later stage roles included a revival of "the happy hypocrite" in london in 1936. later broadway roles were crystal wetherby in "the man in possession" in 1930 and mrs. emmeline lucas in "make way for lucia" in 1948. english productions included anton chekhov's plays, "the seagull", (1949 at the lyric theatre, london and then st. james's theatre), jean anouilh's play, "ardele" (1951 at the vaudeville theatre), noël coward's play, "the vortex" (1952 at the lyric theatre in hammersmith), t.s. eliot's play, "the confidential clerk" (1953 at the lyric theatre), and william congreve's play, "the double dealer" (1959 at the old vic theatre, and other plays there that season, with judi dench). she also acted in west end productions of plays by oscar wilde, including "lady windermere's fan" (1945 at the haymarket theatre, directed by sir john gielgud; and 1966 at the phoenix theatre (london)), "a woman of no importance" (1953 at the savoy theatre) and as lady bracknell in "the importance of being earnest" (1968 at the haymarket theatre).