 Following "Lunatics and Lovers", Partington began dividing his time between acting and stage management.His work as a stage manager brought him opportunities to work with such theatrical luminaries as Thornton Wilder, Moss Hart, David Merrick, Jed Harris, and Tyrone Guthrie.After stage managing the original Broadway productions of "The Matchmaker", "The First Gentlemen", "Child of Fortune", and "My Fair Lady", Partington had the opportunity to work with Orson Welles, Douglas Campbell and Rod Steiger, as both an actor and stage manager, in Welles' theatrical adaptation of the Herman Melville classic, "Moby Dick", entitled "Moby Dick—Rehearsed".