1922
Theatre in 1922
Productions of playwrights connected with B.B.C.
(and relevant actors, production)
Gertrude Jennings
‘Me and My Diary’ (Gertrude Jennings) Strand 19
January 1922 to 18 January 1922 37 performances
‘Me and My Diary’ (Gertrude Jennings) Aldwych 22
Fenru
1922 to 11
March 1922 22 performances
‘Money Doesn’t Matter’ (Gertrude Jennings) Aldwych
31 January 1922 to 11 March 1922 46 performances
Philip Berkeley – Donald Calthrop
Manager, Producer – Donald Calthrop
‘Elegant Edward’ (Gertrude Jennings) Palace 17 March
1922 1 performance
‘Elegant Edward’ (Gertrude Jennings) Daly’s 9 June
1922 one matinee performance
St. John Ervine
‘Mixed Marriage’ (St. John Ervine) Everyman,
Ambassadors, Aldwych 13 February 1922 onwards, 80 performances
‘Progress’ (St. John Ervine) Little 3 April 1922 to
27 May 1922 63 performances
Prof Henry Corrie – Lewis Casson
Mrs Meldon – Sybil Thorndike
‘Jane Clegg’ (St. John Ervine) New 25 July 1922 to
16 September 1922 63 performances
Lewis Casson
‘The Regiment’ (Lewis Casson) adaptation of Robert
Francheville, Little 25 January 1922 to 29 March 1922 72 performances
Bernard Shaw
‘Fanny’s First Play’ (Bernard Shaw) Everyman 6
February 1922 to 4 March 1922 28 performances
‘Arms and the Man’ Everyman 6 March 1922 to 25 March
1922 21 performances
‘Getting Married’ Everyman 27 March 1922 to 14 April
1922 21 performances
Bishop of Chelsea – Felix Aylmer
Beadle – Reginald Denham
Lesbia Grantham – Mabel Terry-Lewis
‘Misalliance’ Everyman 18 April 1922 to 10 May 1922
22 performances
‘You Never Can Tell’ Everyman 16 May 1922 onwards 20
performances
‘Candida’ Everyman 24 July 1922 onwards 14
performances
‘Widowers Houses’ Everyman 4 September 1922 1
performance
John Galsworthy
‘Justice’ (John Galsworthy) Court 7 February 1922 to
25 February 1`922 23 performances
‘The Pigeon’ (John Galsworthy) Court 27 February
1922 to 18 March 1922 24 performances
‘Loyalties’ (John Galsworthy) St. Martin’s 8 March
1922 to 24 February 1923 407 performances
Charles Winsor – Edmond Breon
Gen. Canynge – Dawson Milward
Ferdinand de Levis – Ernest Milton
Cpt. Ronald Dancy – Eric Maturin
Margaret Orme – Cathleen Nesbitt
Mabel – Meggie Albanesi
‘The Silver Box’ (John Galsworthy) Court 20 March
1922 to 24 April 1922 39 performances
‘Defeat’ (John Galsworthy) Everyman 17 April 1922 to
22 April 1922 6 matinee performances
‘Windows’ (John Galsworthy) Court 25 April 1922 to
27 May 1922 39 performances
‘The Pigeon’ (John Galsworthy) Everyman 11 May 1922
to 15 May 1922 5 performances
Synge
‘Riders to the Sea’ (Synge) Ambassadors 13 February
1922 to 25 February 1922 17 performances
Sir Arthur Pinero
‘A Seat In The Park’ (Pinero) Winter Garden 21
February 1922 1 matinee performance
‘The Enchanted Cottage’ (Pinero) Duke of York’s 1
March 1922 onwards 64 performances
‘A Seat in the Park’ (Pinero) Drury Lane 16 May 1922
1 matinee performance
‘The Second Mrs. Tanqueray’ (Pinero) Playhouse 3
June 1922 to 16 December 1922 220 performances
‘Mid-Channel’ (Pinero) Royalty 30 October 1922 to 2
December 1922 40 performances
‘Sweet Lavender’ (Pinero) Ambassadors 14 December
1922 to 17 February 1923 90 performances
Frederick Lonsdale
‘The Lady of the Rose’ (Frederick Lonsdale) Daly’s
21 February 1922 onwards 515 performances
Reginald Somerville
‘David Garrick’ (Reginald Somerville) based on T.W.
Robertson’s play Queen’s 2 March 1922 to 25 March 1922 27 performances
Ibsen
‘Peer Gynt’ (Ibsen) Old Vic 6 March 1922 onwards 26
performances
‘Hedda Gabler’ (Ibsen) Everyman and Kingsway 22 May
1922 to 17 June 1922 30 performances
‘A Doll’s House’ (Ibsen) Everyman 21 August 1922
onwards 14 performances
Lady Augusta Gregory
‘Hyacinth Halvey’ (Lady Gregory) Ambassadors and
Aldwych 18 March 1922 onwards 24 performances
Arnold Bennett
‘The Love Match’ (Strand) 21 March 1922 to 22 April
1922 38 performances
‘Body and Soul’ (Arnold Bennett) Regent 11 September
1922 to 7 October 1922 32 performances
Procopo – Baliol Holloway
Waiter – Michael Hogan
Reginald Arkell
‘Columbine’ (Reginald Arkell) Little 3 April 1922 to
27 May 1922 63 performances
'Columbine' (Reginald Arkill)
Prologue – Lewis Casson
Nathan’l – Andrew Churchman
Dan’l – Brember Wills
Columbine – Elizabeth Arkell
Harlequin – Ian Fleming
Pierrot – Leslie Perrins
Old Man – Stockwell Hawkins
Music by Albert Fox
A.A. Milne
‘Mr. Pym Passes By’ (A.A. Milne) Globe 6 April 1922
to 20 May 1922 52 performances
‘The Dover Road’ (A.A. Milne) Haymarket 7 June 1922
to 13 January 1923 268 performances
‘Belinda’ (A.A. Milne) Globe 3 July 1922 to 2
September 1922 72 performances
Lennox Robinson
‘The White-Headed Boy’ (Lennox Robinson) Aldwych 8
April 1922 to 29 April 1922 24 performances
Clifford Bax
‘Shakespeare’ (Clifford Bax and H.F. Rubinstein)
Court 9 April 1922 1 matinee performance
Christopher Marlowe – Eric Lugg
Joan Woodward – Margot Sieveking
‘Square Pegs’ (Clifford Bax) Al;dwych 4 July 1922 1
matinee performance
‘Polly’ (Clifford Bax adapted from John Gay)
Kingsway and Aldwych 30 December 1922 onwards 325 performances
Harold Brighouse
‘Zack’ (Harold Brighouse) Comedy 23 April 1922 1
performance
Ian Hay
‘Tilly of Bloomsbury’ (Ian Hay)
adaptation of his novel, ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
Strand 6 May 1922 to 3 June 1922 33 performances
Mr. Stillbottle – Arthur Bourchier
George du Maurier
‘Trilby’ (dramatisation of Geroge du Maurier’s novel
by Paul M. Potter) Apollo 30 May 1922 to 15 July 1922 54 performances
Richard Hughes
‘The Sisters’ Tragedy’ (Richard Hughes) Little 31
May 1922 to 24 June 1922 29 performances
John – Lewis Casson
Owen – Brember Wills
Philippa – Ivy Williams
Charlotte – Olivia Burleigh
Produced by – Lewis Casson
Sacha Guitry
‘Pasteur’ (Sacha Guitry) Princes 12 June 1922 to 17
June 1922 7 performances
‘L’Illusioniste’ (Sacha Guitry) Princes 19 June 1922
to 24 June 1922 7 performances
‘Jacqueline’ (Sacha Guitry) Princes 26 June 1922 to
1 July 1922 7 performances
‘Le Grand Duc’ (Sacha Guitry) Princes 3 July 1922 to
8 July 1922 7 performances
St. John Hankin
‘The Constant Lover’ (St. John Hankin) Everyman 7
August 1922 1 matinee performance
Ben Travers
‘The Dippers’ (Ben Travers) Criterion 22 August 1922
to 20 January 1923 174 performances
Henry Talboyes – Cyril Maude
Old Woman – Hermione Gingold
Somerset Maugham
‘East of Suez’ (Somerset Maugham) His Majesty’s 2
September 1922 to 3 March 1923 209 performances
George Grossmith
‘The Cabaret Girl’ (George Grossmith, book and
lyrics and P.G. Woodhouse, book and lyrics) Winter Garden 19 September 1922
onwards 362 performances
John Drinkwater
‘Mary Stuart’ (John Drinkwater) Everyman 25
September 1922 to 25 November 1922 69 performances
Joseph Conrad
‘The Secret Agent’ (Joseph Conrad) dramatisation of
own novel Ambassadors 2 November 1922 to 11 November 1922 11 performances
Alfred Sutro
‘The Laughing Lady’ (Alfred Sutro) Globe 17 November
1922 to 7 April 1923 164 performances
‘The Great Well’ (Sutro) New 19 December 1922 to 17
February 1923 70 performances
Maurice Maeterlinck
‘The Blue Bird’ (Maurice Maeterlinck) Duke of York’s
26 December 1922 to 27 January 1923 58 performances (2 performances daily)