William Norris

On stage 18 productions, 28 years

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Worked with more than once11 names

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In the literature4 passages

• Babes in Toyland. William Norris and Mabel Barrison, as the two babes, lead Mother Hubbard’s children in singing “I Can’t Do the Sum.” (Byron)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Cast: Peggy Wood, Charles Purcell, Ralph Herbert, William Norris, Gertrude Vanderbiltebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Cast: William Gaxton, Constance Carpenter, Nana Bryant, June Cochrane, William Norris, Jack Thompsonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Pickford, William Norris, Ernest Truex and Lillian Gish; “Joseph and His Brethren,” a Biblical spectacle, with Paul-theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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