George Merritt

Past productions

• Sir Daniel Ridgeley, His House in Order started 6^th July 1951, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• The Dark Lady of the Sonnets - Beefeater / The Man of Destiny - Giuseppe, The Man of Destiny ? – 28^th April 1951, Bristol Hippodrome and St Martin’s Theatre, London.
• James Ballard, Party Manners, Anthony Hawtrey, Peter Dearing, and Peterbridge Plays Ltd 23^rd October – 16^th December 1950, Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London (now Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 1963 – Present Day), King’s Theatre, Southsea, and other locations.
• Inspector Rough, Gaslight, Linnit and Dunfee Ltd 29^th June – 12^th August 1950, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London.
• James Ballard, Party Manners, Anthony Hawtrey and Envoy Productions Ltd 17^th January – 18^th February 1950, Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London and Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
• Inspector Rough, Gaslight, Linnit and Dunfee Ltd 17^th October – 17^th December 1949, King’s Theatre, Southsea, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
• Mr Burgess, Candida, ‘Q’ Theatre Company 10^th – 15^th August 1948, ‘Q’ Theatre, London.
• Thomas Foley, The Crime of Margaret Foley, Jack De Leon 2^nd – 7^th May 1944, ‘Q’ Theatre, London.
• Boss Mangan, Heartbreak House 19^th March – 9^th October 1943, Cambridge Theatre, London.
• Divisional Inspector Davidson, I Killed the Count, J P Mitchelhill 10^th December 1937 – 21^st May 1938, Whitehall Theatre, London (now Trafalgar Theatre, London) and Duchess Theatre, London.
• Mr Tanner, Black Limelight, Daniel Mayer Company and Jack De Leon 12^th April 1937 – 21^st May 1938, St James’s Theatre, London, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, and other locations.
• Henry IV, Part 2 1934 – 1935, The Old Vic, London.
• Detective Inspector Pember, Ten Minute Alibi 8^th February 1933 – 1935, Phoenix Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
• Meierheim, Grand Hotel 3^rd September 1931 – 9^th January 1932, Adelphi Theatre, London.
• Leopold Schwartz, Magda 12^th – 24^th May 1930, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Dr Friedrich Eberlin, Das Blaue vom Himmel, Cosmopolitan Theatre 16^th February – 9^th March 1930, Arts Theatre, London.
• Frank Illidge, This Way To Paradise 30^th January – 1^st March 1930, Daly’s Theatre, (London).
• Chief Inspector Dawford, The Man at Six 23^rd December 1929 – 11^th January 1930, Duchess Theatre, London.
• Rasputin, Red Sunday 27^th – 30^th June 1929, Arts Theatre, London.
• Oscar Beresford, Happy Families 2^nd – 14^th April 1928, ‘Q’ Theatre, London.
• Alfred Doolittle, Pygmalion 19^th January – 9^th February 1927, Kingsway Theatre, London.
• The Town Crier, Doctor Knock 27^th April – 29^th May 1926, Royalty Theatre, Dean Street, London.
• Valdes; Duke of Vanholt, Doctor Faustus, The Phoenix started 25^th October 1925, New Oxford Theatre, London.
• Werle, The Wild Duck 1925, St James’s Theatre, London.
• Romeo and Juliet 27^th May – 9^th June 1922, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• The New Morality 13^th – 26^th May 1922, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• Twelfth Night 22^nd April – 5^th May 1922, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• The Rivals 4^th March – 21^st April 1922, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• The Rivals 15^th – 21^st April 1922, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• A Woman Killed With Kindness 1^st – 14^th April 1922, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• The New Morality 18^th – 31^st March 1922, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• Ghosts 20^th February – 3^rd March 1922, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• Candida 23^rd January – 11^th February 1922, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• Diff’rent 1921 – 1922, Everyman Theatre, London.
• The Scarlet Pimpernel 1919 – 1920, Grand Theatre, Southampton.
• The Scarlet Pimpernel 1919 – 1920, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
• Much Ado About Nothing 1919 – 1920, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.