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As Actor:

Year Title Author Venue Role Director
1923 La Poudre aux yeux Labiche and Martin Oxford University French Club Maître d'hôtel  
1924 Love's Labour's Lost William Shakespeare Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS) Dull  
1924 Buy Degrees Emlyn Williams et al. OUDS Yvette  
1926 Henry IV William Shakespeare OUDS Silence and Morton  
1926 Vigil Emlyn Williams Playhouse, Cambridge OUDS Issaiah John Fernald
1927 And So to Bed James Bernard Fagan Savoy Theatre, London Pelling's Prentice James B. Fagan
1927 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Playhouse, OUDS Sir Andrew Aguecheek  
1927 And So to Bed James Bernard Fagan Shubert Theatre, Broadway Pepys' boy James B. Fagan
1928 The Pocket-Money Husband John Gliddon Arts Theatre, London Reverend Yorke, Billy Saunders  
1928 Glamour Emlyn Williams Embassy Theatre and Court Theatre, London Jack Charles B. Williams
1929 Thérèse Raquin Emile Zola J. T. Grein's French Players, Wyndham's Theatre, London Camille  
1929 Mafro, Darling! Naomi Royde-Smith Queen's Theatre, London Beppo  
1929 The Mock Emperor Ernest Milton (adapted from Luigi Pirandello's Enrico IV) Queen's Theatre, London Berthold  
1929 The Silver Tassie Sean O'Casey Apollo Theatre, London The Trumpeter et al.  
1929 Tunnel Trench Hubert Griffith Duchess Theatre, London Captain Sandys  
1930 French Leave Reginald Berkeley Vaudeville Theatre, London Jules Marnier  
1930 Das Blaue vom Himmel (in German) Hans Chlumberg J. T. Grein's Cosmopolitan Theatre, Arts Theatre Felician Sonnholz  
1930 La Piccola (in Italian) Massimo Bontempelli J. T. Grein's Cosmopolitan Theatre, Arts Theatre Giovanni d'Amora  
1930 The Fire in the Opera House Georg Kaiser Everyman Theatre, Hampstead Usher  
1930 On the Spot Edgar Wallace Wyndham's Theatre Angelo  
1930 Faust, Part 2 (in German) Johann von Goethe J. T. Grein's Cosmopolitan Theatre, Arts Theatre Der Meerkater  
1930 The Mouthpiece Edgar Wallace Wyndham's Theatre Commissar Neufeld  
1930 Devant la Porte (in French) Henri Duvernois J. T. Grein's Cosmopolitan Theatre, Arts Theatre Adolphe  
1931 Etienne Jacques Deval, adapted by Gilbert Wakefield St. James Theatre, London Etienne  
1931 The Case of the Frightened Lady Edgar Wallace Wyndham's Theatre, London Lord Lebanon  
1931 Port Said Emlyn Williams Wyndham's Theatre, London Youssef el Tabah Emlyn Williams
1932 The Man I Killed Maurice Rostand, adapted by Reginald Berkeley Apollo Theatre, London Young Frenchman  
1932 Man Overboard Sutton Vane Garrick Theatre, London Jack   
1932 Criminal at Large (a.k.a. The Case of the Frightened Lady—American title) Edgar Wallace Belasco Theatre, 48th Street Theatre, New York Lord Lebanon Guthrie McClintic
1933 Wild Decembers Clemence Dane Apollo Theatre, London Patrick Branwell Brontë  
1934 Rose and Glove Hugh Ross Williamson Westminster Theatre, London Piers Gaveston  
1934 Josephine Hermann Bahr (adapted by Emlyn Williams) His Majesty's Theatre, London Eugene Beauharnais Eugene Robert
1935 Night Must Fall Emlyn Williams Duchess Theatre, London Dan Miles Malleson
1936 Night Must Fall Emlyn Williams Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York Dan Emlyn Williams
1937 He Was Born Gay Emlyn Williams Queen's Theatre Lambert John Gielgud and Emlyn Williams
1937 Ghosts Ibsen Old Vic Theatre Company, Buxton Opera House, Buxton, U.K. Oswald  
1937 Measure for Measure William Shakespeare Old Vic Theatre Company, London Angelo  
1937 Richard III William Shakespeare Old Vic Theatre Company, London Duke of Gloucester  
1938 The Corn Is Green Emlyn Williams Duchess Theatre Morgan Evans Emlyn Williams
1940 The Light of Heart Emlyn Williams Apollo Theatre Maddoc Thomas Emlyn Williams
1941 The Morning Star Emlyn Williams Globe Theatre Cliff Parrilow Emlyn Williams
1943 The Morning Star Emlyn Williams On tour: English provinces Cliff Parrilow  
1943 Night Must Fall Emlyn Williams On tour: English provinces Dan  
1943 Night Must Fall Emlyn Williams ENSA tour for Overseas Forces Dan  
1943 Pen Don Emlyn Williams Grand Theatre, Blackpool Bran (Lan) Emlyn Williams
1944 Night Must Fall Emlyn Williams ENSA tour for Overseas Forces in Middle East, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland Dan  
1944 Blithe Spirit Noël Coward ENSA tour for Overseas Forces in Middle East, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland Charles Condomine  
1944 Flare Path Terence Rattigan ENSA tour for Overseas Forces in Middle East, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland Peter Kyle  
1945 The Wind of Heaven Emlyn Williams St. James Theatre, London Ambrose Ellis Emlyn Williams
1946 The Winslow Boy Terence Rattigan Lyric Theatre, London Sir Robert Morton Anthony Asquith
1947 Trespass Emlyn Williams Globe Theatre, London Saviello Emlyn Williams
1949 Montserrat Emanuel Robles, adapted by Lillian Hellman Fulton Theatre, New York Izquierdo Lillian Hellman
1950 Accolade Emlyn Williams Aldwych Theatre, London Sir Will Trenting Glen Byam Shaw
1951 No Hurry, Ifor Davies (part of "Salute to Ivor Novello") Emlyn Williams Ivor Novello Memorial Performance, London Coliseum Old Davies  
1951 Charles Dickens (one-man show) Emlyn Williams/Charles Dickens Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, Criterion Theatre, and Duchess Theatre, London Charles Dickens  
1951 Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens Emlyn Williams/Charles Dickens On tour: U.S., Canada, Europe, South Africa Charles Dickens  
1952 Charles Dickens (one-man show) Emlyn Williams/Charles Dickens John Golden Theatre, New York Charles Dickens  
1952 Bleak House (one-man show) Charles Dickens Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland Charles Dickens  
1952-1953 Bleak House (one-man show) Charles Dickens Ambassador's Theatre, London; Bijou Theatre, New York Charles Dickens  
1953 Charles Dickens (Welsh translation) Charles Dickens National Eisteddfod of Wales Charles Dickens  
1953 Someone Waiting Emlyn Williams Globe Theatre, London Fenn Noel Willman
1955 A Boy Growing Up (one-man show) Dylan Thomas Globe Theatre, London Dylan Thomas  
1955 The Wild Duck Saville Theatre, Lond Hjalmar Ekdal  
1956 The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Royal Shakespeare Company, Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Shylock Margaret Webster
1956 Othello William Shakespeare Royal Shakespeare Company, Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Iago Glen Byam Shaw
1956 Measure for Measure William Shakespeare Royal Shakespeare Company, Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Angelo Anthony Quayle
1957 A Boy Growing Up (one-man show) Dylan Thomas Longacre Theatre, New York Dylan Thomas  
1958 A Boy Growing Up (one-man show) Dylan Thomas Globe Theatre, London Dylan Thomas  
1958 Shadow of Heroes Ardrey Piccadilly Theatre, London The Author  
1958 Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens Emlyn Williams/Charles Dickens On tour: Australia and New Zealand Charles Dickens  
1959 A Boy Growing Up (one-man show) Emlyn Williams/Dylan Thomas On tour: U.S. Dylan Thomas  
1961 Three:
"Lunch Hour"
"The Forum"
"A Slight Ache"

Mortimer
Simpson
Pinter
Arts Theatre, Criterion Theatre, London
Man
Mr. Chacterson
Edward
 
1961 Daughter of Silence Morris L. West Music Box Theatre, New York Ascolini Vincent J. Donehue
1962 A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt American National Theatre Academy (ANTA) Playhouse, New York Sir Thomas More Noel Willman
1964 The Deputy Rolf Hochhuth Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York Pope Pius XII Herman Shumlin
1965 Charles Dickens (one-man show) Emlyn Williams/Charles Dickens Globe Theatre, London Charles Dickens  
1965 Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens Emlyn Williams/Charles Dickens On tour: U.S., Canada, Far East Charles Dickens  
1965 A Month in the Country Turgenev (adapted by Emlyn Williams) Cambridge Theatre, London Ignatyillyich  
1969 Forty Years On Bennett Apollo Theatre, London Headmaster  
1970 Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens Emlyn Williams/Charles Dickens On tour: Australia, U.S.S.R., U.S. Charles Dickens  
1975 Charles Dickens (one-man show) Emlyn Williams/Charles Dickens Haymarket Theatre, London Charles Dickens  
1977 Saki (one-man show) Emlyn Williams/Saki Apollo Theatre, London Saki  
1978 Playboy of the Weekend World (Saki one-man show—American title) Emlyn Williams/Saki Playhouse Theatre, New York Saki  
1979 A Boy Growing Up (one-man show) Emlyn Williams/Dylan Thomas Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, U.K. Dylan Thomas  
1980 A Boy Growing Up (one-man show) Emlyn Williams/Dylan Thomas Ambassador's Theatre, London Dylan Thomas  
1981 Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens EmlynWilliams/Charles Dickens Century Theatre, New York Dylan Thomas  

As Director:

Year Title Author Venue
1930 A Murder Has Been Arranged Emlyn Williams Strand Theatre
1931 Port Said Emlyn Williams Wyndham's Theatre, London
1937 He Was Born Gay Emlyn Williams Queen's Theatre, London
1938 The Corn Is Green Emlyn Williams Duchess Theatre, London
1940 The Light of Heart Emlyn Williams Globe Theatre, London
1941 The Morning Star Emlyn Williams Globe Theatre, London
1942 Watch on the Rhine    
1942 The Little Foxes Lillian Hellman  
1943 Pen Don Emlyn Williams Grand Theatre, Blackpool
1944 The Druid's Rest Emlyn Williams St. Martin's Theatre, London
1945 The Wind of Heaven Emlyn Williams St. James's Theatre, London
1947 Trespass Emlyn Williams Globe Theatre, London
1958 Beth Emlyn Williams Apollo Theatre, London

 


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