Editing Claude Rains (section)

== Theatre credits ==
Rains starred in multiple plays and productions over the course of his career, playing a variety of leading and supporting parts. As his film career began to flourish, he found less time to perform in the theatre in both England and America.

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|1900||''[[Sweet Nell of Old Drury]]''|| ||[[Haymarket Theatre]]||Stage debut, aged 10 as an "unbilled child extra "running around a fountain."
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|1901||''Herod''|| || rowspan="2" |[[Her Majesty's Theatre|His Majesty's Theatre]]||Unbilled
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|1904||''Last of the Dandies''||Winkles||Rains' debut speaking role in the theatre
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Claude Rains {{!}} Theatricalia |url=https://theatricalia.com/person/ctz/claude-rains |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>
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|1911||''The Gods of the Mountain''||Thahn|| rowspan="2" |[[Haymarket Theatre]]||Shared role with [[Reginald Owen]]
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|1912-13
|''Typhoon''||Omayi||First heavy character role
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|1913||''The Green Cockatoo''||Grasset||[[Aldwych Theatre]]||Also stage manager
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| rowspan="2" |1919||''Reparation''||Ivan Petrovitch||[[St. James's Theatre]]||Also stage manager
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|''Uncle Ned''||Mears||[[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Theatre]]||Marked Rains' return to the stage after being wounded in WWI
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|1919-20
|''The Jest''
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|[[Prince's Theatre, Bristol]]
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|1920||''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''||Casca||[[St. James's Theatre]]||
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|1921-22
|''Will Shakespeare''
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|[[Shaftesbury Theatre]]
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|1922
|[[The Bat (play)|''The Bat'']]
|Billy
|[[St. James's Theatre]]
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| rowspan="2" |1922-23
|''The Rumour''
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|[[Gielgud Theatre|Globe Theatre]]
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|''[[Pictures from the Insects' Life]]''
|Lepidopterist, Parasite, Chief Engineer
| rowspan="2" |Regent Theatre
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| rowspan="3" |1923
|''Robert E. Lee''
|David Peel
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|[[Good Luck (play)|''Good Luck'']]
|Earl of Trenton
|[[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]]
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|''Reparation''
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|[[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
|As director
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|1925||''[[The Rivals]]''||Faulkland||[[Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)|Lyric Hammersmith]]||
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|1926||''[[The Government Inspector]]''||The Inspector||[[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]]||Professional debut of his RADA student, [[Charles Laughton]]
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|1926||''Made in Heaven''||Martin Walmer||[[Everyman Cinema, Hampstead|Everyman Theatre, London]]||Rains' last appearance on the London Stage.
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| rowspan="3" |1927
|[[The Constant Nymph (play)|''The Constant Nymph'']]
|Roberto
|[[Todd Haimes Theatre|Selwyn Theatre]]
|Replacement, Broadway debut
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Claude Rains theatre profile |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/569497-claude-rains |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref>
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|''Lally'' 
|Lally
|[[Greenwich Village Theatre]]
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|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Claude Rains – Broadway Cast & Staff {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/claude-rains-56984 |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
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|''Out of the Sea''
|Arthur Logris
|[[Empire Theatre (42nd Street)|Eltinge Theatre]]
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|1929
|''The Camel Through the Needle's Eye''
|Joseph Vilim
|[[Al Hirschfeld Theatre|Martin Beck Theatre]], [[August Wilson Theatre|Guild Theatre]]
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|1929-30
|''The Game of Love and Death''
|Lazare Carnot
|[[August Wilson Theatre|Guild Theatre]]
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| rowspan="2" |1930
| rowspan="2" |''[[The Apple Cart]]''
| rowspan="2" |Proteus
|[[Al Hirschfeld Theatre|Martin Beck Theatre]]
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|[[Alvin Theatre]]
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| rowspan="2" |1931
|''Miracle at Verdun''
|Heydner, Messenger, Lamparenne
|[[Al Hirschfeld Theatre|Martin Beck Theatre]]
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|''He''
|Elevator Man
| rowspan="3" |[[August Wilson Theatre|Guild Theatre]]
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| rowspan="4" |1932
|''The Moon in the Yellow River''
|Dobelle
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|''[[Too True to Be Good]]''
|The Elder
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|''[[The Man Who Reclaimed His Head]]''
|Paul Verin
|[[Broadhurst Theatre]]
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|''[[The Good Earth]]''
|[[Wang Lung]]
| rowspan="2" |[[August Wilson Theatre|Guild Theatre]]
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|1933
|''American Dream''
|Ezekial Bell
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| rowspan="2" |1951|| rowspan="2" |''[[Darkness at Noon]]''|| rowspan="2" |Rubashov||[[Alvin Theatre]]|| rowspan="2" | Won [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]]
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|[[Royale Theatre]]
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|1954||''[[The Confidential Clerk]]''||Sir Claude Mulhammer||[[Morosco Theatre]]||
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|1956||''[[Night of the Auk]]''||Dr. Bruner||[[Playhouse Theatre (New York City)|Playhouse Theatre]]||
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