Beryl Measor
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Beryl Measor was a British actress. She created roles in plays by Noël Coward and Terence Rattigan. In addition to her stage career she broadcast frequently on BBC radio and television, and appeared i
As Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, 1944
Present Laughter
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Present Laughter is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1939 but not produced until 1942 because the Second World War began while it was in rehearsal, and the British theatres closed. The title is
Beryl Measor
…mostly of new plays, and at the Old Vic as Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing (1934). In 1942 she created two roles in Noël Coward plays: Monica Reed in Present Laughter and Edie in This Happy Breed, first during a long wartime provincial tour and then in the West End. She took over from Margaret Rutherford as Madame…
James Donald (Roland) and Noël Coward (Garry) in the original production of Present Laughter