Editing Michael Redgrave (section)

===1930s===
Offered a job by [[Tyrone Guthrie]], Redgrave made his professional debut in London at the [[Old Vic]] on 14 September 1936, playing Ferdinand in ''[[Love's Labours Lost]]''. During 1936–37 he also played Mr Horner in ''[[The Country Wife]]'', Orlando in ''[[As You Like It]]'', Warbeck in ''[[The Witch of Edmonton]]'' and Laertes to [[Laurence Olivier]]'s Hamlet. His hit of the season was Orlando. [[Edith Evans]] was his Rosalind and the two fell very much in love. As he later explained: "Edith always had a habit of falling in love with her leading men; with us it just went rather further."<ref name="ReferenceA"/> ''As You Like It'' transferred to the [[West End theatre|West End]]'s [[Noël Coward Theatre|New Theatre]] in February 1937 and Redgrave again played Orlando.

At the [[Embassy Theatre (London)|Embassy Theatre]] in March 1937, he played Anderson in a mystery play, ''The Bat'', before returning to the Old Vic in April, succeeding [[Marius Goring]] as Chorus in ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]''. Other roles that year included Christopher Drew in [[Daisy Fisher]]'s comedy ''A Ship Comes Home'' at the [[St Martin's Theatre]] in May and Larry Starr in Philip Leaver's comedy ''Three Set Out'' at the Embassy in June, before joining [[John Gielgud]]'s Company at the [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]], September 1937 to April 1938, where he played Bolingbroke in ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'', Charles Surface in ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' and Baron Tusenbach in ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''.

Other roles included:
* Alexei Turbin in ''The White Guard'' (''The Days of the Turbins'' by [[Mikhail Bulgakov]]), [[Phoenix Theatre (London)|Phoenix Theatre]] October 1938
* Sir Andrew Aguecheek in ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', Phoenix December 1938
* Harry, Lord Monchesney in ''[[The Family Reunion]]'' (T.S. Eliot), [[Westminster Theatre]] March 1939
* Henry in ''Springtime for Henry'', touring 1939