Burgess Meredith

On stage 26 productions, 34 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on1 work

Happy as Larry

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In the literature8 passages

• Direction : Burgess Meredith; Producer : Leonard Sillman; Choreography : Anna Sokolow; Scenery : Motley (mobiles by Alexander Calder); Costumes : Motley; Lighting : Moe Hack; Musical Direction : Franz Allersebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act One: “No One Loves Me” (Burgess Meredith); “Without a Stitch” (Maurice Edwards, Frank Milton, Harry Allen, Henry Calvin, William Hogue, Jack Warner, Fin Olsen); “Now and Then” (Burgess Meredith); “October” (Marguerite Piazza); “Mrs. Larry, Tell Me This” (Gene Barry, Barbara Perry); “A Cup of Tea” (Burgess Meredith, Barbara Perry, Marg…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act Two: “It’s Pleasant and Delightful” (Gene Barry); “The Dirty Dog” (Maurice Edwards, Frank Milton, Harry Allen, Henry Calvin, William Hogue, Jack Warner, Fin Olsen); “The Flatulent Ballad” (Irwin Corey); “The Loyalist Wife” (Barbara Perry); “Oh, Mrs. Larry” (Maurice Edwards, Frank Milton, Harry Allen, Henry Calvin, William Hogue, Jack…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Happy as Larry was clearly a labor of love for Burgess Meredith, who gave a number of backers’ auditions in order to raise capital for the musical, and who starred in (and directed) the short-lived Broadway production. For the auditions, Meredith performed all the roles, and reportedly his one-man presentation was more entertaining than t…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• There had been short-lived vehicles for Ethel Barrymore and Helen Hayes. Burgess Meredith and Ingrid Bergman had appeared in a revival of Ferencz Molnar's Liliom, Barry Fitzgerald and Sara Allgood in a revival of Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock. Maurice Evans performed the title roles in Hamlet and Richard H. You could still see Kathe…ebooks/Kissel, Howard/David Merrick - The Abominable Showman_ The Unauthorized Biography (Applause Books) - Howard Kissel.txt
• ported by Blanche Bates, Frances Starr, Geoffrey Wardell and Colin Clive. “She Loves Me Not.” an engaging comedy. featured Burgess Meredith, John Beal and Polly Walters. Miriam Hopkins acted in “Jezebel.” “The Green Bay Tree”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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