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Yvonne Adair

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Actor 1897–1989 On stage 19481949

Yvonne Madeleine Adair (18 March 1897 – 17 December 1989) was a British pianist, teacher and composer whose educational compositions still regularly appear in the graded pieces of music college examination boards. Some pieces were published under the pen name Ella Fairall.

On stage 2 productions, 1 years

1948 Lend An Ear National Theatre · Original · directed by Gower Champion, Hal Gerson 460 perf.
1949 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Ziegfeld Theatre · Revival · directed by John C. Wilson 740 perf.

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Worked with more than once1 names

Carol Channing 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.

In the literature5 passages

  • During the chaotic tryout, director George S. Kaufman was replaced by coproducer Cy Feuer, and the book by Kaufman and Leueen MacGrath (Mrs. Kaufman) was revised by Abe Burrows, who along with Kaufman and MacGrath received official book credit. Lucinda Ballard (Mrs. Howard Dietz) was the costume designer, but by the New York opening Rober…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “Chaps from Annapolis” (Male Ensemble); “Welcome to Union City” (Jessica James, Girl Ensemble); “Wrong Apartment” (sketch) (Wife: Yvonne Adair; First Man: Joey Faye; Second Man: Danny Dayton; Husband: Lou Browne); “Strip for Action” (Yvonne Adair, Girl Ensemble); “Dame Crazy” (Yvonne Adair, Jack Whiting); “Too Young to Go Steady”…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Chaps from Annapolis” (reprise) (Male Ensemble); “Love Me as Though There Was No Tomorrow” (Lois O’Brien, Jerome Courtland); “I Just Want to Be a Song and Dance Man” (Jack Whiting); “Flugle Street” (sketch) (Delivery Man: Danny Dayton; A Young Man: Joey Faye; A Young Girl: Sue Ane Langdon; Another Man: Lou Browne); “Join the Nav…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: William Eythe, Carol Channing, Yvonne Adair, Gene Nelson, Jennie Lou Law, Gloria Hamilton, Bob Scheererebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Carol Channing, Yvonne Adair, Jack McCauley, Eric Brotherson, Alice Pearce, Rex Evans, Anita Alvarez, George S. Irving, Mort Marshall, Howard Morris, Charles “Honi” Coles, Cholly Atkinsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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