- (1931 - 1947) Active in the following Broadway productions:
- (1931) Stage Play: The Cat and the Fiddle. Romantic musical comedy/ Based on material by Otto A. Harbach and Jerome Kern. Music by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach. Lyrics by Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern; Orchestrations devised by Jerome Kern. Orchestrations scored by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Directed by José Ruben. Globe Theatre (moved to George M. Cohan's Theatre from 24 May 1932 to close): 15 Oct 1931- 24 Sep 1932 (395 performances). Cast: Margaret Adams, Doris Carson, Peter Chambers, Eddie Foy Jr., Lawrence Grossmith, Lisa Guigon, Bettina Hall, George Kirk, Dorothy Lane, Flora Le Breton, George Magis, George Meader (as "Pompineau") [Broadway debut], Georges Metaxa, Odette Myrtil, Georgianna Orr, José Ruben, Karl Theman, Lucette Valsy, Fred Walton, Frances Wise. Produced by Max Gordon. Produced in association with Erlanger Productions Inc.
- (1933) Stage Play: Champagne, Sec. Musical/operetta. Book by Alan Child. Music by Johann Strauss. Lyrics by Robert A. Simon. From "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauß. Musical Director: Rudolph Thomas. From "Die Fledermaus" by Carl Haffner and 'Richard Genee' (qw). Based on a French play by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. From a German story by Roderich Benedix. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Monty Woolley. Morosco Theatre (moved to The Shubert Theatre from 30 Oct 1933- Nov 1933 then moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 30 Nov 1933- close): 14 Oct 1933- 20 Jan 1934 (113 performances). Cast: John Barclay, Kitty Carlisle (as "Prince Orlofsky"), Carol Chandler, Glenn Darwin, Nina Dean, Gudrun Ekelund, Don English, Helen Ford, Paul Haakon, John E. Hazzard, Olive Jones, Ronald Jones, Wilfried Klamroth, Joseph Macaulay, Alan M. MacCracken, William J. McCarthy, George Meader (as "Von Einstein"), Samuel Mendel, Claire Miller, Bruce Norman, Pierce O'Hearn, Betty Quay, David Rogers, Eleanor Tennis, John Thomas, George Trabert, Nellilew Winger, Peggy Wood. Produced by Dwight Wiman and Lawrence Langner. Produced in association with The Westport Country Playhouse.
- (1934) Stage Play: The Only Girl. Musical comedy (revival). Book by Henry Martyn Blossom [posthumous credit]. Lyrics by Henry Martyn Blossom. Based on "Our Wives" by Frank Mandel and Helen Craft. "Our Wives" adapted from "Jugendfreude" by Ludwig Fulda [final Broadway credit during lifetime]. Music by Victor Herbert [posthumous credit]. Musical Director: Robert Hood Bowers. Directed by R.H. Burnside. 44th Street Theatre: 21 May 1934- 2 Jun 1934 (16 performances). Cast: Antoinette Bartlett (as "Paula, Friend of Patsy"), Betzi Beaton Birdie Martin, Corksey's Wife"), Evelyn Bonefine (as "Violet, Friend of Patsy"), Dorothy Dare (as "Margaret Ayer, Fresh's Wife"), Frances Foley (as "Ruby, Friend of Patsy"), Neila Goodelle (as "Patricia La Montrose, Patsy, A Soubrette"), Bettina Hall (as "Ruth Wilson, a Composer"), Robert Halliday (as "Alan Kimbrough, Kim, a Librettist"), Louise Joyce (as "Viola, Friend of Patsy"), Robert Emmett Keane (as "Andrew McMurray/Bunkie, a Painter"), Richard Keene (as "John Ayer, Fresh, a Lawyer"), Louise Kirtland (as "Jane McMurray, Bunkie's Wife"), George Meader (as "Saunders, Kimbrough's Valet"), Sylvia Roberts (as "Diana, Friend of Patsy"), Louise Ryan (as "Pearle, Friend of Patsy"), Grena Sloan (as "Renee, Friend of Patsy"), Billy Taylor (as "Sylvester Martin/Corksey, a Broker"), Ulita Torgerson (as "Aimee, Friend of Patsy"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1935) Stage Play: The Taming of the Shrew. Comedy. Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Guild Theatre: 30 Sep 1935- Jan 1936 (closing date unknown/129 performances). Cast included: Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Thomas Gomez, Fredie Goodrow, Sydney Greenstreet, Alan Hewitt, George Meader (as "Biondello, Servant to Lucentio"), LeRoi Operti, Richard Whorf, Bretaigne Windust (as "Tranic"). Produced by The Theatre Guild. Produced in association with John C. Wilson.
- (1936) Stage Play: Idiot's Delight. Comedy. Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Production Supervised by Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Dances Directed by Morgan Lewis. Assistant Stage Manager: LeRoi Operti. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Shubert Theatre: 24 Mar 1936- Dec 1936 (closing date unknown/300 performances). Cast: Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Margorie Baglin, Edgar Barrier, Gilmore Bush, Francis Compton, Connie Crowell, Ernestine De Becker, Frances Foley, Thomas Gomez, Sydney Greenstreet, Alan Hewitt, Jean MacIntyre, George Meader, Murry O'Neill, LeRoi Operti (as "Signor Rossi"), Jacqueline Paige, Edward Raquello, Edna Ross, Winston Ross, Stephen Sandes, Barry Thomson, Ruth Timmons, Tomasso Tittoni, Una Val, Richard Whorf, Bretaigne Windust (as "Mr. Cherry"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1937) Stage Play: Amphitryon 38. Comedy. Written by Jean Giraudoux. Book adapted by S.N. Behrman. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Shubert Theatre: 1 Nov 1937- Mar 1938 (closing date unknown/153 performances). Cast: Lynn Fontanne (as "Alkmena"), Alfred Lunt (as "Jupiter"), Ernestine De Becker (as "Echo"), Sydney Greenstreet (as "Trumpeter"), Alan Hewitt (as "Warrior"), Edith King, George Meader (as "Sosie, Servant to Amphitryon"), Jacqueline Paige, Kathleen Roland, Barry Thomson, Richard Whorf (as "Mercury"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1945) Stage Play: The Red Mill. Musical (revival). Produced by Paula Stone and Hunt Stromberg Jr.
- (March 15, 1937) He acted in Robert E. Sherwood's play, "Idiot's Delight," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Stephen Sandes, Barry Thomson, S. Thomas Gomes, Edgar Barrier, Edward Raquello, Sydney Greenstreet, Bretaigne Windust, Jean MacIntyre, Jacqueline Paige, Connie Crowell, Frances Foley, Etna Ross, Marjorie Baglin, Ruth Timmons, Charles Ansley, Winston Ross, Gilmore Bush, David Selva, Richard Whorf, LeRoi Operti, Ernestine De Becker, Gordon Nelson, Una Val, and Francis Compton in the cast. Lee Simonson was set designer. Morgan Lewis was choreographer. Bretaine Windust was director.
- (October 25, 1937) He acted in S.N. Behrman's adaptation of Jean Giraudoux's play, "Amphitryon 38," in a Theatre Guild production at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Edith King, Richard Whorf, Sydney Greenstreet, Alan Hewitt, Barry Thomson, Kathleen Roland, Jacqueline Paige, and Ernestine De Becker in the cast. Samuel L.M. Barlow was composer. Lee Simonson was set designer. Valentine was costume designer. Bretaigne Windust was director.
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