ON STAGE - CANADA
A Sleep of Prisoners
Royal Ontario Museum Theatre, Toronto, Canada (6 - 11 April 1953)
Role: Corporal Joseph Adams
Cast: Don Harron, Leonard White, W. H. Brodie
Director: Leonard White Writer: Christopher Fry
Advert in The Globe and Mail (Source: The Torontoist.com)
The Lady's Not For Burning
Hart House Theatre, Toronto, Canada (15 - 30 May 1953)
Role: Thomas Mendip
Main Cast: Katherine Blake, Don Harron, Rosemary Sowby, Richard Easton, Doris Gill
Director: John Griffin Writer: Christopher Fry Settings: Harold Town
Photo of Patrick Macnee as Thomas Mendip
in The Globe and Mail (Source: The Torontoist.com)
Advert for the play
Richard of Bordeaux
Crest Theatre, Toronto, Canada (5 - 16 January 1954)
Role: Henry IV Bollingbroke
Main Cast: Murray Davis, Barbara Chilcott, Earle Grey, Max Helpmann, Irving Lerner, Ian Fellows
Director: John Blatchley Writer: Gordon Daviot Settings and wardrobe: Hutchinson Scott
Advert in The Toronto Star (source: The Torontoist.com)
Haste to the Wedding
Crest Theatre, Toronto, Canada (4 - 15 May 1954)
Role: Lord Beauregard
Main Cast: Joy LaFleur, Charmion King, Toby Robins, Max Helpmann, Donald Davis, Drew Thompson
Director: John Blatchley Writer: Tyrone Guthrie Settings and wardrobe: Hutchinson Scott
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Edinburgh Festival, Empire Theatre, Edinburgh, UK (31 August - 11 September 1954)
Metropolitan Opera House, New York, USA (21 September - 17 October 1954)
War Memorial Auditorium, San Francisco, USA (27 October - 7 November 1954)
Auditorium, Sacramento, USA (8 - 9 November 1954)
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, USA (12 - 21 November 1954)
Opera House, Chicago, USA (25 November - 1 December 1954)
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada (14 - 16 December 1954)
Montreal Forum, Montreal, Canada (17 - 18 December 1954)
Tour in USA and Canada
Role: Demetrius
Main Cast: Robert Helpmann, Moira Shearer, Stanley Holloway, Valerie Adams, Terence Longdon
Director: Michael Benthall Writer: William Shakespeare Settings and wardrobe: Robin and Christopher Ironside
Rehearsal photo in The Globe and Mail (source: The Torontoist.com)
Dial M for Murder
Garden Centre Theatre, Ontario, Canada (May 1955)
Role: ?
Main Cast: Charmion King, Hugh Webster, Charles Lesgate, George MacCowen
Director: David Greene Writer: Frederick Knott
The Secretary Bird
Palace Theatre, Sydney, Australia (18 September - 10 December 1969)
Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Australia (from 31 March 1970)
Hunter Theatre, Newcastle, Australia (Spring 1970)
Canberra Theatre, Canberra, Australia (14 - 21 May 1970)
Brisbane, Australia (the second quarter of 1970)
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Australia (1 - late July 1970)
Royal Alexandra, Toronto, Canada (23 April - 12 May 1973)
Tour in Australia and New Zealand (1970) / Tour in Canada (1973)
Role: Hugh Walford
Cast (Sydney): Fredric Abbott, Betty Dyson, Jan Kingsbury, Mary Miller
Cast (Melbourne): Anne Charleston, Noel Trevarthen, Barbara Stephens, Esme Melville
Writer: William Douglas Home
Director (initially): Philip Dudley Settings (initially): Hutchinson Scott
Director (next): James Fishburn Settings and wardrobe (Melbourne): Norma Tullo
Absurd Person Singular
Phoenix Theatre, London, UK (July 1973)
DuPont Theatre, Delaware, USA (29 September - 4 October 1975)
The Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Canada (6 - 25 October 1975)
Shubert Theatre, Chicago, USA (28 October - 29 November 1975)
Fisher Theatre, Detroit, USA (2 December 1975 - 4 January 1976)
Tour in USA
Role: Ronald
Main Cast: Sheila MacRae, Judy Carne, David Watson, Betsy von Furstenberg
Director: Eric Thompson Writer: Alan Ayckbourn Settings: Edward Burbridge
The Grass Is Greener
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Surrey, UK (August 1979)
Theatre Royal, Norwich, UK (August 1979, about a week)
Theatre Royal, Brighton, UK (27 August - 1 September 1979)
Richmond Theatre, Surrey, UK (September 1979)
Theatre Royal, Bath, UK (from 17 September 1979, about a week)
Rex, Cheshire, UK (24 - 29 September 1979)
Ashcroft, UK (15 - 20 October 1979)
Royal Alexandra, Toronto, Canada (31 March - 3 May 1980)
The Shangri-La Playhouse, Singapore (16 - 21 September 1980)
Tour in England, Canada & Middle East
Role: Count Victor
Main Cast: Norman Eshley, Derren Nesbitt, Hilary Pritchard, Jennifer Wilson
Director: Val May Writers: Hugh and Margaret Williams Settings: Susie Caulcutt
Sleuth
Music Box Theatre, New York, USA (3 July 1972 - April 1973) / (21 May - 13 October 1973)
Paper Mill Theatre, New Jersey, USA (28 December 1973 - 20 January 1974)
Westport Country Playhouse, Connecticut, USA (17 - 22 June 1974)
Ogunquit Playhouse, Maine, USA (24 - 29 June 1974)
Falmouth Playhouse, USA (from 1 July 1974, about a week)
Pocono Playhouse, Idaho, USA (9 - 13 July 1974)
Lakewood Theatre, Maine, USA (22 - 27 July 1974)
The Cape Playhouse, Massachusetts, USA (late July - 3 August 1974)
Ivoryton Playhouse, Connecticut, USA (5 - 10 August 1974)
Playhouse in the Park, USA (from 12 August 1974, about a week)
The Westchester Playhouse, New York, USA (19 - 24 August 1974)
Candlewood Theatre, Connecticut, USA (26 - 31 August 1974)
Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami, USA (21 January - 2 February 1975)
The Peachtree Playhouse, Georgia, USA (4 - 9 February 1975)
Pheasant Run Playhouse, Illinois, USA (1 April - 25 May 1975)
Lakes Region Playhouse, New Hampshire, USA (30 June - 7 July 1979)
Stage West Dinner Theatre, Winnipeg, Canada (22 July - mid August 1981)
Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami, USA (26 December 1984 - 28 January 1985)
Tour in USA (1974/75)
Role: Andrew Wyke
Cast (initially): Brian Murray, Stanley Rushton, Robin Mayfield, Liam McNulty
Main Cast (late): Jordan Christopher (from 7 November 1972) Curt Dawson (from 6 August to 13 October 1973)
Director: Clifford Williams Writer: Anthony Shaffer Settings: Carl Toms
Notes: Patrick Macnee replaced Paul Rogers.
From 9 April - 20 May 1973 George Rose replaced Patrick Macnee.
