Acting career He first appeared on the London stage in 1922 in Eugene O'Neill's In the Zone. According to his obituary in The New York Times, he appeared in "several dozen plays and directed numerous others" in England over the next decade. The Washington Post credited him with performances in over 80 plays, including Pygmalion with Gertrude Lawrence; Ethan Frome with Ruth Gordon; and the George Bernard Shaw works The Doctor's Dilemma and Candida with Katharine Cornell. In 1929, he directed the London premiere of The Silver Tassie. He received poor reviews in his debut on Broadway in an unorthodox 1931 production of Hamlet.
Acting career He first appeared on the London stage in 1922 in Eugene O'Neill's In the Zone According to his obituary in The New York Times he appeared in "several dozen plays and directed numerous others" in England over the next decade The Washington Post credited him with performances in over 80 plays including Pygmalion with Gertrude Lawrence; Ethan Frome with Ruth Gordon; and the George Bernard Shaw works The Doctor's Dilemma and Candida with Katharine Cornell In 1929 he directed the London premiere of The Silver Tassie He received poor reviews in his debut on Broadway in an unorthodox 1931 production of Hamlet