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Coral Browne on Stage
PRODUCTION
THEATRE
DATE
CHARACTER
AUSTRALIA
You Never Can Tell
Garrick, Melbourne
3 September 1930
Gloria
The Roof
Comedy, Melbourne
24 March 1931
Nell
Comedy, Mebourne
2-22 May 1931
Margaret Orme
The Calendar
Comedy, Mebourne
23 May - 4 June 1931
Wendy Panniford
The Calendar
Theatre Royal, Sydney
13 June - 10 July 1931
Wendy Panniford
My Lady's Dress
Theatre Royal, Sydney
11-24 July 1931
Lize
A Warm Corner
Her Majesty's, Sydney
25 July - 7 Aug 1931
Mimi
A Warm Corner
Royal Adelaide
15-21 Aug 1931
Mimi
Hay Fever
Theatre Royal, Adelaide
22-26 Aug 1931
Myra Arundel
A Warm Corner
Comedy, Mebourne
29 Aug - 11 Sept
Mimi
My Lady's Dress
Comedy, Melbourne
12-25 Sept 1931
Lize
Cape Forlorn
Comedy, Melbourne
26 Sept - 7 Oct 1931
Eileen Kell
Let Us Be Gay
Criterion, Sydney
5-19 Dec 1931
Madge
Let Us Be Gay
His Majesty's, Brisbane
27 Feb - 4 Mar 1932
Madge
The First Mrs Fraser
His Majesty's, Brisbane
5-12 March 1932
Murdo Fraser
Take Two From One
Comedy, Melbourne
7-11 Dec 1932
Diana
Topaze
Comedy, Melbourne
24 Dec - 1 Jan 1933
Suzy
Autumn Crocus
Criterion, Sydney
10-17 Jan 1933
Jenny Gray
The Command to Love
Criterion, Sydney
4-11 Feb 1933
Manuela
The Command to Love
Royal
25 Mar - 8 Apr 1933
Manuela
The Quaker Girl
Royal
22 July - 13 Sept
Diane
The Apple Cart
Garrick, Melbourne
9-13 Oct 1933
Orinthia
Children in Uniform
Garrick, Melbourne
14 Oct - 10 Nov 1933
Fräulein von Bernberg
Hedda Gabler
Garrick, Melbourne
2-6 December 1933
Hedda
Dear Brutus
Garrick, Melbourne
26 Dec - 19 Jan 1933
Mrs Dearth
Musical Chairs
Garrick, Melbourne
20 Jan - 3 Feb 1933
Irene Baumer
Out of the Sea
Garrick, Melbourne
14-18 April 1933
Isobel
Children in Uniform
Palace, Melbourne
28 Apr - 4 May 1933
Fräulein von Bernberg
ENGLAND
Lovers Leap (tour)
Southsea, Eastbourne, Nottingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh
8 Aug - 20 Oct 1934
Helen Storer (understudy to Nora Swinburne and Ursula Jeans)
Lovers Leap
Vaudeville
8 Aug - 20 Oct 1934
Helen Storer (understudy)
Mated
Arts
17-24 Feb 1935
Concordia
Arts Theatre Club
7 Apr 1935
Lady Amerdine
This Desirable Residence
Embassy
1935
Mary Penshott
The Golden Gander
Embassy Swiss Cottage
6-18 Jan 1936
Victoria
The Happy Medium
Savoy
3 May 1936 (one performance)
Freda Westerham
Heroes Don't Care
tour and St Martin's Bexhill
30 May 1936
Connie Crawford
Heroes Don't Care
Oxford, London
10 June - 17 Oct 1936
Connie Crawford
Death Asks a Verdict
Royalty
13 Dec 1936 (one performance)
Lydia Latimer
The Taming of the Shrew
New
23 Mar - 1 May 1937
The Widow (and understudy to Edith Evans)
The Great Romancer
Strand 9 May then New 15-26 June 1937
May-June 1937
Ida Ferrier
Prince's
31 July - 27 Nov 1937
Jacqueline
Emperor of the World
Strand
19 March 1939
Poppaea
New
March 1940
Madeleine
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Theatre Royal Birmingham
17 November 1941
Maggie Cutler
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Manchester Opera House
Maggie Cutler
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Savoy Theatre
4 Dec 1941 - 14 Aug 1942 (709 performances)
Maggie Cutler
My Sister Eileen
Savoy Theatre
22 Sept 1943 - 29 Apr 1944
Ruth Sherwood
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Grand, Blackpool, then Savoy
15 June 1944 - 3 Feb 1945
Mrs Cheyney
Theatre Royal Brighton, Grand Theatre Blackpool, then Savoy
21 Nov 1946 - 29 Mar 1947
Lady Frederick Berolles
Grand Theatre Blackpool, then Garrick
18 Nov 1947 - 14 Feb 1948
Emma Melton
Jonathan
Aldwych
29 July - 7 Aug 1948
Bathsheba
Grand Theatre, Leeds, then Adelphi
7 Dec 1949 - 27 May 1950
'Boss' Trent
Castle in the Air
Savoy
29 May - 19 Aug 1950
'Boss' Trent
Othello
Old Vic tour
31 October 1951
Emilia
King Lear
Old Vic tour
3 March 1952
Regan
Affairs of State
Theatre Royal Brighton
28 July 1952
Constance Russell
Cambridge Theatre
21 August 1952
Constance Russell
Affairs of State
Hippodrome, Bristol
1953-1954
Constance Russell
Simon And Laura
Strand
25 Nov 1954 - 12 Feb 1955
Laura Foster
Simon And Laura
Apollo
14 Feb 1955 - 28 May 1955
Laura Foster
Nina
Theatre Royal Haymarket
27 July 1955 - 3 Sept 1955
Nina Tessier
Old Vic
22 May 1956 -
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Hippodrome, Bristol
- 1956
Lady Macbeth
Hamlet
Old Vic
18 Sept 1957
Gertrude
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Old Vic
23 Dec 1957 - 15 Feb 1958
Helena
King Lear
Old Vic
19 Feb 1958
Goneril
The Pleasure of His Company
Theatre Royal Haymarket
23 April 1959
Katherine Dougherty
Toys In The Attic
Piccadilly Theatre
10 November 1960
Albertine Prine
The Comedy Theatre
1960
Marie Paule
Bonne Soupe
New Theatre, Oxford
26 September 1961
Marie Paule
Wyndham's Theatre
13 February 1962
Marie Paule
The Right Honourable Gentleman
Her Majesty's
28 May 1964
Mrs Rossiter
Phoenix Theatre
1966
Mrs Erlynne
Lady Windermere's Fan
Theatre Royal Brighton
23 August 1966
Mrs Erlynne
Queen's Theatre
1969
Mrs Prentice
My Darling Daisy
Lyric Theatre
1970
Lady Warwick
Mrs Warren's Profession
National Theatre
1970
Kitty Warren
My Darling Daisy
Lyric Theatre
22 June 1970
Lady Warwick
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Old Vic
1970-1971
Kitty Warren
The Sea
Royal Court
1973-1974
Louise Rafi
The Waltz of the Toreadors
Theatre Royal, Haymarket
1974
Madame St Pé
Ardele
Queen's Theatre
1975
The Countess
AMERICA
Winter Garden Theater New York
19 Jan - 4 Feb 1956
Zabina
Winter Garden Theater New York
29 Oct 1956 - 12 Jan 1957
Lady Macbeth
Winter Garden Theater New York
26 Dec 1956 - 12 Jan 1957
Helen
Royale Theater New York
23 Sept - 28 Dec 1963
The Countess
The Right Honourable Gentleman
Billy Rose Theater New York
19 Oct 1965 - 22 Jan 1966
Mrs Rossiter
Charley's Aunt
Cirque Dinner Theater, Seattle
12 August 1975
Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez
Charley's Aunt
Granny's Dinner Theater, Dallas
16 March 16 - 10 April 1976
Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez
National U.S. Tour
10 May - 26 June 1976
Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez
The Importance of Being Earnest
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles
27 Jan 1977
Lady Bracknell
Travesties
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles
27 Jan 1977
Nadya Lenin
All of this information was made available by Rose Collis, in her 2007 book Coral Browne: This Effing Lady, Oberon Books: many thanks.
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