George Grossmith, Jr. and Edward Laurillard managed the theatre from 1920 to 1923, presenting a series of plays and revivals, including "Such a Nice Young Man" by H.F. Maltby (1920) and "Trilby" (1922), the latter based on the 1894 George du Maurier novel of the same name. They had produced "The Only Girl" here in 1916 and "Tilly of Bloomsbury" in 1919. "The Fake" was produced in 1924, starring Godfrey Tearle. 1927 saw "Abie's Irish Rose" and "Whispering Wires", with Henry Daniel. The next year, Laurence Olivier starred in R. C. Sherriff's "Journey's End". Seán O'Casey's "The Silver Tassie" and Ivor Novello's "A Symphony in Two Flats" both played in 1929. Diana Wynyard starred as Charlotte Brontë in Clemence Dane's "Wild Decembers" in 1932. Marion Lorne was the star of a number of plays by her husband Walter Hackett from 1934 to 1937. Ian Hay's "Housemaster" had the most successful run in this period with 662 performances from 1936. Raymond Massey starred in Robert Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Idiot's Delight" in 1938. Patrick Hamilton's play "Gaslight" held the stage in 1939, and Terence Rattigan's "Flare Path" played in 1942.