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[[bold, large print]] WHO'S WHO [[/bold, large print]]
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AVERELL HARRIS: (Brabantio) It would take a good many paragraphs, the size of this one, to list accurately Mr. Harris' theatrical past. He played many parts with Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Company, following which he appeared in "Antony and Cleopatra," with Tallulah Bankhead; "Key Largo," "Pal Joey," and then George Abbott's musical "Beat the Band."

PHILIP HUSTON: (Lodovico) During the past few years Philip Huston has been one of the most popular leading men in summer stock companies during the summers and has played in Shakespeare in the winters. "Twelfth Night" was followed by "Macbeth" and that in turn by last summer's production of "Othello," in which he played the same part that he has now.

EDITH KING: (Bianca) Edith King has been in so many Theatre Guild plays that it might almost be easier to set down the ones in the past few years in which she hasn't appeared. However, she was seen with the Lunts in "Amphytrion '38" and "The Sea Gull"; Then she did "Battle of Angels" and

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"Hope For a Harvest." With the war she began intensive OCD work and has continued this war effort right up to Bianca in "Othello."

JACK MANNING: (Roderigo) Jack Manning graduated from the University of Cincinnati and came to New York to make his debut as the young man with the new cigarette case in "Junior Miss." He then played in "The Great Big Doorstep," followed in "Harriet" and now "Othello."

ROBERT E. PERRY: (The Duke and Gratiano) When "Othello" was produced in Cambridge, Mass. two summers ago, Perry was found directing the company there and was persuaded to play the Duke. He was seen last season in "Uncle Harry," spent this last summer playing opposite Constance Bennett in "Without Love" in a great number of places and has now returned to not only his original role but an added one besides.

WILLIAM WOODSON: (Montano) Woodson arrived at The Guild offices, a fugitive from traveling Shakespeare companies, stock troupes, tent shows and other theatricality on the West Coast. For The Guild he joined Helen Hayes in "Candle In The Wind," did Montano two summers ago, then appeared in Miss Hayes' production of "Harriet" this season, and is now back in his part in "Othello."

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[[bold, large print]] MUSIC [[/bold, large print]]
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Starting from the time when he was just high enough to push his money over the counter in the pawn shop to buy a highly used Trombone, Bennett has learned music the hard way. On the aforementioned trombone he learned to pick out "My Country 'Tis of Thee"; soon bored with this he went to the aforementioned hock shop and traded it in for a fiddle. This process continued, instrument by instrument; and by the time he was twelve, Tom had acquired knowledge and ambition enough to lead a band for the Girl Scout Troop's dance. He continued to study music through school, but never mastered a particular instrument, instead he studied all of the instruments in the orchestra to find out their qualities. Family interference caused Bennett to go into the furniture business for a short period; the period was ended in October of 1929; for seven years thereafter he studied scores, listened to symphonies, to find out how the conductors achieved their effects, and haunted studios and orchestra rehearsals looking for a job as an arranger. He got it. He became arranger and composer for Ozzie Nelson, then came a similar position with Mark Warnow and later Andre Kostelanetz. He then became Staff Composer for N. B. C. and is now in the talent department. He is the composer of the Ford Ballet that was performed during the World Fair in 1940 and of a Piano Concerto.

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[[image: black and white photograph of Tom Bennett]]
TOM BENNETT