Henry Kendall (actor) - Theatre Career

Theatre Career

• Tommy Atkins (‘super’), Lyceum Theatre, 1914
• Business as Usual (Chorus member) Hippodrome Theatre, 1914
• Watch Your Step, Empire Theatre, 1915.
• Spent 9 months at the Old Vic, playing juvenile parts in Shakespeare repertory, including: Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, Florizel in The Winter's Tale, Sebastian in Twelfth Night etc., 1915–1916
• Cyrano de Bergerac (Second Marquise), Garrick Theatre, 1919
• Cyrano de Bergerac (Christian), Drury Lane, 1919
• Mumsee (Guy), Little Theatre, 1920
• French Leave (scored a success as Lt George Graham), Globe Theatre, 1920
• Where the Rainbow Ends (St George), Apollo Theatre, Christmas 1920
• Polly With a Past (Harry Richardson), St James's Theatre, 1921
• The Circle (succeeding Leon Quartermaine as Edward Luton) Theatre Royal Haymarket 1921
• Threads (James), St James's Theatre, (1921)
• The Hotel Mouse (leading role, Barry Scarlett) Queen's Theatre, 1921
• Two Jacks and a Jill (Tom Godling), Royalty Theatre, 1921
• The Curate's Egg, Ambassadors Theatre, 1922
• Arms and the Man (Bluntschli), Everyman Theatre, 1922
• East of Suez (Harold Knox), His Majesty's Theatre, 1922
• Marriage by Instalments (John Wiltshire), Ambassadors Theatre, 1923
• Stop Flirting (Geoffrey Dangerfield), Shaftesbury Theatre 1923
• Havoc (Dick Chappell), for the Repertory Players at the Regent Theatre, 1923, and Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1924
• Bachelor Husbands (Billy Reynolds), Royalty Theatre, 1924
• As You Like It (Orlando), for the Fellowship of Players at Regent Theatre, 1924
• Charlot's Revue, Prince of Wales Theatre, 1924
• Tunnel Trench (Lt St Aubyn), for the Repertory Players at the Prince's Theatre, 1925
• The Czarina (Count Alexei Czerny), Q Theatre, 1925
• On ‘Change (Dr Tom Pearson), Savoy Theatre, 1925
• Naughty Cinderella (Gerald Gray), Lyceum, New York 1925
• This Woman Business (Honey) The Ritz, New York, 1926
• The Silent House (Capt Philip Barty), Comedy Theatre, 1927
• The Road to Rome (Mago), Strand Theatre, 1928
• A Damsel in Distress (Reggie Higgins), New Theatre, 1928
• Wrongs and Rights (Hugh Rawson), for the Repertory Players at the Strand Theatre, 1928
• Baa, Baa, Black Sheep (Hugo Bonsor), New Theatre, 1929
• The Flying Fool (Vincent Floyd), Prince's Theatre, 1929
• He's Mine (Maxime de Bellencontre), Lyric Theatre, 1929
• The Ghost Train (Teddy Deakin), Comedy Theatre, 1929
• Odd Numbers (John Strange), Mar. (?), 1930
• Charlot's Masquerade, Cambridge Theatre, 1930
• A Murder Has Been Arranged (Maurice Mullins) for Repertory Players at the Strand Theatre and St James's Theatre, 1930
• Cut for Partners (Hugo), touring,Autumn 1934
• Someone at the Door (Ronnie Martin), for Repertory Players at the Aldwych Theatre, March 1935; and New Theatre, May 1935
• The World Waits (Kenneth Brice), for Repertory Players, Aldwych Theatre September, 1935
• Bats in the Belfry (Edward Morton), Ambassadors Theatre, 1937
• This Money Business (Gerald Esmond) Ambassadors Theatre, 1938
• Room for Two (Hubert Crone) Comedy Theatre 1938
• Punch Without Judy (Micky Saunders), Q Theatre, June 1939; and New Theatre, December 1939
• House Party (Michael Drumley), Q Theatre. June 1940
• Nap Hand, toured July 1940
• High Temperature, toured January 1941
• Rise Above It (revue), Comedy Theatre, June 1941
• Scoop, Vaudeville Theatre, April 1942
• A Little Bit of Fluff (John Ayers), Ambassadors, February 1943
• The Fur Coat (Dominic Mallory), Comedy Theatre, June 1943
• Sweet and Low (revue, succeeded Walter Crisham) Ambassadors Theatre, January 1944
• Sweeter and Lower (revue), Ambassadors, February 1944
• Sweetest and Lowest (revue), Ambassadors May 1946
• A la Carte (revue), Savoy Theatre, June 1948
• On Monday Next... (Harry Blacker, also directed in association with Shaun Sutton) Embassy Theatre, April 1949; Comedy Theatre, June 1949
• For Love or Money (Lovewell), Ambassadors Theatre August 1950
• The Dish Ran Away (Peter Perry) Vaudeville Theatre, September 1950
• Caprice, touring, October 1950
• The Happy Family (Henry Lord) Duchess Theatre, May 1951
• Angels in Love (Sir Pomeroy Pomeroy-Jones) Savoy Theatre, February 1954
• Portrait of a Woman (Montage Cloud RA, also directed) Q Theatre, December 1954
• Beat the Panel (Oliver Charrington) Royal Theatre, Nottingham, May 1955; retitled The Linon in the Lighthouse, (directed in association with David Smith-Dorrien), Embassy Theatre, June 1955
• The Call of the Dodo (Julian Lassiter) Royal, Nottingham, October 1955
• Where the Rainbow Ends (Joseph Flint, also directed) New Victoria, December 1958
• Let Them Eat Cake (Lord Whitehall) Cambridge Theatre, May 1959
• Aunt Edwina (title role) Fortune Theatre, November 1959