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George H. Kondolf was an American theatrical and radio producer. He was an associate of George Cukor and was, for two turbulent years, director of the Federal Theater Project in New York City. ==Early career== George Henry Kondolf was born March 13, 1900 in Rochester NY.〔U.S. World War I draft registration card, available at ancestry.com〕 His father, George V. Kondolf, was born in Alsace-Lorraine in 1850 and his mother, Ann E. Kondolf, was born in Ireland in 1851.〔1920 United States Census〕 He attended the University of Rochester and Harvard University〔Rochester Alumni Review, February–March 1929, pg. 95〕〔Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, October 19, 1926〕 Kondolf was a business associate of George Cukor. Cukor had become actor and Co-Manager of the newly formed Lyceum Players at the old Lyceum Theater in Rochester in 1922, and, by 1925, Korndolf and Cukor became co-producers of this summer stock company.〔http://www.moviemoviesite.com/People/C/cukor_george/timeline-1899-1940.htm〕 In 1926, the Lyceum Players becomes the Cukor-Kondolf Company when the troupe was forced to move from the Lyceum Theater to the Temple Theater in Rochester.〔〔The Standard, Holly NY, Oct. 11, 1928, pg. 11〕 In the first half of 1925, Korndolf stage managed the first three plays of the newly created Rochester Community Players, as well as assisting in the scene design for these early productions.〔1924-1926 programs of the Rochester Community Players, bound volume, located in the Local History Department of the Rochester, NY Public Library〕 Kondolf continued to operated a summer stock company in Rochester through 1931, when he operated under the name Kondolf-Folmer Company, with Walter Former, at the Temple and Lyceum Theaters.〔Rochester Alumni Review, April–May 1930, pg. 127〕〔Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, April 6, 1930〕〔New York Times June 25, 1931〕 In 1930 he also operated a Buffalo company that summer at the Erlangers Theater.〔New York Times March 13, 1930〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George H. Kondolf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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