Wilfrid Lawson(1900-1966)

Although Joseph Losey, who directed Lawson in the American play "The Wooden Dish", always insisted that he was one of the greatest actors he had ever known, the working relationship between them was never an easy one. Well before the end of rehearsals, Lawson had started calling his director "lousy Losey". In the end, Lawson resigned from the cast of the production in order to take a much smaller supporting role in another play (John Van Druten's "Bell, Book And Candle"), thereby ensuring the closure of "The Wooden Dish".