Mame, [196-] / book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee ; music and lyrics by Jerry Herman ; based on the novel by Patrick Dennis and the play Auntie Mame by Lawrence & Lee.

Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994

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Dennis, Patrick, 1921-1976

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American author, advertising executive, and drama critic; b. Edward Everett Tanner III; also used pseudonym Virginia Rowans. From the description of Patrick Dennis collection, 1961-1965. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70962623 ...

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: ...