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Hilton Edwards 1903 - 1982

First stage appearance was in Windsor in 1921

Founded the Gate Theatre in Dublin with Michael MacLiammoir in 1928.

1951 Directed, wrote and produced "Return to Glennascaul"
In 1966 he was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Director (Dramatic) for Brian Friel's "Philadelphia, Here I Come!"



Year Theatre Play Character TV Character Film Character
1920 Theatre Royal, Windsor Hamlet First Player .. ..... .. ..
1921-1922 Old Vic Othello ..... .. ..... .. ..
1921-1922 Old Vic Hamlet ..... .. ..... .. ..
1921-1922 Old Vic Peer Gynt ..... .. ..... .. ..
1921-1922 Old Vic Twelfth Night ..... .. ..... .. ..
1921-1922 Old Vic King Lear ..... .. ..... .. ..
1921-1922 Old Vic Timon of Athens ..... .. ..... .. ..
1921-1922 Old Vic Love is the Best Doctor ..... .. ..... .. ..
1921-1922 Old Vic Comedy of Errors ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic Richard III ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic A New Way To Pay Old Debts ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic Britain's Daughter ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic The Merry Wives of Windsor ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic The Merchant of Venice ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic Julius Caesar ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic Charles Corri's Grand Concert ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic Henry IV, Part I and II ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic Antony and Cleopatra ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic Arthur ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic Twelfth Night ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic The Taming of the Shrew ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic Everyman ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic Shakespeare Birthday Festival ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic A Midsummer Night's Dream ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic Henry VI pt II and III ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922-1923 Old Vic As You Like It ..... .. ..... .. ..
1922 - 1923 Old Vic Hamlet ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic A Christmas Carol ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Troilus and Cressida ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic The Merchant of Venice ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Love's Labour's Lost ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Henry VIII ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Henry V ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Hamlet ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Shakespeare Birthday Festival ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic As You Like It ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Titus Andronicus ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Twelfth Night ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Coriolanus ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Everyman ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Faust ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Tristan & Isolde ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic The Two Gentlemen of Verona ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Much Ado About Nothing ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic The Winter's Tale ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Othello ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic Richard II ..... .. ..... .. ..
1923-1924 Old Vic She Stoops to Conquer ..... .. ..... .. ..
1924-1925 Old Vic The Winter's Tale ..... .. ..... .. ..
1924-1925 Old Vic Much Ado About Nothing ..... .. ..... .. ..
1924-1925 Old Vic She Stoops To Conquer ..... .. ..... .. ..
1924-1925 Old Vic Othello ..... .. ..... .. ..
1924-1925 Old Vic Richard II ..... .. ..... .. ..
1926-1927 Regent Theatre David ..... .. ..... .. ..
1927 Royalty Theatre The Dybbuk ..... .. ..... .. ..
1944 Gate Theatre, Dublin / Gaiety Theatre Dublin Mr Bolfry ..... .. ..... .. ..
1946 Vaudeville Theatre Ill Met By Moonlight ..... .. ..... .. ..
1947 Royal Princess's Theatre, Glasgow Where Stars Walk ..... .. ..... .. ..
1947 Royal Princess's Theatre, Glasgow The Old Lady Says No ..... .. ..... .. ..
1948 Royal Princess's Theatre, Glasgow The Vigil ..... .. ..... .. ..
1948 Mansfield Theatre, New York Where Stars Walk ..... .. ..... Call of the Blood Dr. Robert Blake
1951 Old Vic The Clandestine Marriage ..... .. ..... Return to Glennascaul ..
1952 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice Brabantio
1955 .. .. ..... .. ..... Captain Lightfoot Lord Glen
1957 .. .. ..... Armchair Theatre - Man in a Moon ..... .. ..
1958 Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh The Key of the Door ..... .. ..... She Didn't Say No! Film Director
1958 .. .. ..... .. ..... Cat and Mouse Mr. Scruby
1959 .. .. ..... .. ..... This Other Eden The Canon
1960 Empress Theatre, Glasgow The Importance of Being Oscar ..... .. ..... David e Golia Prophet Samuel
1960 .. .. ..... .. ..... A Terrible Beauty Father McCrory
1961 .. .. ..... .. ..... Victim P.H.
1962 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Quare Fellow Holy Healy
1964 Vaudeville Theatre The Roses Are Real ..... .. ..... .. ..
1965 .. .. ..... Londoners - Old Man of Chelsea Reach ..... .. ..
1966 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Wrong Box Lawyer
1967 .. .. ..... .. ..... Half a Sixpence Shalford
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