 He made his first appearance on the professional stage at the Globe Theatre in March 1890, as Osric in "Hamlet" with F.R.Benson's company.In May of the same year he began a three-year association with the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, playing first in "Paul Kauvar" and then "A Million of Money", "The Prodigal Daughter" (1892), and three pantomimes.