Edith Evans – stage and film roles
Theatre
Sources: Who's Who in the Theatre, and Who's Who, except where noted in fourth column

Edith Evans – stage and film roles

Section Title: Theatre
Table Section Text: Sources: Who's Who in the Theatre, and Who's Who, except where noted in fourth column

Year	Play	Role	Venue London, unless otherwise stated

1912	Sakuntalá	Gautaumi	Cambridge University

1912	Troilus and Cressida	Cressida	King's Hall, Covent Garden

1913	Elizabeth Cooper	Martin	Haymarket

1914	Hamlet	Gertrude	Little Theatre

1914	The Ladies' Comedy	Isota	Little Theatre

1914	Acid Drops	Mrs Taylor	Royalty

1914	My Lady's Dress	Moeder Kaatje and Miss Sylvia	Royalty

1914	Milestones	Mrs Rhead	Royalty

1916	The Conference	Lady Frances Ponsonby	Court

1916	The Man Who Stayed at Home	Miss Myrtle	Royalty

1918	The Dead City	Nurse	Court

1918	The Merry Wives of Windsor (basket scene, in variety)	Mistress Ford	London Coliseum and on tour

1918	The Merchant of Venice (trial scene, in variety)	Nerissa	London Coliseum and on tour

1918	Manfred	Witch of the Alps and Destiny	Drury Lane

1919	The Player Queen	Nona	King's Hall, Covent Garden

1919	The Merchant of Venice	Nerissa	Court

1920	My Lady's Dress	Moeder Kaatje and Lady Appleby	Royalty

1920	Wedding Bells	Mrs Hunter	Playhouse

1920	Venice Preserv'd	Aquilina	Lyric, Hammersmith

1921	Daniel	Madame Girard	St James's

1921	Mother Eve	Mrs Chester	Ambassadors

1921	Polly With a Past	Mrs Van Zile	St James's

1921	The Witch of Edmonton	Anne Ratcliffe	Lyric, Hammersmith

1921	Out to Win	Mrs Barraclough	Shaftesbury

1921	Heartbreak House	Lady Utterword	Court

1922	The Wheel	Mrs Faraker	Apollo

1922	All for Love	Cleopatra	Shaftesbury

1922	I Serve	Kate Harding	Kingsway

1922	The Laughing Lady	Cynthia Dell	Globe

1922	Rumour	Ruby	Globe

1923	Taffy	Marged	Prince of Wales's

1923	Back to Methuselah	The Serpent, the Oracle, the She Ancient, the Ghost of the Serpent	Birmingham Repertory

1923	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Mistress Page	Lyric, Hammersmith

1924	The Way of the World	Millamant	Lyric, Hammersmith

1924	The Adding Machine	Daisy Devore	Strand

1924	Tiger Cats	Suzanne	Savoy

1924	Getting Married	Mrs George Collins	Everyman, Hampstead

1924	Back to Methuselah	The Serpent, the She Ancient	Court

1924	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Helena	Drury Lane

1925	The Painted Swan	Ann	Everyman, Hampstead

1925	The Merchant of Venice	Portia	Old Vic

1925	Richard III	Queen Margaret	Old Vic

1925	The Taming of the Shrew	Katherina	Old Vic

1925	Measure for Measure	Mariana	Old Vic

1925	Antony and Cleopatra	Cleopatra	Old Vic

1925	The Child in Flanders	Vision	Old Vic

1925	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Mistress Page	Old Vic

1926	She Stoops To Conquer	Kate Hardcastle	Old Vic

1926	Julius Caesar	Portia	Old Vic

1926	As You Like It	Rosalind	Old Vic

1926	Everyman	Old Vic

1926	Romeo and Juliet	Nurse	Old Vic

1926	The Shoemaker's Holiday	Dame Margery Eyre	Old Vic

1926	Much Ado About Nothing	Beatrice	Old Vic

1926	Caroline	Maude Fulton	Playhouse

1926	Rosmersholm	Rebecca West	Kingsway

1927	The Beaux' Stratagem	Mrs Sullen	Lyric, Hammersmith

1927	The Lady in Law	Maître Bolbec	Wyndham's

1927	The Way of the World	Millamant	Wyndham's

1928	Back to Methuselah	The Serpent, the ghost of the Serpent	Court

1928	The Tragic Muse	Miriam Rooth	Arts

1928	Napoleon's Josephine	Josephine	Fortune

1929	The Lady with a Lamp	Florence Nightingale	Arts (transferred to Garrick)

1929	The Apple Cart	Orinthia	Malvern Festival

1929	Heartbreak House	Lady Utterword	Malvern Festival

1929	The Apple Cart	Orinthia	Queen's

1930	The Beaux' Stratagem	Mrs Sullen	Royalty

1930	Delilah	Delilah	Prince of Wales's

1931	OHMS	Mrs Carruthers	Arts (transferred to New)

1931	Tiger Cats	Suzanne	Royalty

1931	The Old Bachelor	Laetitia	Lyric, Hammersmith

1931	The Lady with a Lamp	Florence Nightingale	Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York

1932	Othello	Emilia	Old Vic

1932	Twelfth Night	Viola	Old Vic

1932	Heartbreak House	Lady Utterword	Queen's

1932	Evensong	Irela	Queen's

1932	Bulldog Drummond	Irma Petersen	Adelphi

1933	Evensong	Irela	Selwyn Theatre, New York

1933	Once in a Lifetime	May Daniels	Queen's

1933	The Late Christopher Bean	Gwenny	St James's

1934	Viceroy Sarah	Duchess of Marlborough	Arts

1934	Romeo and Juliet	Nurse	Martin Beck Theatre, New York

1935	The Old Ladies	Agatha Payne	New

1935	Romeo and Juliet	Nurse	New

1936	The Seagull	Arkadina	New

1936	The Country Wife	Lady Fidget	Old Vic

1936	As You Like It	Rosalind	Old Vic

1936	The Witch of Edmonton	Mother Savage	Old Vic

1937	As You Like It	Rosalind	New

1937	The Taming of The Shrew	Katherina	New

1937	Robert's Wife	Sanchia Carson	Globe

1939	The Importance of Being Earnest	Lady Bracknell	Globe and on tour

1940	Cousin Muriel	Muriel Meilhac	Globe

1940	Diversion (revue)	various	Wyndham's

1941	Diversion No 2 (revue)	various	Wyndham's

1941	Old Acquaintance	Katherine Markham	Apollo

1942	The Importance of Being Earnest	Lady Bracknell	Phoenix and on tour

1942	ENSA revue	various	Gibraltar

1942	Heartbreak House	Hesione Hushabye	Cambridge

1944	The Late Christopher Bean	Gwenny	India (ENSA tour)

1945	The Rivals	Mrs Malaprop	Criterion

1946	Crime and Punishment	Katerina	New

1946	Antony and Cleopatra	Cleopatra	Piccadilly

1948	The Way of the World	Lady Wishfort	New

1948	The Cherry Orchard	Ranevskaya	New

1949	Daphne Loreola	Lady Pitts	Wyndham's

1950	Daphne Loreola	Lady Pitts	Music Box Theatre, New York

1951	Waters of the Moon	Helen Lancaster	Haymarket

1954	The Dark is Light Enough	Countess Rosmarin Ostenburg	Aldwych

1956	The Chalk Garden	Mrs St Maugham	Haymarket

1958	Henry VIII	Queen Katherine	Old Vic, and toured to Paris, Antwerp, and Brussels

1958	All's Well That Ends Well	Countess of Rousillon	Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford

1958	Coriolanus	Volumnia	Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford

1961	Richard III	Queen Margaret	Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford

1961	Romeo and Juliet	Nurse	Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford

1963	Gentle Jack	Violet	Queen's

1964	Hay Fever	Judith Bliss	Old Vic

1965	The Chinese Prime Minister	Mrs Forest	Globe

1968	Aerial Football and The Black Girl in Search of God	Narrator	Mermaid

1971	Dear Antoine	Carlotta	Chichester Festival

1974	Edith Evans and Friends	Reciter	Haymarket

Sentence(s)

In 1924, Edith Evans performed as Millamant in The Way of the World.

final_sentence: In 1924, Edith Evans performed as Millamant in The Way of the World.