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1940s

  • The Tempest (1940) as Ariel with John Gielgud as Prospero and Alec Guinness as Ferdinand at The Old Vic, London

  • Monsieur Lamberthier (1947) as Maurice with Lucie Mannheim in English and German on tour in Germany (British Zone)

  • Rosmersholm (1948) as Johannes Rosmer with his wife Lucie Mannheim as Rebecca West at the Arts Theatre, London. He also directed this production

  • Too True To Be Good (1948) as Aubrey 'Popsy' Bagot with Lucie Mannheim as Susan 'Sweety' Simkins at the Arts Theatre, London. He also directed this production

  • The Cherry Orchard (1948) as Peter Trofimov at the Arts Theatre, London

  • Marriage (1948) as Ivan Kuzmich Podkolyosin with Lucie Mannheim at the Arts Theatre, London

  • The Bear (1948) as Grigory Stepanovitch Smirnov with Lucie Mannheim at the Arts Theatre, London

  • The Third Man/Jealousy/Monsieur Lamberthier (1948-49) as Maurice with Lucie Mannheim at the Arts Theatre, London, Oldham Repertory Theatre Club, Manchester and on tour in Germany (British Zone)

  • Daphne Laureola (1949) as Ernest Piaste with Lucie Mannheim as Lady Pitts on tour in Germany (British Zone)

1950s

  • The Madwoman of Chaillot (1951) as The Rag Picker with Martita Hunt at the St James's Theatre, London

  • Richard III (1953) as Richard III at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford

  • Antony and Cleopatra (1953) as Octavius Caesar with Michael Redgrave as Antony and Peggy Ashcroft as Cleopatra at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, the Princes Theatre, London

  • The Taming of the Shrew (1953) as Petruchio with Yvonne Mitchell as Katherina at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford

  • King Lear (1953) as The Fool with Michael Redgrave as Lear at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford

  • Antony and Cleopatra (1954) as Octavius Caesar with Michael Redgrave as Antony and Peggy Ashcroft as Cleopatra at Royal Theatre, The Hague & Royal Theatre Carré, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg, Antwerp & Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France

  • Scenes from Shakespeare (1957) leading a company to France at the Théâtre National Populaire, Paris and Annecy, Lyons, Lille, Amiens and Douai

  • Scenes from Shakespeare (1957) leading a company to Helsinki, Finland including Rachel Gurney, Yvonne Furneaux, Jennifer Wilson, John Laurie and Roger Gage

  • Scenes from Shakespeare and Classical English Theatre (1958) leading a company to India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) including Rachel Gurney, Yvonne Furneaux, Jennifer Wilson, John Laurie and Roger Gage