The Big Knife
In 1952, he made his debut as both actor and director in London in Clifford Odets' "Winter Journey". The play, which co-starred Michael Redgrave, was considered "sensational" by critics. He later appeared in other plays, including "The Big Knife", "The Shrike", "The Rainmaker", and "A Hatful of Rain". In 1956 he directed the British premiere of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's musical play "The Threepenny Opera" (revived in New York in 1954 in a translation by Marc Blitzstein.)