Stage roles included "While Parents Sleep" (1932) by Anthony Kimmins, "Iron Mistress" (1934) by Arthur Macrae; then an open air Shakespeare festival – "As You Like It" (1934) (with Anna Neagle), "Twelfth Night" (1934), "Comedy of Errors" (1934). Some of these productions were done on radio. "The Maitlands" by Ronald Mackenzie (1934) was for John Gielgud's company. He was Horatio to Gielgud's "Hamlet" (1934). He also appeared in "Accidentally Yours" by Clifford Grey (1935), "The World Waits" by Clifford Hummel (1935), "Coincidence" by Bryce Robertson (1935) and "The Frog" (1935).