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Book: "On Actors and Acting." Scarecrow Press, 1998.

Active on Broadway in the following productions:

The Closing Door (1949). Melodrama. Written by Alexander Knox. Directed by Lee Strasberg. Empire Theatre: 1 Dec 1949- 17 Dec 1949 (22 performances). Cast: Ronald Alexander (as "Basil Johnson"), Lonny Chapman (as "Guard"), Eva Condon (as "Grandma"), Richard Derr Doctor Ed Harriman"), Jack Dimond (as "David Trahern"), Randolph Echols (as "Don"), Alexander Knox (as "Vail Trahern"), Doris Nolan (as "Norma Trahern") [final Broadway role], Alan Norman (as "Hector Trahern"), John Shellie (as "Ollie Stevenson"), Jo Van Fleet (as "Connie"). Produced by Cheryl Crawford.

The Three Sisters (1942). Drama (revival).

Jason (1942).

Jupiter Laughs (1940). Drama.

Romeo and Juliet (1940). Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Production Design by Laurence Olivier. Scenic Design by Motley. Costume Design by Motley. Lighting Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Incidental music by Alexander Steinert and Laurence Olivier. Directed by Laurence Olivier. 51st Street Theatre: 9 May 1940- 8 Jun 1940 (36 performances). Cast: Virginia Burchfield, Mary Kane, Patricia Knight, Vivien Leigh (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), Nancie B. Marsland (as "A Cook"), Laurence Olivier (as "Romeo, son of Montague), Charles Prescott, Howard Stark, Wesley Addy (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), William Barrows, Ralph Brooke, Walter Brooke, Hazel Brown, Robert Busch, Oliver Cliff, Frank Downing, H. Robert Edwards, Brant Gorman, Wilton Graff, Ralph Grayson, Earle Grey, Halliwell Hobbes (as "Capulet"), Barbara Horder, Ted Huish, Raymond Johnson, Alexander Knox (as "Friar Laurence, a Franciscan) [Broadway debut], Charles Martin, Jack Merivale, Nan Merriman, Edmond O'Brien (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo), Tileston Perry, Joan Shepard, Clara Speer, Morton Stevens (as "Watchman/Old Capulet/Friar John, a Franciscan"), John Straub, Joseph Tomes, Katherine Warren, Ben Webster, Dame May Whitty (as "Nurse to Juliet"), Cornel Wilde (as "Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet"). Produced by Laurence Olivier.

(April 1937) He acted in Eugene O'Neill's play, "Anna Christie," at the Westminster Theatre in London, England with Flora Robson, Mark Dignam, Marie Ault, Philip King, and Niall MacGinnis in the cast. Michael MacOwan was director.

(1938) He acted in James Bridie's play, "Babes in the Wood," at the Embassy Theatre in London, England with Angela Baddeley, Louise Hampton, Ellen Pollock, and Richard Caldicott in the cast. Dennis Arundell was director.

(1938) He acted in George Bernard Shaw's play, "Geneva," at the Saville Theatre in London, England with Ernest Thesiger, Cecil Trouncer, Walter Hudd, and Alison Legatt in the cast.

(1937-1938) He acted in James Bridie's play, "The King of Nowhere," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Laurence Olivier, Stephen Murray, Vivienne Bennett, Marda Vanne, and Sylvia Coleridge in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(1937-1938) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Othello," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Anthony Quayle, Martita Hunt, Andrew Cruickshank, and Stephen Murray in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(April 25, 1938) He acted at the Shakespeare Birthday Festival at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Michael Redgrave, Donald Wolfit, Jessica Tandy, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Russell Thorndike, Baliol Holloway, Cecil Trouncer, Harcourt Williams, Vivienne Bennett, Wilfred Walter, Marie Ney, Alec Clunes, Andrew Cruickshank, Frank Napier, George Hayes, Leo Genn, Malcolm Keen, Margaretta Scott, Marius Goring, Stephen Murray, William Devlin, and Tyrone Guthrie in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(1952-1953) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Henry VIII," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Paul Rogers and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(1952-1953) He acted in the Old Vic Theatre season at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Peter Finch, Claire Bloom, Alan Badel, Paul Rogers, Irene Worth, Robert Donat, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Laurence Payne, Robin Bailey, William Devlin, Jack May, Edgar Wreford, Richard Pasco, Daphne Heard, Phyllida Law, Andree Melly, Alan Dobie, James Maxwell, Douglas Rain, and Eric Thompson in the cast. Hugh Hunt was director.

(July 1953) He acted in the Old Vic Company production of William Shakespeare's play, "Henry VIII," at the Opera House Theatre in Manchester, England with Paul Rogers, Alexander Knox, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Robert Eddison, Eric Thompson, Patrick Wymark, David Waller, Alan Dobie, Margaret Courtenay, and Phyllida Law in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(May 6, 1953) He acted in a Royal Command Performance of William Shakespeare's play, "Henry VIII," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Paul Rogers and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was in attendance.

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