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Edward Powell

Shows · Edward Powell

OrchestratorOn stage 19291930

On stage 3 productions, 1 years

1929 Ladies of the Jury Erlangers Theatre · Original · directed by Harrison Grey Fiske 88 perf.
1929 Zeppelin National Theatre · Original · directed by Frank Merlin 72 perf.
1930 It's A Grand Life Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Harrison Grey Fiske 25 perf.

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Worked with more than once6 names

C W van Voorhis 3 productions
William Lorenz 2 productions
Walter Kinsella 2 productions
Mrs Fiske 2 productions
Germaine Giroux 2 productions
Elsie Keene 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. 6 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

Let ‘Em Eat Cake

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  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
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  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — orchestrator — 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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