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King Calder

Shows · King Calder

ActorOn stage 19211951

On stage 17 productions, 30 years

1921 The Poppy God Hudson Theatre · Original 16 perf.
1927 The Tightwad 49th Street Theatre · Original · directed by A.H. Van Buren 9 perf.
1929 The Humbug Ambassador Theatre · Original 13 perf.
1930 Cafe Ritz Theatre · Original · directed by José Ruben 4 perf.
1930 Five Star Final Cort Theatre · Original 175 perf.
1930 The Blue Ghost Forrest Theatre · Original · directed by Stephen Clark 112 perf.
1932 Bidding High Vanderbilt Theatre · Original · directed by John Hayden 23 perf.
1933 The Best People Waldorf Theatre · Revival · directed by Lionel Bevans 67 perf.
1934 All Rights Reserved Ritz Theatre · Original · directed by Melville Burke 31 perf.
1934 Errant Lady Fulton Theatre · Original · directed by Priestly Morrison 40 perf.
1935 Tomorrow's a Holiday John Golden Theatre · Original · directed by George S. Kaufman 8 perf.
1940 The Scene of the Crime Fulton Theatre · Original · directed by Frank Merlin 12 perf.
1942 The Doughgirls Lyceum Theatre · Original 671 perf.
1946 Born Yesterday Lyceum Theatre · Original 1,642 perf.
1948 Bravo! Lyceum Theatre · Original 44 perf.
1950 Season in the Sun Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Burgess Meredith 367 perf.
1951 Seventeen Broadhurst Theatre · Revival · directed by Staging by Hassard Short and book direction by Richard Whorf 182 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Janet Fox 2 productions
Henry Sherwood 2 productions
Frances Fuller 2 productions
Doris Dalton 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. 3 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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