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Teddy Hart

Shows · Teddy Hart

Actor 1897–1971 On stage 19201946

Teddy Hart (1897–1971), brother of lyricist Lorenz Hart, was an American comic actor who played one of the twin Dromios in Rodgers and Hart's The Boys from Syracuse (1938) and appeared in One Touch of Venus and Three Men on a Horse.

On stage 11 productions, 26 years

1920 An Innocent Idea Fulton Theatre · Original 7 perf.
1928 Guns Wallacks Theatre · Original 48 perf.
1932 East of Broadway Belmont Theatre · Original · directed by Lew Levenson 39 perf.
1937 Room Service Cort Theatre · Original 500 perf.
1938 The Boys from Syracuse Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 235 perf.
1939 See My Lawyer Biltmore Theatre · Original · directed by Ezra Hunt 224 perf.
1941 The More the Merrier Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Otto Preminger 16 perf.
1942 The New Moon Carnegie Hall · Revival · directed by John Pierce 24 perf.
1942 Three Men on a Horse Forrest Theatre · Revival 28 perf.
1943 One Touch of Venus Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Elia Kazan 567 perf.
1946 Naughty Naught '00 Knickerbocker Theatre · Revival · directed by Ray Harrison 17 perf.

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Worked with more than once5 names

Millard Mitchell 2 productions
Fleming Ward 2 productions
Eddie Albert 2 productions
Clifford Dunstan 2 productions
Carroll Ashburn 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. 4 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 literature3 passages

  • TEDDY HART, WILLIAM LYNN, SHIRLEY BOOTH, MILLARD MITCHELL, SAM LEVENE in “THREE MEN ON A HORSE”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • |THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (Nov. 23) Rodgers and Hart's tuneful skirmish with a classical theme, featuring Jimmy Savo and Teddy Hart as twin Dromios. Jo Mielziner’s witty sets highlight an immensely popular but somewhat disappointing show.theatre-pdfs/sim_theatre-arts_1939-05_23_5.txt
  • SEE MY LAWYER (Sept. 27) farcical doings in a lawyer's office, flying the Abbott insignia. Ezra Stone directs and acts in a cast enlivened by Teddy Hart, Milton Berle, Eddie Nugent. SKYLARK (Oct. 11) Gertrude Lawrence flashes brilliantly through a mediocre parlor comedy by Samson Raphaelson. THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (Oct. 16) Kaufman an…theatre-pdfs/sim_theatre-arts_1940-03_24_3.txt

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