Editing Michael Redgrave (section)

===1950s===
Redgrave joined the [[Shakespeare Memorial Theatre]] company at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] and for the 1951 season appeared as Prospero in ''The Tempest'' as well as playing Richard II, Hotspur and Chorus in the Cycle of ''Histories'', for which he also directed ''Henry IV Part Two''. After appearing as Frank Elgin in ''Winter Journey'' at the St James's April 1952, he rejoined the Stratford company in 1953 (together with his actress wife Rachel Kempson) appearing as Shylock, King Lear and Antony in ''Antony and Cleopatra'', also playing Antony when the company transferred to the [[Prince's Theatre]] in November 1953 before touring in the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]] and [[Paris]],<ref name=spoto />{{rp|p.&nbsp;163}} in 1958 he played Hamlet with Googie Withers appearing as his mother at Stratford on Avon.

At the Apollo in June 1955 he played Hector in ''[[Tiger at the Gates]]'', appearing in the same role at the [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], New York City in October 1955 for which he received the New York Critics' Award. While in New York he directed ''A Month in the Country'' at the Phoenix Theatre in April 1956, and directed and played the Prince Regent in ''[[The Sleeping Prince (play)|The Sleeping Prince]]'' with [[Barbara Bel Geddes]] at the [[Coronet Theatre (Los Angeles)|Coronet Theatre]] in November 1956.

Returning to London in January 1958, Redgrave appeared as Philip Lester in ''[[A Touch of the Sun (play)|A Touch of the Sun]]'' (N. C. Hunter) at the [[Saville Theatre]]. He won Best Actor in the [[Evening Standard Theatre Awards|''Evening Standard'' Awards]] 1958 for this role. He rejoined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company in June 1958, to play Hamlet and Benedick, also playing Hamlet with the company in [[Leningrad]] and [[Moscow]] in December 1958. (His wife Rachel Kempson played Ursula in ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' and Lady Capulet in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'').

At the [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]], in London in August 1959, he played H.J. in his own adaptation of the Henry James novella ''The Aspern Papers''. His play was later successfully revived on Broadway in 1962, with [[Dame Wendy Hiller]] and [[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]]. The 1984 London revival featured his daughter, [[Vanessa Redgrave]], along with [[Christopher Reeve]] and Hiller, this time in the role of Miss Bordereau.