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Edith Atwater

Shows · Edith Atwater

ActorOn stage 19311951

On stage 18 productions, 20 years

1931 Springtime for Henry Bijou Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Sircom 199 perf.
1933 Springtime for Henry Ambassador Theatre · Revival · directed by Carl Hunt 16 perf.
1934 Are You Decent Ambassador Theatre · Original · directed by Dmitri Ostrov 188 perf.
1934 Brittle Heaven Vanderbilt Theatre · Original · directed by Clarence Derwent 23 perf.
1935 This Our House Corts 58th Street Theatre · Original · directed by James Light 2 perf.
1937 Susan and God Plymouth Theatre · Original 288 perf.
1939 The Man Who Came to Dinner Music Box Theatre · Original 739 perf.
1940 Retreat to Pleasure Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Clurman 23 perf.
1942 Broken Journey Henry Millers Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Hopkins 23 perf.
1942 Johnny on a Spot Plymouth Theatre · Original 4 perf.
1942 R. U. R. Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Revival · directed by Lee Strasberg 4 perf.
1945 Deep Are the Roots Fulton Theatre · Original · directed by Elia Kazan 477 perf.
1945 State of the Union Hudson Theatre · Original · directed by Bretaigne Windust 765 perf.
1947 Parlor Story Biltmore Theatre · Original · directed by Bretaigne Windust 23 perf.
1947 The Gentleman From Athens Mansfield Theatre · Original · directed by Sam Wanamaker 7 perf.
1949 Metropole Lyceum Theatre · Original · directed by George S. Kaufman 2 perf.
1950 King Lear National Theatre · Revival · directed by John Houseman 48 perf.
1951 Flahooley Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy 40 perf.

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Worked with more than once11 names

Theodore Newton 2 productions
Phil Sheridan 2 productions
Paul Huber 2 productions
Nehemiah Persoff 2 productions
Helen Ray 2 productions
George Lessey 2 productions
Fred Leslie 2 productions
Frances Waller 2 productions
Florence Sundstrom 2 productions
Claudia Morgan 2 productions
Carol Goodner 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. 11 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.

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