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George Rose

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Actor 1920–1988 On stage 19461985

George Walter Rose (19 February 1920 – 5 May 1988) was an English actor and singer in theatre and film. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for roles in My Fair Lady and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

On stage 25 productions, 39 years

1946 King Henry IV, Part I New Century Theatre · Revival · directed by John Burrell 8 perf.
1946 King Henry IV, Part II New Century Theatre · Revival · directed by John Burrell 9 perf.
1946 Oedipus Rex New Century Theatre · Revival · directed by Michel Saint-Denis 15 perf.
1946 The Critic New Century Theatre · Revival · directed by Miles Malleson
1959 Much Ado About Nothing Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Revival · directed by John Gielgud 58 perf.
1961 A Man for All Seasons Anta Playhouse · Original · directed by Noel Willman 637 perf.
1964 Hamlet Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Revival 137 perf.
1964 Slow Dance on the Killing Ground Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Anthony 88 perf.
1965 The Royal Hunt of the Sun Anta Playhouse · Original · directed by John Dexter 261 perf.
1966 Walking Happy Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Cy Feuer 161 perf.
1968 Loot Biltmore Theatre · Original · directed by Derek Goldby 22 perf.
1969 Canterbury Tales Eugene Oneill Theatre · Original · directed by Sammy Bayes 121 perf.
1969 Coco Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Benthall 332 perf.
1970 Sleuth Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Clifford Williams 1,222 perf.
1972 Wise Child Helen Hayes Theatre · Original · directed by James Hammerstein 4 perf.
1974 My Fat Friend Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Moore 288 perf.
1976 My Fair Lady St James Theatre · Revival · directed by Jerry Adler 377 perf.
1978 The Kingfisher Biltmore Theatre · Original · directed by Lindsay Anderson 181 perf.
1979 Peter Pan Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Revival 554 perf.
1981 The Pirates Of Penzance Uris Theatre · Revival · directed by Wilford Leach 772 perf.
1983 Dance a Little Closer Minskoff Theatre · Original · directed by Alan Jay Lerner 1 perf.
1983 You Can't Take It With You Plymouth Theatre · Revival · directed by Ellis Rabb 312 perf.
1984 Beethoven's Tenth Nederlander Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Chetwyn 25 perf.
1985 Aren't We All? Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Revival · directed by Clifford Williams 93 perf.
1985 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Wilford Leach 608 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 names

Margaret Leighton 5 productions
William Squire 4 productions
William Monk 4 productions
Sidney Tafler 4 productions
Robin Lloyd 4 productions
Ralph Richardson 4 productions
Peter Copley 4 productions
Nicholas Hannen 4 productions
Michael Warre 4 productions
Michael Raghan 4 productions
Laurence Olivier 4 productions
Kenneth Edwards 4 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. 12 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.

In the literature8 passages

  • The musical has been revived in New York five times, the first two in noncommercial productions by the New York City Center Light Opera Company, first on May 20, 1964, for forty-seven performances with Myles Eason (Higgins), Marni Nixon (Eliza), and Reginald Gardiner (Doolittle) and then on June 23, 1968, for twenty-two performances with…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Two major revivals were staged in New York. In 1976, the musical ran for 377 performances with Ian Richardson, Christine Andreas, and George Rose. In 1981, it lasted 119 with Rex Harrison, Nancy Ringham, and Milo O’Shea. Harrison and Holloway repeated their roles in the 1964 movie version, also starring Audrey Hepburn.ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Kevin Kline, Estelle Parsons, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Rex Smith, Tony Azitoebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: George Rose, Cleo Laine, Betty Buckley, Howard McGillin, Patti Cohenour, Jana Schneider, John Herrera, Jerome Dempseyebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • “Talent and charisma made Broadway stars,” said stage actor George Rose. “Not the cosmetic, shallow appeal of Hollywood, but real, in-person qualities. It takes real stamina and natural magnetism to keep an audience captivated and to make them return. When she got on the stage and performed, Ethel Merman crushed any traces of boredom or r…ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • British actor George Rose said, “I think it’s from a grudge. I understand that some people who couldn’t secure rights to one or other of Lionel Bart’s projects then concocted this rumor. I imagine they’re anti-Semitic as well as disgruntled.” Ben Bagley queried, “Don’t you suppose Richard Rodgers would have sued if this accusation had any…ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt

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