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Autobiography, "A Hundred Different Lives". Boston: Little, Brown, 1979.

Autobiography, "When I was young". Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976.

He played "Prospero" in a noted stage production of "The Tempest", with Roddy McDowall as "Ariel".

John Brown's Body (1953). Written by Stephen Vincent Benet. Book adapted by Charles Laughton. Music by Walter Schumann. Directed by Charles Laughton. New Century Theatre: 14 Feb 1953- 11 Apr 1953 (65 performances). Cast: Judith Anderson, Raymond Massey, Tyrone Power, Joe Baker (as "Choral Group"), Betty Benson (as "Choral Group/Soloist"), Roy D. Berk (as "Choral Group"), Paul Bloom (as "Choral Group"), Keith Carver (as "Choral Group"), Stephen Considine (as "Choral Group/Soloist"), Jack B. Dailey (as "Choral Group"), Barbara Ford (as "Choral Group"), Gillian Grey (as "Choral Group"), Homer W. Hall (as "Choral Group"), Lester D. Helsdon (as "Choral Group"), William Longmire (as "Choral Group"), Donna McDaniel (as "Choral Group/Dancer"), John McMahon (as "Choral Group"), Roger Miller (as "Choral Group"), Smith Russell Jr. (as "Choral Group"), Alexander Serbaroli (as "Choral Group/Dancer"), Lynda Stevens (as "Choral Group"), Robert Vaughn (as "Choral Group"), Gordon B. Wood (as "Choral Group"). Replacement actors: Don Burke (as "Choral Group"), Keith Carver (as "Dancer"), Bob Jensen (as "Choral Group"), Roger Miller (as "Soloist"), Jack Vander-Laan (as "Choral Group"). Produced by Paul Gregory. Note: Columbia Records released a complete recording of the show.

J.B (1958). Drama. Written by Archibald Macleish. Production Designed by Boris Aronson. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Directed by Elia Kazan. ANTA Playhouse: 11 Dec 1958- 24 Oct 1959 (364 performances). Cast: Raymond Massey (as "Mr. Zuss"), Christopher Plummer (as "Nickels"), Nan Martin (as "Sarah"), Lane Bradbury, Bert Conway, Ivor Francis, Pat Hingle (as "J.B."), Arnold Merritt, Judith Lowry, James Olson (as "First Roustabout"), Laura Pierpont, Ford Rainey (as "Prompter"). Replacement actors: Nancy Cushman (as "Mrs. Botticelli"), James Daly (as "J.B."), Clifton James (as "Second Roustabout"), Pamela King (as "Jolly"), Elaine Martin (as "Mary"), James Olson (as "First Roustabout"), Ford Rainey (as "J.B."), Basil Rathbone (as "Mr. Zuss"), Ronnie Walken (as "David"). Produced by Alfred De Liagre Jr. Associate Producer: Joseph I. Levine. Note: Won 1959 Tony Award for Best Play and 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Archibald Macleish).

Played "Hamlet" in a production of William Shakespeare's play, on Broadway, in 1931.

Appeared in a TV commercial supporting Barry Goldwater's campaign for U.S. President in 1964.

Candida (1942). Comedy (revival). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Shubert Theatre: 27 Apr 1942- 31 May 1942 (27 performances). Cast: Stanley Bell, Katharine Cornell (as "Candida"), Dudley Digges (as "Mr. Burgess"), Raymond Massey (as "The Reverend James Mavor Morell"), Burgess Meredith (as "Eugene Marchbanks"), Mildred Natwick (as "Miss Proserpine Garnett"). Produced by American Theatre Wing War Service. Note: This was the 9th Broadway production (8th revival) since its original 1903 staging.

Performer, "Gettysburg Address", by Samuel Taylor, CBS-TV, 12 February 1946.

(1931) He directed Ronald Jeans' play, "Lean Harvest", at the St. Martin's Theatre in London, England with Leslie Banks, Diana Wynyard, Nigel Bruce, Isobel Wilford, Wilfred Babbage, J.H. Roberts and Evelyn Moore in the cast.

(1937) He directed the play, "Heart's Content", at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, England with Diana Wynyard, Louis Borel, Mary Jerrold, Eileen Peel, Kathryn Hamill, Cyril Raymond, O.B. Clarence, Arthur Macrae and Anthony Bushell in the cast.

(1952) He adapted Bruce Hamilton's novel, "Hanging Judge", at the New Theatre in London, England with Godfrey Tearle and John Le Mesurier in the cast. Michael Powell was the director.

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938). Drama. Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Elmer Rice. Plymouth Theatre: 15 Oct 1938- Dec 1939 (closing date unknown/472 performances). Cast: Raymond Massey (as "Abraham Lincoln"), Ora Alexander, Dorothy Allan, Frank Andrews, Lloyd Barry (as "Tad Lincoln"), Bette Benfield, Hubert Brown, Everett Charlton (as "Bab/Cavalry Captain/Militia Captain"), George Christie, David Clarke, May Collins, Glenn Coulter, Howard Da Silva (as "Jack Armstrong"), Dearon Darnay, Robert Fitzsimmons, Lillian Foster (as "Nancy Green"), John Gerard, Dorothy Greeley, Arthur Griffin, David Hewes, Alfred Jenkins, Walter Kapp, Muriel Kirkland, Harry Levian, Adele Longmire (as "Ann Rutledge"), George Malcolm, Lewis Martin, Kevin McCarthy (as "Jasp/Phil"), Lex Parrish (as "Willie Lincoln"), John Payne (as "Robert Lincoln"), Albert Phillips, Wendell K. Phillips, McKinley Reeves, Elizabeth Reller, Marion Rooney, Herbert Rudley, Bert Schorr, Allen Shaw, Howard Sherman, Lotte Stawisky, Anne Stevenson, Calvin Thomas (as "Joshua Speed"), Thomas F. Tracey (as "Sturveson"), John Triggs, Frank Tweddell (as "Crimmin"), Iris Whitney, Dolores Williams, Joseph Wiseman (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Harrison Woodhull. Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).

Ethan Frome (1936). Written by Owen Davis and Donald Davis. Based on the novel by Edith Wharton. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. National Theatre: 21 Jan 1936- 5 May 1936 (120 performances). Cast: Ruth Gordon (as "Mattie Silver"), Pauline Lord (as "Zenobia Frome"), Raymond Massey (as "Ethan Frome"), Oliver Barbour, Catherine Carey, Virginia Chew, Tom Ewell (as "Dennis Eady"), Marie Falls, Virginia Frank, Beatrice Graham, W. Dana Hardwick, Charles Henderson, Eddie James, Pam Lawrence, Evelyn Monte, Ella Morrice, William Morris, George Parkes, Francis Pierlot (as "Jotham"), Arthur Rosen, Almira Sessions, Tom Tempest, Sylvia Ward, Jessie Wilson, John Winthrop. Produced by Max Gordon.

(1925) He acted in George Bernard Shaw's play, "Saint Joan", at the New Theatre in London, England with Sybil Thorndike, Milton Rosmer, Ernest Thesiger, Jack Hawkins (played "Dunois' page"), Lewis Casson and O.B. Clarence in the cast. Charles Ricketts was the designer.

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