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- Asherson made her first stage appearance on 17 October 1935, as a walk-on in John Gielgud 's production of Romeo and Juliet, though she was also the second understudy for Juliet.
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Asherson made her first stage appearance on 17 October 1935, as a walk-on in John Gielgud's production of Romeo and Juliet, though she was also the second understudy for Juliet. [4] It was the production in which Gielgud and Laurence Olivier alternated the roles of Romeo and Mercutio. [5]
Nov 6, 2014 · In 1946 Asherson played Juliet at the St James’s Theatre, where critics were struck by her charm and her feel for the verse. Others were praised, “but it is Renée Asherson’s evening”. Olivier...
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She acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Romeo & Juliet," at the King's Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England with Basil C. Langton, Esmond Knight, Michael Goodliffe, Douglas Wilmer, Gerald K. Souper, Horace Sequeira, Eric Porter (Tybalt's Page), Agnes Laughlan, Sir Lewis Casson, and Francis Crowdy in the cast.
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Renée Asherson made her stage debut at age 15, playing a walk-on in John Gielgud's production of Romeo and Juliet. Mostly known for her theatrical and television career, she played Katherine in Laurence Olivier's film of Henry V in 1944.
Birth Details. May 19, 1920. London, United Kingdom. Famous Works. CREDITS. Stage Appearances. (Stage debut) Walk on and second understudy for the role of Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, New Theatre, London, 1935. Understudy, The Lady of La Paz, Criterion Theatre, London, 1936. Kit Miles, Within Seven Hours, Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1936.
Asherson made her first stage appearance on 17 October 1935, as a walk-on in John Gielgud's production of Romeo and Juliet, though she was also the second understudy for Juliet. It was the production in which Gielgud and Laurence Olivier alternated the roles of Romeo and Mercutio.
Nov 4, 2014 · After studying for the stage at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, she got her first walk-on part in 1935 in John Gielgud’s revival of Romeo and Juliet at the New Theatre, in which ...
