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BEGINNING |
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MATINEES |
GEORGE ABBOTT
Presents
BOY MEETS GIRL
A New Play
by
BELLA and SAM SPEWACK
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Staged by Mr. Abbott |
Settings by Arno Lundborg |
CAST
(In Order of Appearance)
| ROBERT LAW | . . . . . . . . . Played by . . . . . . . . . | Allyn Joslyn |
| LARRY TOMS | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Charles McClelland |
| J. CARLYLE BENSON | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Jerome Cowan |
| ROSETTI | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Everett Sloane |
| MR. FRIDAY (C. F.) | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Royal Beal |
| PEGGY | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Julie Lawrence |
| MISS CREWS | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Lea Penman |
| RODNEY BEVAN | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | James MacColl |
| GREEN | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Garson Kanin |
| SLADE | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Maurice Sommers |
| SUSIE | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Joyce Arling |
| A NURSE | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Helen Gardner |
| DOCTOR | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Perry Ivins |
| CHAUFFEUR | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Juan Varro |
| YOUNG MAN | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Philip Faversham |
| STUDIO OFFICER | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | George W. Smith |
| CUTTER | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Robert Foulk |
| ANOTHER NURSE | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | Georgette McKee |
| MAJOR THOMPSON | . . . . . . . . . . . ” ” . . . . . . . . . . | John Clarke |
Andrea King’s appearance in the smash Broadway hit “Boy Meets Girl” was brief. She had met with the legendary director George Abbott while she was still appearing in “Fly Away Home,” and he had remembered her impressive performance as Buff Masters in that play. But after it closed, 16-year-old Georgette McKee (Andrea) left New York right away to visit her grandmother in Palm Beach for an extended vacation. Mr. Abbott’s office tracked her down in Florida and offered her the small part of a nurse in “Boy Meets Girl” while understudying Abbott regular Joyce Arling, who had signed on as the female lead. Georgette was terribly flattered that Mr. Abbott had gone to such great lengths to locate her, and she thought nothing of the fact that she was several years too young to step into the leading part–a fact that had also been missed by Mr. Abbott when he had previously met with her–and she happily joined the successful production. Several months into the run, an understudy rehearsal was called. Mr. Abbott was organizing a London company with the idea of using his Broadway understudies for the play’s leads in England. One look at Georgette during this rehearsal revealed his casting error, and immediately afterward, he asked Garson Kanin (for reasons unknown), who was also a member of the cast, to notify Georgette of her release from the production. It was a blow to our young actress, but an understandable one. And like the trooper she was, she picked up the pieces and moved on.