Thursday, April 30, 2015

TO HAL BATES FROM CAROL TEITEL


"To Hal - U had a happy night! Love - Carol Teitel"


From the New York Times:

Carol Teitel, 62, Dies; Veteran Stage Actress

Carol Teitel, an actress who made many stage appearances both on and Off Broadway, died Sunday at the Cooper Hospital in Camden, N.J., of complications following an automobile accident on April 23 in Pensacola, Fla. She was 62 years old and lived in Manhattan. 

Mrs. Teitel appeared as a featured player in ''The Country Wife,'' ''The Entertainer,'' ''All Over Town,'' ''A Flea in Her Ear,'' ''Fallen Angels,'' ''Misalliance'' and in the Broadway production of ''Hamlet,'' starring Richard Burton. She won two Obie awards, for her work in ''Under Milkwood'' and ''The Country Scandal.'' She appeared in several plays written by her husband, Nathan Teitel, including ''The Keymaker,'' ''Figures in the Sand'' and ''Duet.''

In 1984, she appeared at England's Nottingham Playhouse as Mary Tyrone in ''Long Day's Journey Into Night'' and as Dolly Levi in ''The Matchmaker.'' She was a founding member of San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater, and appeared regularly at the Williamstown Festival. Most recently, she spent a year in the California production of ''La Cage aux Folles,'' and appeared last season in Beaumarchais's ''Marriage of Figaro'' at the Circle in the Square. Mrs. Teitel made numerous radio and television appearances.