In the early 1930s there was a succession of failures or minimal successes until 1933, when Emlyn Williams's "The Late Christopher Bean" ran from May until September of the following year, with Edith Evans, Louise Hampton and Cedric Hardwicke. In 1936 the centenary of the theatre was marked by a lavishly staged adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice", designed by Rex Whistler, which ran for nearly a year. It was presented by Miller in association with Max Gordon and starred Celia Johnson and Hugh Williams. Of the later productions during the 1930s only "Golden Boy" (1938) and "Ladies in Retirement" (1939) ran for more than 100 performances.