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Bertram Harrison

Shows · Bertram Harrison

Director 1877–1955 On stage 19041906

On stage 3 productions, 2 years

1904 Joseph Entangled Garrick Theatre · Original 65 perf.
1905 Zira Princess Theatre · Original 128 perf.
1906 The Great Divide Princess Theatre · Original 238 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Mrs Thomas Whiffen 2 productions
Margaret Anglin 2 productions
Laura Hope Crews 2 productions
Frank Willard 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 4 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

Also credited on1 work

Treasure Girl

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In the literature1 passages

  • 1928. New York run: Alvin Theatre, opened November 8, 1928. 68 performances. Music by George Gershwin. Produced by Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley. Book by Fred Thompson and Vincent Lawrence. Book staged by Bertram Harrison. Dances staged by Bobby Connolly. Orchestra under the direction of Alfred Newman. Orchestrations by William Daly.…theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any biography.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — director — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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