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 : ''[[The Ever Open Door]]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]];  ''[[Sweet County Kerry]]'', ''[[The Burglar and the Lady]]'' and ''[[Tom Moore]]'' presented by the [[Allen Doone]] Company.
-: ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]].
+: ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]]; ''[[Camille]]''.
 : [[W.J. Pienaar]]'s ''[[Saul]]'' (an Afrikaans play); ''[[Patriots]]'', a one-act play by [[Bertha Goudvis]] presented as part of a triple-bill.

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 : ''[[Quinneys']]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]]; ''[[Liberty Hall]]''; ''[[The Man Who Stayed at Home]]''
-:  ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]]; [[Stephen Black]]'s adaptation/translation of ''[[The Flapper]]'' and his play ''[[Van Kalabas Does His Bit]]''.
+:  ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]]; [[Stephen Black]]'s adaptation/translation of ''[[The Flapper]]'',  his play ''[[Van Kalabas Does His Bit]]'' and  ''[[Damaged Goods]]''.
 : ''[[The Blindness of Virtue]]'', ''[[The Double Event]]'', ''[[The Morals of Marcus]]'', ''[[The Professor’s Love Story]]'', ''[[Disraeli]]'', ''[[The Christian]]'' (with [[M.A. Wetherell]]), ''[[The Second in Command]]'' and ''[[The Prodigal Son]]'', all presented by the [[Leonard Rayne]] Company; ''[[The Wasters]]'';  ''[[Kyk Hier]]''.

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 : ''[[The Story of the Rosary]]''  presented by [[Leonard Rayne]]
-: ''[[Quinneys']]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]]; ''[[Liberty Hall]]''
+: ''[[Quinneys']]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]]; ''[[Liberty Hall]]''; ''[[The Man Who Stayed at Home]]''
 :  ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]]; [[Stephen Black]]'s adaptation/translation of ''[[The Flapper]]'' and his play ''[[Van Kalabas Does His Bit]]''.

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	1946: This was a prolific year, with [[Elizabeth Renfield]] and company performing ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]'' by Eugene O'Neill and an adaptation of ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' with [[Johann Nell]] playing Heathcliff opposite Miss Renfield’s Cathy; ''[[Di Goldgreber]]'', a Yiddish comedy produced by [[Faivel Zygielbaum]]; ''[[The Wind of Heaven]]'' presented by the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies / Marda Vanne Company]]; ''[[Die Kerkmuis]]'' presented by [[Die Kunsteater]] in collaboration with [[African Consolidated Theatres]]; ''[[Dangerous Corner]]'' produced by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]; ''[[A Month in the Country]]'' with [[Sidney James]]; [[Wensley Pithey]] and company staged ''[[Laburnum Grove]]'' and ''[[A Man With Red Hair]]'', both starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]]; the [[Theatre Guild Company]] staged ''[[The Lady of the Rose]]''; the [[Munro-Inglis Company]] produced Shaw’s ''[[Pygmalion]]''; ''[[The Little Foxes]]'' produced by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and [[Jeanny Targowsky]]; and in December [[Taubie Kushlick]] directed and played in ''[[George Washington Slept Here]]'', starring [[Wensley Pithey]] and [[Gordon Mulholland]].		1946: This was a prolific year, with [[Elizabeth Renfield]] and company performing ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]'' by Eugene O'Neill and an adaptation of ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' with [[Johann Nell]] playing Heathcliff opposite Miss Renfield’s Cathy; ''[[Di Goldgreber]]'', a Yiddish comedy produced by [[Faivel Zygielbaum]]; ''[[The Wind of Heaven]]'' presented by the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies / Marda Vanne Company]]; ''[[Die Kerkmuis]]'' presented by [[Die Kunsteater]] in collaboration with [[African Consolidated Theatres]]; ''[[Dangerous Corner]]'' produced by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]; ''[[A Month in the Country]]'' with [[Sidney James]]; [[Wensley Pithey]] and company staged ''[[Laburnum Grove]]'' and ''[[A Man With Red Hair]]'', both starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]]; the [[Theatre Guild Company]] staged ''[[The Lady of the Rose]]''; the [[Munro-Inglis Company]] produced Shaw’s ''[[Pygmalion]]''; ''[[The Little Foxes]]'' produced by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and [[Jeanny Targowsky]]; and in December [[Taubie Kushlick]] directed and played in ''[[George Washington Slept Here]]'', starring [[Wensley Pithey]] and [[Gordon Mulholland]].
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	1947: ''[[The Man in Half Moon Street]]'' presented by [[Eric Egan]] and [[David Goldblatt]] in conjunction with [[African Consolidated Theatres]]; [[Marjorie Gordon]] and company, in association with [[ACT]], presented Coward's ''[[Design for Living]]''; [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] directed ''[[Laura]]'' for the [[Johannesburg REPS]]; the [[Munro-Inglis Company]] staged their last [[Standard Theatre]] production, Somerset Maugham's ''[[Lady Frederick]]'' starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] and ''[[Golden Boy]]'', by Clifford Odets turned out to be the last production to be performed at [[The Standard]]. [[Henry Gilbert]] cast [[Eric Boon]] and [[Gay Gibson]] in this 1947 production.		1947: ''[[The Man in Half Moon Street]]'' presented by [[Eric Egan]] and [[David Goldblatt]] in conjunction with [[African Consolidated Theatres]]; [[Marjorie Gordon]] and company, in association with [[ACT]], presented Coward's ''[[Design for Living]]''; [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] directed ''[[Laura]]'' for the [[Johannesburg REPS]]; the [[Munro-Inglis Company]] staged their last [[Standard Theatre]] production, Somerset Maugham's ''[[Lady Frederick]]'' starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] and ''[[Golden Boy]]'', by Clifford Odets turned out to be the last production to be performed at [[The Standard]]. [[Henry Gilbert]] cast [[Eric Boon]] and [[Gay Gibson]] in this 1947 production.

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 : At the opening, [[Dan Godfrey]] then led the orchestra through ''De Volkslied'', after which the curtain went up on ''[[La Cigale]]'', the opening play produced by [[Arturo Bomamici]].
 : [[Mark Twain]] performed his ''[[At Home]]'' there in May 1896.
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 : ''[[Conflicting Worlds]]'' presented by [[Elsie Salomon]].
 : ''[[The Dominant Sex]]'' and ''[[George and Margaret]]'' presented by [[Natala Korel]]; ''[[The Millionairess]]'', presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]; ''[[Rose-Marie]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society]]; ''[[Monsieur Beaucaire]]''.
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 : [[Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies]] and [[Marda Vanne]] presented ''[[Watch on the Rhine]]'' by Lilian Hellman, starring [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] and [[Derick Redman]]; ''[[Stage Door]]'', ''[[Love from a Stranger]]'' and ''[[Tapestry in Gray]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]].
-: ''[[Cottage to Let]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Dilemma]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]; ''[[The Gold Earth]]'', [[Lewis Sowden]]'s dramatization of the early Witwatersrand and the discovery of gold; [[Shakespeare’s Women]], presented by [[Marie Ney]]; ''[[Granite]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]]; ''[[Blithe Spirit]]'' produced by the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies / Marda Vanne Company]] in collaboration with [[African Consolidated Theatres]].
+: ''[[Cottage to Let]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Dilemma]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]; ''[[The Gold Earth]]'', [[Lewis Sowden]]'s dramatization of the early Witwatersrand and the discovery of gold; ''[[Shakespeare’s Women]]'', presented by [[Marie Ney]]; ''[[Granite]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]]; ''[[Blithe Spirit]]'' produced by the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies / Marda Vanne Company]] in collaboration with [[African Consolidated Theatres]].
 : ''[[Fresh Fields]]'' produced by [[Minna Schneier]]; ''[[While the Sun Shines]]'' produced by [[African Consolidated Theatres]]; ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' presented by the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies / Marda Vanne Company]].

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 : ''[[The Woman in the Case]]'' produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company.
-: ''[[Mrs Dot]]'' and ''[[Diana of Dobson's]]'', produced by [[Leonard Rayne]]; ''[[Love and the Hyphen]]'' performed by a company brought together by [[Stephen Black]] and [[Frank de Jong]].
+: ''[[The Morals of Marcus]]'', ''[[Mrs Dot]]'' and ''[[Diana of Dobson's]]'', produced by [[Leonard Rayne]]; ''[[Love and the Hyphen]]'' performed by a company brought together by [[Stephen Black]] and [[Frank de Jong]].
-: ''[[War and a Woman]]''; ''[[The Middleman]]'' produced by [[Leonard Rayne]]
+: ''[[War and a Woman]]''; ''[[The Middleman]]'' and ''[[The Christian]]'' produced by [[Leonard Rayne]]
 : ''[[The Fires of Fate]]'' and ''[[Henry of Navarre]]'' produced by [[Leonard Rayne]]
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 :  ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]]; [[Stephen Black]]'s adaptation/translation of ''[[The Flapper]]'' and his play ''[[Van Kalabas Does His Bit]]''.
-: ''[[The Blindness of Virtue]]'', ''[[The Double Event]]'', ''[[The Morals of Marcus]]'', ''[[The Professor’s Love Story]]'', ''[[Disraeli]]'', ''[[The Christian]]'' (with [[M.A. Wetherell]]), ''[[The Second in Command]]'' and ''[[The Prodigal Son]]'', all presented by the [[Leonard Rayne]] Company.
+: ''[[The Blindness of Virtue]]'', ''[[The Double Event]]'', ''[[The Morals of Marcus]]'', ''[[The Professor’s Love Story]]'', ''[[Disraeli]]'', ''[[The Christian]]'' (with [[M.A. Wetherell]]), ''[[The Second in Command]]'' and ''[[The Prodigal Son]]'', all presented by the [[Leonard Rayne]] Company; ''[[The Wasters]]'';  ''[[Kyk Hier]]''.
 : ''[[The Ever Open Door]]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]];  ''[[Sweet County Kerry]]'', ''[[The Burglar and the Lady]]'' and ''[[Tom Moore]]'' presented by the [[Allen Doone]] Company.
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 : ''[[Major Barbara]]'' produced by [[Leontine Sagan]]; an Afrikaans adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s ''[[Pygmalion]]'', entitled ''[[Koop my Blomme]]''.
 : ''[[Pawns in the Game]]'', starring [[Moira Lister]]; ''[[Mademoiselle]]'' produced by [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] for the [[Marda Vanne]] Company; ''Amphitryon 38'', ''[[French Without Tears]]'' and ''[[The Women]]'' performed in South Africa by the [[Johannesburg REPS]].
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 : [[Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies]] and [[Marda Vanne]] presented ''[[Watch on the Rhine]]'' by Lilian Hellman, starring [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] and [[Derick Redman]]; ''[[Stage Door]]'', ''[[Love from a Stranger]]'' and ''[[Tapestry in Gray]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]].
-: ''[[Cottage to Let]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Dilemma]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]; ''[[The Gold Earth]]'', [[Lewis Sowden]]'s dramatization of the early Witwatersrand and the discovery of gold; [[Shakespeare’s Women]], presented by [[Marie Ney]]; ''[[Granite]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]].
+: ''[[Cottage to Let]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Dilemma]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]; ''[[The Gold Earth]]'', [[Lewis Sowden]]'s dramatization of the early Witwatersrand and the discovery of gold; [[Shakespeare’s Women]], presented by [[Marie Ney]]; ''[[Granite]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]]; ''[[Blithe Spirit]]'' produced by the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies / Marda Vanne Company]] in collaboration with [[African Consolidated Theatres]].
-: ''[[Fresh Fields]]'' produced by [[Minna Schneier]]; ''[[While the Sun Shines]]'' produced by [[African Consolidated Theatres]].
+: ''[[Fresh Fields]]'' produced by [[Minna Schneier]]; ''[[While the Sun Shines]]'' produced by [[African Consolidated Theatres]]; ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' presented by the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies / Marda Vanne Company]].
 : This was a prolific year, with [[Elizabeth Renfield]] and company performing  ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]'' by Eugene O'Neill and an adaptation of ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' with [[Johann Nell]] playing Heathcliff opposite Miss Renfield’s Cathy; ''[[Di Goldgreber]]'', a Yiddish comedy produced by [[Faivel Zygielbaum]]; ''[[The Wind of Heaven]]'' presented by the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies / Marda Vanne Company]];  ''[[Die Kerkmuis]]'' presented by [[Die Kunsteater]] in collaboration with [[African Consolidated Theatres]]; ''[[Dangerous Corner]]'' produced by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]; ''[[A Month in the Country]]'' with  [[Sidney James]]; [[Wensley Pithey]] and company staged ''[[Laburnum Grove]]'' and ''[[A Man With Red Hair]]'',  both starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]]; the  [[Theatre Guild Company]] staged ''[[The Lady of the Rose]]''; the [[Munro-Inglis Company]] produced Shaw’s ''[[Pygmalion]]''; ''[[The Little Foxes]]'' produced by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and [[Jeanny Targowsky]]; and in December [[Taubie Kushlick]] directed and played in ''[[George Washington Slept Here]]'', starring [[Wensley Pithey]] and [[Gordon Mulholland]].

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 The favoured venue of touring theatre and opera companies from England, it was later taken over by [[Leonard Rayne]] and used for his productions (many featuring and his popular leading lady, [[Freda Godfrey]]), till Rayne's untimely death in 1925. During the second world war it became a favoured venue for the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] and [[Marda Vanne]] company’s seasons of major plays and was also the home of the [[Johannesburg REPS]].
-The Standard was forced to close its doors in September, 1947, by the council as a fire hazard and although money was raised by various stage personalities of the time to fix the fire hazards, the council was seemingly uninterested. It was was demolished in 1956, despite major protests from the theatrical fraternity, to make way for a park. The area is now known as the Ernest Oppenheimer Park and was revitalised and re-opened in 2010.
+The Standard was forced to close its doors in September, 1947, by the council as it was considered a fire hazard, and although money was raised by various stage personalities of the time to fix the fire hazards, the council was seemingly uninterested. It was was demolished in 1956, despite major protests from the theatrical fraternity, to make way for a park. The area is now known as the Ernest Oppenheimer Park and was revitalised and re-opened in 2010.
 ===Building works===

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 : [[Mark Twain]] performed his ''[[At Home]]'' there in May 1896.
-: ''[[Mrs Dot]]'', produced by [[Leonard Rayne]]; ''[[Love and the Hyphen]]'' performed by a company brought together by [[Stephen Black]] and [[Frank de Jong]].
+: ''[[The Woman in the Case]]'' produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company.
-:  ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]].
+: ''[[Mrs Dot]]'' and ''[[Diana of Dobson's]]'', produced by [[Leonard Rayne]]; ''[[Love and the Hyphen]]'' performed by a company brought together by [[Stephen Black]] and [[Frank de Jong]].
 : ''[[The Ever Open Door]]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]].
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 : ''[[Conflicting Worlds]]'' presented by [[Elsie Salomon]].
-: ''[[The Dominant Sex]]'', presented by [[Natala Korel]]; ''[[The Millionairess]]'', presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]].
+: ''[[The Dominant Sex]]'' and ''[[George and Margaret]]'' presented by [[Natala Korel]]; ''[[The Millionairess]]'', presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]; ''[[Rose-Marie]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society]];
-: ''[[Pawns in the Game]]'', starring [[Moira Lister]].
+: ''[[Pawns in the Game]]'', starring [[Moira Lister]]; ''[[Mademoiselle]]'' produced by [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] for the [[Marda Vanne]] Company; ''Amphitryon 38'', ''[[French Without Tears]]'' and ''[[The Women]]'' performed in South Africa by the [[Johannesburg REPS]].
-: [[Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies]] and [[Marda Vanne]] presented ''[[Watch on the Rhine]]'' by Lilian Hellman, starring [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] and [[Derick Redman]]; ''[[Love from a Stranger]]'' and ''[[Tapestry in Gray]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]].
+: [[Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies]] and [[Marda Vanne]] presented ''[[Watch on the Rhine]]'' by Lilian Hellman, starring [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] and [[Derick Redman]]; ''[[Stage Door]]'', ''[[Love from a Stranger]]'' and ''[[Tapestry in Gray]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]].
-: ''[[Cottage to Let]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]; ''[[The Gold Earth]]'', [[Lewis Sowden]]'s dramatization of the early Witwatersrand and the discovery of gold; [[Shakespeare’s Women]], presented by [[Marie Ney]]; ''[[Granite]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]].
+: ''[[Cottage to Let]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Dilemma]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]; ''[[The Gold Earth]]'', [[Lewis Sowden]]'s dramatization of the early Witwatersrand and the discovery of gold; [[Shakespeare’s Women]], presented by [[Marie Ney]]; ''[[Granite]]'' presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]].
-: ''[[Fresh Fields]]'' produced by [[Minna Schneier]].
+: ''[[Fresh Fields]]'' produced by [[Minna Schneier]]; ''[[While the Sun Shines]]'' produced by [[African Consolidated Theatres]].
-: This was a prolific year, with [[Elizabeth Renfield]] and company performing  ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]'' by Eugene O'Neill and an adaptation of ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' with [[Johann Nell]] playing Heathcliff opposite Miss Renfield’s Cathy; [[Wensley Pithey]] and company staged ''[[Laburnum Grove]]'' and ''[[A Man With Red Hair]]'',  both starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]]; the  [[Theatre Guild Company]] staged ''[[The Lady of the Rose]]''; the [[Munro-Inglis Company]] produced Shaw’s ''[[Pygmalion]]'' and in December [[Taubie Kushlick]] directed and played in ''[[George Washington Slept Here]]'', starring [[Wensley Pithey]] and [[Gordon Mulholland]].
+: This was a prolific year, with [[Elizabeth Renfield]] and company performing  ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]'' by Eugene O'Neill and an adaptation of ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' with [[Johann Nell]] playing Heathcliff opposite Miss Renfield’s Cathy; [[Wensley Pithey]] and company staged ''[[Laburnum Grove]]'' and ''[[A Man With Red Hair]]'',  both starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]]; the  [[Theatre Guild Company]] staged ''[[The Lady of the Rose]]''; the [[Munro-Inglis Company]] produced Shaw’s ''[[Pygmalion]]''; ''[[The Little Foxes]]'' produced by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and [[Jeanny Targowsky]]; and in December [[Taubie Kushlick]] directed and played in ''[[George Washington Slept Here]]'', starring [[Wensley Pithey]] and [[Gordon Mulholland]].
-: ''[[Di Goldgreber]]'', a Yiddish comedy produced by [[Faivel Zygielbaum]]; ''[[The Wind of Heaven]]'' presented by the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies / Marda Vanne Company]].
+: ''[[Di Goldgreber]]'', a Yiddish comedy produced by [[Faivel Zygielbaum]]; ''[[The Wind of Heaven]]'' presented by the [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies / Marda Vanne Company]];  ''[[Die Kerkmuis]]'' presented by [[Die Kunsteater]] in collaboration with [[African Consolidated Theatres]].
-: [[Marjorie Gordon]] and company, in association with [[ACT]], presented Coward's ''[[Design for Living]]''; [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] directed ''[[Laura]]'' for the [[Johannesburg REPS]]; the [[Munro-Inglis Company]] staged their last [[Standard Theatre]] production, Somerset Maugham's ''[[Lady Frederick]]'' starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] and ''[[Golden Boy]]'', by Clifford Odets turned out to be the last production to be performed at [[The Standard]]. [[Henry Gilbert]] cast [[Eric Boon]] and [[Gay Gibson]] in this 1947 production.
+: ''[[The Man in Half Moon Street]]'' presented by [[Eric Egan]] and [[David Goldblatt]] in conjunction with [[African Consolidated Theatres]]; [[Marjorie Gordon]] and company, in association with [[ACT]], presented Coward's ''[[Design for Living]]''; [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] directed ''[[Laura]]'' for the [[Johannesburg REPS]]; the [[Munro-Inglis Company]] staged their last [[Standard Theatre]] production, Somerset Maugham's ''[[Lady Frederick]]'' starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] and ''[[Golden Boy]]'', by Clifford Odets turned out to be the last production to be performed at [[The Standard]]. [[Henry Gilbert]] cast [[Eric Boon]] and [[Gay Gibson]] in this 1947 production.
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