Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice

Appendix: The Work of Claude Rains

 appendix The Work of Claude Rains Theatre Work Opening and closing dates have been included whenever verifiable; otherwise, only opening nights are indicated. In early to mid-twentieth-century British theatre , the term “producer” was generally synonymous with “director”; credits here are given as they appeared in original programs and clippings. 1900 SWeeT nell OF OlD DrUrY A comedy in four acts by Paul Kester, adapted by J. Hartley Manners. HAYMARKET THEATRE, London, August 8–October 13 (51 performances). CAST: Nell Gwyn Julia Neilsen; Lord Jeffreys Louis Calvert; Charles II Fred Terry; Percival Lionel Brough; Lacy Malcolm Cherry; Captain Graham Clavering Fred Volpe; Lady Olivia Vernon Lilian Braithwaite; Sir Roger Fairfax C. M. Hallard; Lady Castelmaine Constance Collier. NOTE: Claude Rains made his first stage appearance as an unbilled child extra ”running around a fountain.” 1900–1901 HerOD A historical play in three acts by Stephen Phillips. HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE, London; October 31, 1900–January 22, 1901 (78 performances). PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER: Herbert Beerbohm Tree. PRODUCER: Herbert Beerbohm Tree. SCENERY: Hawes Craven. COSTUME DESIGN: Percy Anderson. MUSIC DIRECTOR: Andrew Levey. CAST: Herod, King of the Jews Herbert Beerbohm Tree; Gadias, Chief Councillor C. W. Somerset; Pheroras F. Percival Stevens; Aristobulus Alfred Mansfield/Norman Tharp; Marianne, Queen and Wife to Herod Maud Jeffries; Salome, Sister of Herod C l a u D e R a i n S  Eleanor Calhoun; Bathsheba Rosalie Jacobi/Nannie Bennett; Cypros, Mother of Herod Kate Bateman; Judith, a Lady of the Court Frances Dillon; Sylleas, a Blind Man J. Fisher White; Hagar Lillian Moubrey; Envoy from Rome C. F. Collings; A Physician Charles Fulton; A Priest S. A. Cookson; A Captain Edward Fielding ; Cupbearer Julian L’Estrange; Servant Cavendish Morton; Dancer Ellen Goss; Extras Francis Chamier, Godwin Hunt, Cecil King, Henry Lesmere, Alfred E. Calver, Eric Leslie, Frank Gurney, Ernest Leigh, Claude Rains (unbilled child extra). 1904 laST OF THe DanDieS A play in four acts by Clyde Fitch. HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE, London, April 30–May 6 (8 performances). PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER: Herbert Beerbohm Tree. MUSIC: Andrew Levey; STAGE MANAGER: Cecil King; ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: Louis Mercanton; MUSIC DIRECTOR: Adolf Schmid; GENERAL MANAGER: Henry Dana; ASSISTANT MANAGER: Angus MacLeod. CAST: Count D’Orsay Herbert Beerbohm Tree; Lord Ascot Eugene Mayeur; Lord Westerbury Dawson Milward; Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton S. A. Cookson; Tom Raikes Cecil Rose; Mr. Marlby L. Ericson; Mons Piquot Harvey Long; Ferdinand Compton Coutts; Winkles Master Claude Rains; Lord Raoul Ardale Basil Gill; Lord Harbury Francis Chamier; Mr. Disraeli Eric Leslie; Mr. Weatherby F. Wood; Hon. Richard Bailey A. C. Grain; Peters J. Fisher White; Mr. Snipps Frank Stanmore; Octavio William H. Day; John B. Nicholls; Lady Summershire Mrs. Sam Sothern; Lady Carrollby Lena Brasch; Deaf Old Lady Mrs. Stanislaus Calhaem; Henrietta Power Isabel Collier; Hon. Mrs. Weatherble Elaine Inescourt; Countess Guiccioli Dorothy Thomas; Jane Hilda Gray; Lady Blessington Marion Terry. NOTE: “Winkles” was Rains’s debut speaking role in the theatre. 1910–1911 HenrY Viii A play by William Shakespeare. HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE, London, September 1–April 9 (279 performances). PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. SCENERY: Joseph Harker. DESIGN: Percy MacQuoid. MUSIC: Edward German. MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Adolf Schmid. PAGENTRY : Louis N. Parker. STAGE MANAGER: Cecil King. ASSOCIATE STAGE MANAGER: Stanley Bell. NOTE: Although Claude Rains has been credited elsewhere as assistant stage appendix  manager for this production of Henry VIII, his name is not included in the original program. 1911 THe GODS OF THe MOUnTain A play in one act by Lord Dunsany. HAYMARKET THEATRE, London, June 1–July 14 (37 performances). LICENSEE AND MANAGER: Frederick Harrison . PRODUCER: Norman Page. DIRECTOR: Herbert Trench. SCENERY: William Clarkson, L.&.H. Nathan, Miss Pitcher. LIGHTING: J. Digby. MUSIC : Norman O’Neill. STAGE MANAGER: Charles La Trobe. CAST: Oogno E. A. Warburton; Thahn Reginald Owen/Claude Rains; Ulf H. R. Hignett; Agmar Charles V. France; Thief Lawrence Hanray; Mlan R. P. Lamb; Oorander G. Dickson-Kenwin; Akmos Ernest Graham; Slag Charles Maude; Illanaun Grendon Bentley; Báshara F. G. Clinton; Thulek G. Carr; Thoharmas Kenneth Dennys; Haz B. Hatton Sinclair; Theedes A. Jones; Ackarnees Norman Page; Dromedary Man W. Black; Lirra Muriel Lake/Anne Carew; Eselunza E. Risdon; Thonion Alára V. Whitaker; Ylax M. Ronsard; Nennek of the Meadows Enid Rose; Others E. Lyall Swete, A. Webster, K. Black, H. Cooper, E. Leverett, G. Wilkinson , J. O’Brien. THe BlUe BirD A fantasy in six acts by Maurice Maeterlinck. Australian...