Believe It or Not 23^rd – 27^th January 1940, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Producer, Second Helping, CWL Ltd 31^st October 1939 – 16^th March 1940, Golders Green Hippodrome, Garrick Theatre, Southport, and other locations.
• Director, Sugar Plum, H M Tennent Ltd 20^th February – 6^th May 1939, Criterion Theatre, London, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, and other locations.
• Director, Plan for a Hostess 10^th March – 30^th July 1938, St Martin’s Theatre, London.
• Director, French Without Tears, Bronson Albery, Gilbert Miller, and Howard Wyndham 23^rd August 1937 – January 1938, Opera House, Manchester, King’s Theatre, Glasgow, and other locations.
• Director, French Without Tears, Bronson Albery and Howard Wyndham 6^th November 1936 – 6^th May 1939, Criterion Theatre, London, Piccadilly Theatre, London, and other locations.
• Producer, Youth at the Helm, Daniel Mayer Company started 20^th May 1935, Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
• Warogate II, Prize Giving at Woodside House School , Green Room Club 17^th February 1929, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
• Stephen Audley, Isabel, Edward and Anne, Frederick Harrison 31^st March – 16^th June 1923, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
• Wilbur Jennings, Good Gracious, Annabelle! 29^th January – 27^th February 1923, Duke of York’s Theatre, London and Playhouse, Cardiff.
• Charity That Began At Home 9^th – 15^th June 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• Partnership 2^nd – 8^th June 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• The Farmer’s Wife 26^th May – 1^st June 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• You Never Can Tell 19^th – 25^th May 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• The Two Gentlemen of Verona 28^th April – 4^th May 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• Twelfth Night 23^rd – 27^th April 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• The Merry Wives of Windsor 7^th – 13^th April 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• Fantasticks 24^th – 31^st March 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• Hour Glass 24^th – 31^st March 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• While Rome Burns 10^th – 23^rd March 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• The Tragedy of Nan 24^th February – 2^nd March 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• Thompson 17^th – 23^rd February 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• The Critic 20^th January – 9^th February 1917, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• Where the Rainbow Ends 1913 – 1914, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
• The Taming of the Shrew 1912 – 1913, Prince of Wales Theatre, London.