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Sanford Meisner

Shows · Sanford Meisner

ActorOn stage 19241958

On stage 26 productions, 34 years

1924 They Knew What They Wanted Garrick Theatre · Original · directed by Philip Moeller 414 perf.
1925 Garrick Gaieties Garrick Theatre · Original · directed by Philip Loeb 211 perf.
1925 Processional Garrick Theatre · Original 90 perf.
1926 Juarez and Maximilian Guild Theatre · Original · directed by Philip Moeller 48 perf.
1927 Four Walls John Golden Theatre · Original 144 perf.
1927 The Doctor's Dilemma Guild Theatre · Revival · directed by Dudley Digges 115 perf.
1928 Marco Millions Guild Theatre · Original · directed by Rouben Mamoulian 92 perf.
1928 Volpone Guild Theatre · Original · directed by Philip Moeller 46 perf.
1930 Marco Millions Liberty Theatre · Revival · directed by Rouben Mamoulian 8 perf.
1930 Volpone Liberty Theatre · Revival · directed by Philip Moeller 8 perf.
1931 1931- Mansfield Theatre · Original · directed by Lee Strasberg 12 perf.
1932 Night Over Taos 48th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Lee Strasberg 13 perf.
1933 American Dream Guild Theatre · Original · directed by Philip Moeller 39 perf.
1933 Men in White Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Lee Strasberg 351 perf.
1934 Gold Eagle Guy Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Lee Strasberg 65 perf.
1935 Awake and Sing! Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Clurman 184 perf.
1935 Paradise Lost Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Clurman 73 perf.
1936 Johnny Johnson 44th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Lee Strasberg 68 perf.
1938 Rocket to the Moon Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Clurman 131 perf.
1940 Night Music Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Clurman 20 perf.
1942 They Should Have Stood in Bed Mansfield Theatre · Original · directed by Luther Adler 11 perf.
1944 Embezzled Heaven National Theatre · Original · directed by B. Iden Payne 52 perf.
1947 Crime and Punishment National Theatre · Revival · directed by Theodore Komisarjevsky 40 perf.
1947 The Whole World Over Biltmore Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Clurman 100 perf.
1950 The Bird Cage Coronet Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Clurman 21 perf.
1958 The Cold Wind and the Warm Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Clurman 120 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Morris Carnovsky 14 productions
William Challee 8 productions
Walter Coy 8 productions
Art Smith 8 productions
Ruth Nelson 7 productions
Luther Adler 7 productions
Roman Bohnen 6 productions
Phoebe Brand 6 productions
Vincent Sherman 5 productions
Stella Adler 5 productions
Lewis Leverett 5 productions
Herbert Ratner 5 productions

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