 She appeared on television during its earliest years (the late 1930s), most notably starring in a 30-minute production of an excerpt of "Twelfth Night" in May 1937, with Dorothy Black.These live transmissions were part of the BBC's experimental service from Alexandra Palace, and this is the first known instance of a Shakespeare play performed on television.In 1936, she appeared in the West End in Charles Bennett's play "Page From a Diary".