Eva Condon
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Eva Condon was an actress of the Broadway stage and vaudeville
, from the early to mid 20th century.
before becoming an understudy
in the John Drew Jr.
company for several seasons. Her ambition was to excel in high comedy. Her first appearance was in Columbia, South Carolina
in A Single Man. She portrayed a villainess in a Thais Lawton role.
Condon acted in Too Many Cooks at the 39th Street Theater in February 1914. This was her favorite theatrical production. Written by Frank Craven
, the comedy featured its author in the part of the home builder. The following October she was in The Moneymakers at the Booth Theatre
on Broadway. The play was written by Charles Klein
who was once in the British Army
army and helped protect Westminster Abbey
.
Strange Interlude
, a nine-act, Pulitzer Prize
winning play by Eugene O'Neill
, was presented at the Theatre Guild on April 28, 1930. Condon was in the company which brought the work to the stage. Other key performers were Ralph Morgan
, Frank Conroy
, and Ethel Westley. The production was approximately six hours from start to finish.
At the American Theater in St. Louis, Missouri
Condon was with a troupe which performed You Can't Take It with You
in November 1938. She had the role of Penny, the playwriting mother. Clarence Oliver headed a cast which was replete with some of Broadway's best actors.
She appeared with Katharine Cornell
and Tyrone Power
in The Dark Is Light Enough. The program was successful in London and ten cities of the United States, prior to debuting on Broadway in February 1955.
In vaudeville Condon paired with Florence Nash
. In motion pictures she performed with Madge Kennedy
.
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
, from the early to mid 20th century.
Stage career
She resolved to pursue acting at the age of 16. Condon graduated from Hunter CollegeHunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
before becoming an understudy
Understudy
In theater, an understudy is a performer who learns the lines and blocking/choreography of a regular actor or actress in a play. Should the regular actor or actress be unable to appear on stage because of illness or emergencies, the understudy takes over the part...
in the John Drew Jr.
John Drew Jr.
John Drew, Jr. was an American stage actor noted for his roles in Shakespearean comedy, society drama, and light comedies. He was the eldest son of John Drew, who had given up a blossoming career in whaling for acting, and Louisa Lane Drew, and the brother of Louisa Drew, Georgiana Drew & Sidney...
company for several seasons. Her ambition was to excel in high comedy. Her first appearance was in Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...
in A Single Man. She portrayed a villainess in a Thais Lawton role.
Condon acted in Too Many Cooks at the 39th Street Theater in February 1914. This was her favorite theatrical production. Written by Frank Craven
Frank Craven
Frank Craven was an American stage and film actor, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for originating the role of the Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's Our Town....
, the comedy featured its author in the part of the home builder. The following October she was in The Moneymakers at the Booth Theatre
Booth Theatre
The Booth Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 222 West 45th Street in midtown-Manhattan, New York City.Architect Henry B. Herts designed the Booth and its companion Shubert Theatre as a back-to-back pair sharing a Venetian Renaissance-style façade...
on Broadway. The play was written by Charles Klein
Charles Klein
Charles Klein was an English-born playwright and actor who emigrated to America in 1883. Among his works was the libretto of John Philip Sousa's operetta, El Capitan. Klein's talented siblings included the composer Manuel and the critic Herman Klein...
who was once in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
army and helped protect Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...
.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is an experimental play by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. O'Neill finished the play in 1923, but it was not produced on Broadway until 1928, when it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Lynn Fontanne originated the central role of Nina Leeds on Broadway...
, a nine-act, Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winning play by Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish...
, was presented at the Theatre Guild on April 28, 1930. Condon was in the company which brought the work to the stage. Other key performers were Ralph Morgan
Ralph Morgan
Ralph Morgan was a Hollywood film, stage and character actor, and the older brother of Frank Morgan .-Early life:...
, Frank Conroy
Frank Conroy (actor)
Frank Parish Conroy was a British film and stage actor who appeared in many movies, notably The Little Minister, The Ox-Bow Incident, All My Sons, The Threat, The Royal Family of Broadway, The Young Philadelphians and The Day the Earth Stood Still...
, and Ethel Westley. The production was approximately six hours from start to finish.
At the American Theater in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
Condon was with a troupe which performed You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You is a comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The original production of the play opened at the Booth Theater on December 14, 1936, and played for 837 performances...
in November 1938. She had the role of Penny, the playwriting mother. Clarence Oliver headed a cast which was replete with some of Broadway's best actors.
She appeared with Katharine Cornell
Katharine Cornell
Katharine Cornell was an American stage actress, writer, theater owner and producer. She was born to American parents and raised in Buffalo, New York.Cornell is known as the greatest American stage actress of the 20th century...
and Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. , usually credited as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as Ty Power, was an American film and stage actor who appeared in dozens of films from the 1930s to the 1950s, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads such as in The Mark of Zorro, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan,...
in The Dark Is Light Enough. The program was successful in London and ten cities of the United States, prior to debuting on Broadway in February 1955.
In vaudeville Condon paired with Florence Nash
Florence Nash
Florence Nash was an American actress and author. She was sister to theater and movie actor Mary Nash.-Career:...
. In motion pictures she performed with Madge Kennedy
Madge Kennedy
Madge Kennedy was a movie and stage actress of the silent film era....
.
Plays
- The Other Fellow as Grace Tanner
- C.O.D.
- The Old Firm with Alison SkipworthAlison SkipworthAlison Skipworth was an English stage and screen actress. She was born Alison Mary Elliott Margaret Groom in London....
- The Same Old Thing
- Spite Corner
- IceboundIcebound (play)Icebound is a 1923 play written by American playwright Owen Davis, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.It is set in Veazie, Maine, a suburb of Bangor....
- The Best People
- The Guardsman as Mamma
- Move On
- Higher and HigherHigher and Higher (musical)Higher and Higher is a musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and book by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan and produced by Dwight Deere Wiman. It ran on Broadway for 84 performances in 1940.-Production:...
- The Closing Door