“Gareth with the F B Wolfe Repertoire Company in 1911”

Wisconsin Centre for Film and Theatre Research

In 1911 and 1912 he toured the UK with the Alan Wilkie Company, the F B Woulfe Repertoire Company and Dennis Hogan’s Company, performing in popular drama and Shakespeare. Towards the end of 1912 he was in the UK touring company of Little Miss Llewelyn a Belgian farce reset in Wales which had been successful in London.

"The Welsh Players"

In November 1912 as a member of a newly formed group of Welsh actors he appeared in The Joneses  at the Strand Theatre, London and, two weeks later, in J O Francis’s prize winning Welsh play Change at the Haymarket Theatre. In early 1914 The Welsh Players sailed for America on the SS Majestic, where Change was due to begin a run at the Booth Theatre, New York on 27th January.

"The Joneses"