In the 1950s Compton rejoined the Old Vic company, appearing at the 1953 Edinburgh Festival, as Gertrude in "Hamlet"', and in London in the 1953–1954 season, as Gertrude; the Countess of Rossillion in "All's Well That Ends Well"; Constance of Bretagne in "King John"; Volumnia in "Coriolanus"; and Juno in "The Tempest".