Hitchcock’s Partner in Suspense: The Life of Screenwriter Charles Bennett

The Works of Charles Bennett

243 theWorks of charles Bennett Not inclusive of scripts sold and not produced theater actor onstage (work, [role], venue)—incomplete list 12/1911 The Miracle (chorister), Olympia 8/1914 Drake, His Majesty’s 1914? The Marriage Market, Daly’s Theatre and on tour 191? Alice in Wonderland, Savoy 12/1915 Goody Two Shoes, a theatre in Woolwich 191? Play about Mr. Wu (the erring son), Empire? 4/1916 King Lear (Edgar), with Herbert Tree 1916? The Speckled Band, Horsefield & Woodward touring company 1916? Diplomacy 1917? Raffles, Gerald Alexander touring 1919+ Brewster’s Millions, Brewster’s Millions touring company ???? Polly with a Past 1920 Repertory roles, Compton Comedy Co. 1922 Repertory roles, Lena Ashwell Players 1922+ Repertory roles, Gertrude Elliott Touring Co. 1/1923+ ?, Inez Bensusan 3/1923 You Never Can Tell (Philip), Jersey? 5/1923 Two Orphans (Pierre), Alexander Marsh Shakespearean Touring 7/1923 Tancred (Lord Fitzheron), Kingsway 9/1923+ Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Alexander Marsh Shakespearean Touring the Works of charles Bennett 244 1/1924+ Twelfth Night (Orsino), Alexander Marsh Shakespearean Touring 1924? Repertory roles, Alexander Marsh Shakespearean Touring 1924? Antony and Cleopatra, Henry Baynton Co. 1924? Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry Baynton Co. 9/1924 Mrs. Gorringe’s Necklace, Bristol Little Theatre 9/1924 The Return of the Prodigal, Bristol Little Theatre 9/1924 The Two Virtues, Bristol Little Theatre 9/1924 The Enchanted Cottage, Bristol Little Theatre 9/1924 The Mollusc, Bristol Little Theatre 9/1924 Magic, Bristol Little Theatre 9/1924 The Romantic Young Lady, Bristol Little Theatre 10/1924 Hobson’s Choice, Bristol Little Theatre 10/1924 The Young Idea, Bristol Little Theatre 10/1924 Doormats, Bristol Little Theatre 10/1924 Her Husband’s Wife, Bristol Little Theatre 11/1924 Me and My Girl, Bristol Little Theatre 11/1924 Mixed Marriage, Bristol Little Theatre 11/1924 Smith, Bristol Little Theatre 11/1924 Young Imeson, Bristol Little Theatre 1924? Hamlet 1/1925+ Julius Caesar (Mark Antony), Ben Greet Players 1/1925+ Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Ben Greet Players 1/1925+ The Tempest (Antonio), Ben Greet Players 1/1925+ As You Like It (Amiens), Ben Greet Players 1/1925+ Merchant of Venice, Ben Greet Players 1/1925+ Twelfth Night, Ben Greet Players 3/1925+ Macbeth, Ben Greet Players 3/1925+ Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar), Ben Greet Players 3/1925+ Taming of the Shrew (Vincentio), Ben Greet Players 3/1925+ Merchant of Venice, Ben Greet Players 3/1925+ Othello, Ben Greet Players 3/1925+ The Winter’s Tale (Camillo), Ben Greet Players 4/1925+ A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ben Greet Players 8/1925 You Never Can Tell (Bohun), Edward Stirling, English Players 9/1925+ The Importance of Being Earnest (Moncrieff, Chasuble), English Players the Works of charles Bennett 245 9/1925 The Speckled Band (Watson), English Players 10/1925+ Repertory roles, Ben Greet Players 12/1925+ A Message from Mars (Dicey), Playhouse 1/1926 The Man Who Was Thursday, Everyman 2/1926 The Jealous Wife, East London University College 2/1926+ Repertory roles, Ben Greet Players 4/1926 The Needle’s Eye, Brighton West Pier 9/1926 Pygmalion, Edward Stirling, English Players 9/1926 The School for Scandal, Edward Stirling, English Players 10/1926+ Repertory roles, Ben Greet Players 12/1926+ A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theseus), Winter Garden 3/1927 The Donovan Affair (Duke of York) 4/1927 Othello, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Fund, Apollo 4/1927 ?, Playroom Six 5/1927 The Return (Ishtar), Everyman 7/1927+ ?, Playroom Six 9/1927 Mrs. Dot, Lena Ashwell Players 11/1927+ Cyrano de Bergerac (Aramis), Apollo 11/1927+ The Donovan Affair, Apollo 6/4/1928+ Blackmail (Peter Hewitt), Regent, King’s Cross 9/1928+ Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar), Ben Greet Players 9/1928+ The Merchant of Venice, Ben Greet Players 9/1928+ Twelfth Night, Ben Greet Players ca. 11/1928 Blackmail, Regent Theatre, King’s Cross 5/1929+ Blackmail (Tracey), Langley Howard Touring 11/1930 One Day More, New Faculty, Piccadilly 2/1932 Big Business, Edward Stirling, Monte Carlo 1/1936 Page from a Diary (opening night), Garrick Playwright (title, lead, venue) 5/1927 The Return* (Peggy Ashcroft), Everyman 2/1928 Blackmail (Tallulah Bankhead), Globe 6/1928 After Midnight* (one act), Rudolph Steiner Hall 12/1928 The Last Hour** (and Anna Lee, in rep.), Comedy Theatre *Directed opening production **Directed after opening the Works of charles Bennett 246 9/1929 The Danger Line (collaboration), Greenwich Theatre, Greenwich, Conn. 10/1931 Sensation,* Lyceum 1932 Big Business,* Comedy Theatre 1...