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Ruth Bond

Shows · Ruth Bond

ActorOn stage 19341943

On stage 6 productions, 9 years

1934 Anything Goes Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Howard Lindsay 420 perf.
1934 The Pure in Heart Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Massey 7 perf.
1936 Red, Hot, and Blue Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Howard Lindsay 183 perf.
1938 Leave It to Me! Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Samuel Spewack 291 perf.
1939 Du Barry Was a Lady 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Edgar MacGregor 408 perf.
1943 One Touch of Venus Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Elia Kazan 567 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Evelyn Kelly 3 productions
Ethel Merman 3 productions
Beverly Hosier 3 productions
William Gaxton 2 productions
Walter Armin 2 productions
Vivian Vance 2 productions
Victor Moore 2 productions
Roy Ross 2 productions
Nancy Lee 2 productions
May Abbey 2 productions
Mary Philips 2 productions
Mary Martin 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. 7 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 literature1 passages

  • Rodney Hatch (Kenny Baker), an unassuming barber, has come to shave Whitelaw Savory (John Boles). The latter, a prominent eccentric art collector, has recently acquired a statue of the Anatolian Venus for his Foundation of Modern Art, because it reminded him of a lost love. When Hatch is left alone, he foolishly puts the ring intended for…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

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