Dear world : a new musical, 1967 Nov. 1 / music and lyrics by Jerry Herman ; book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee ; based on The madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux ; adapted by Maurice Valency.
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Giraudoux, Jean, 1882-1944
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French author. From the description of Jeunesse d'Amerique : autograph manuscript signed : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870175 ...
Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994
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Herman, Jerry, 1931-
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Jerry Herman (b. 1933) is a composer and lyricist of Broadway musicals. Herman writes in an easily accessible, infectiously tuneful and optimistic style with a winning combination of innocence and wit. Finding particular success in the 1960s with Hello, Dolly! and Mame, his style seemed more out-of-step during the turbulent 70s, though he and many others regard his score for Mack and Mabel (1974) as his best. He found renewed success with La cage aux folles (1983). From the descripti...
Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004
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In 1925 high school teacher John T. Scopes was arrested and tried for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in Dayton, Tennessee. Scopes was defended by Clarence Darrow, while the prosecution was represented by William Jennings Bryan. The historical characters' names were changed for this dramatization, which originally premiered on Broadway in 1955. From the description of Inherit the wind / by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, 1996. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: ...
Valency, Maurice, 1903-1996
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Dramatist, professor of comparative literature at Columbia University. From the description of Manuscripts, 1945-1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122611185 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Maurice Valency (1903-1996) was an American playwright, critic, author, and translator. Valency was born March 22, 1903 in New York City and was educated at the City College of New York and Columbia University. Valency was a professor of co...
