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Grey, W[illiam] Earle

Abbey Career

Actor during: 1916 - 1918

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What was on stage this month in history:

  • Too Late For Logic
    1989 (Abbey)
  • Dear Ireland (Two) Continues: Letter 20
    2020
  • The Glittering Gate
    1912 (Abbey)
  • The Playboy of the Western World - A New Version
    2007 (Abbey)
  • Innish, adapted from Drama at Inish
    1975 (Abbey)
  • The Cherry Orchard
    1968 (Abbey)

NOTES: Married to Mary Godwin. In Toronto he founded Canada's First Shakespearean Festival - The Earle Grey Shakespeare Festival which ran from 1949 to 1958.

Abbey Production Involvement

RoleCharacterProduction
Actor Dr. Harry Trench Widowers' Houses 1916 (Abbey)
Actor Rev. Mr Roycroft Crusaders 1917 (Abbey)
Actor Hector Malone Man and Superman 1917 (Abbey)
Actor Sir Colenso Ridgeon The Doctor's Dilemma 1917 (Abbey)
Actor Sir Colenso Ridgeon The Doctor's Dilemma 1917 (Abbey)
Actor Rev. Mr Roycroft Crusaders 1917 (Abbey)
Actor Rev. Mr Roycroft Crusaders 1918 (Abbey)
Actor Dr. James Powell-Harper The Lost Leader 1918 (Abbey)
Actor Dr. Power O'Connor The Bribe 1918 (Abbey)
Actor Dr. James Powell-Harper The Lost Leader 1918 (Abbey)
Actor Dr. James Powell-Harper The Lost Leader 1918 (Abbey)

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