From 1969, the theatre became a showcase for many new dramatic works. Early plays included Chekhov's "Three Sisters" and Jean Genet's "The Maids", featuring Glenda Jackson, Susannah York and Vivien Merchant - many of the Greenwich cast featured in the subsequent film version. In 1975, Vivien Merchant and Timothy Dalton headed the cast of a revival of Noël Coward's "The Vortex". Greenwich Theatre also saw the première of John Mortimer's "A Voyage Round My Father" and, on 5 November 1981, Rupert Everett appeared in the 1981 première of "Another Country" - another play which successfully transferred to celluloid, having also won accolades in the West End.