Kiss me, Kate / music and lyrics by Cole Porter ; book by Sam and Bella Spewack, 1999.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

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Porter, Cole, 1891-1964

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Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana on June 9, 1891. As a boy he took lessons in piano and violin, and began writing songs while in prep school. He attended Yale College (Class of 1913), where he composed fight songs that are still used today. After graduating, he went on to Harvard Law School, but he had little interest in law and soon began studying music instead. Porter would later complete his musical education at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. Porter's first Broadway show, See America F...

Blakemore, Michael, 1928-

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Spewack, Bella Cohen, 1899-1990

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Spewack, Samuel, 1899-1971

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Author, screenwriter. From the description of Reminiscences of Samuel Loebel Spewack : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131679 Authors, screenwriters; interviewees are married. From the description of Reminiscences of Samuel Loebel and Bella Cohen Spewack : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122308382 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Samuel Spewack, 1899-1971 (Co...