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Reginald Gardiner

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Actor 1903–1980 On stage 19351956

William Reginald Gardiner (27 February 1903 – 7 July 1980) was an English actor on the stage, in films and on television.

On stage 4 productions, 21 years

1935 At Home Abroad Winter Garden · Original · directed by Vincente Minnelli, Thomas Mitchell 198 perf.
1936 The Show Is On Winter Garden · Original · directed by Vincente Minnelli, Edward Clark Lilley 237 perf.
1952 An Evening With Beatrice Lillie Booth Theatre · Original 276 perf.
1956 Little Glass Clock John Golden Theatre · Original · directed by Alan Schneider 8 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Beatrice Lillie 3 productions
Vera Allen 2 productions
Polly Rose 2 productions
Peggy Gallimore 2 productions
Pearl Harris 2 productions
Paul Haakon 2 productions
Mildred Webb 2 productions
Mary Ann Carr 2 productions
June Mcnulty 2 productions
Jane Lane 2 productions
Hazel Boffinger 2 productions
Andre Charise 2 productions

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In the literature7 passages

  • Cast : Beatrice Lillie , Reginald Gardiner, Eadie and Rack (Pianos), John Philip (Singer), Xenia Bank, Florence Brayebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: Overture (Eadie and Rack); Reginald Gardiner; “A Star’s First Night” (sketch by Robert MacGunigle; as “The Girl Friend,” the sketch had originally been seen in the 1932 revue Walk a Little Faster ) (The Star: Xenia Bank; The Maid: Florence Bray; The Star’s Friend: Beatrice Lillie); “One in Three” (monologue) (Reginald Gardiner);…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: Eadie and Rack; Reginald Gardiner; Beatrice Lillie (with Rack and John Philip); Finaleebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • The first act consisted of comic sketches, many of which had been introduced by Beatrice Lillie and Reginald Gardiner in previous Broadway and London outings. The second act was primarily devoted to a concert-like evening of songs by Lillie; many of the numbers were ones she had introduced in various revues over the years.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Beatrice Lillie, Ethel Waters, Herb Williams, Eleanor Powell, Paul Haakon, Reginald Gardiner, Eddie Foy Jr., Vera Allen, John Payneebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • The outstanding such entry was An Evening With Beatrice Lillie (1952), with duo-pianists Eadie and Rack in the pit, Reginald Gardiner to spell the diva, and Lillie at her peak in old and new material. Most comics spoof the everyday; Lillie spoofed the ri diculous, which rendered her opaque and transparent at once, a genuine one-and-only.…ebooks/Mordden, Ethan/B0035RP5R8 EBOK - Ethan Mordden.txt

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