Florance continued to perform with both theatre groups through the rest of the decade, in plays including Elizabeth Addymans The Secret Tent (14 Jan 1956 – 8 February 1956) at the Arrow Theatre, Reginald Denhams Ladies in Retirement (20 February 1956 – 3 March 1956), William Inges romance Picnic (play) (5 March 1956 – 17 March 1956), Emlyn Williams The Light of Heart (29 October 1956 – 10 November 1956), and George Bernard Shaws ironic comedy Misalliance (3 December 1956 – 15 December 1956) at the Union Theatre. In 1956, Florance played Cassandra in Christopher Frys adaptation of Jean Giraudouxs The Trojan War Will Not Take Place, at the opening of the newly built theatre complex on St Martins Lane. Florances final theatrical performance of the 1950s was as widow Julia Rajk in Robert Ardreys Shadow of Heroes (September – October 1959), for which she was awarded The Melbourne Newspaper Critics Circle Erik Award for best actress 1959.. In which plays did Florance perform in March of 1956?