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Drood Broadway full performance (created for U.S. tour rehearsals)

Title
Drood [sound recording] : Broadway full performance (created for U.S. tour rehearsals) / by Rupert Holmes.
Author
Holmes, Rupert.
Publication
1986.

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Additional Authors
  • Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
  • Rose, George, 1920-1988
  • McGillin, Howard
  • Buckley, Betty
  • Cohenour, Patti, 1952-
  • Schneider, Jana
  • Herrera, John
  • Kuhn, Judy
  • Murphy, Donna
  • Laine, Cleo
  • Dempsey, Jerome
  • Kuhn, Don
  • Shue, Larry
  • Grifasi, Joe
  • Starobin, Michael
  • Leach, Wilford, 1929-1988
  • New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. dnr
Found In
New York Shakespeare Festival records, 1954-1992.
Description
1 sound cassette : analog, stereo.
Summary
Cassettes contain full performance of the Broadway production of The mystery of Edwin Drood. This recording was used as a rehearsal tape for the U.S. tour.
Uniform Title
Mystery of Edwin Drood
Alternative Title
  • Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Subject
Note
  • Credits and production information taken from the book: New York Shakespeare Festival, the people and the plays.
  • In this production, the ending of the musical is dependent on audience participation. Bazzard was voted to be the candiate Datchery, Rosa Bud was the murderer, and The Princess Puffer and Durdles were the lovers.
  • Separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival records; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 1993-028; for sheet music and scores, see the Music Division, JPB 04-03.
Credits (note)
  • Rupert Holmes, composer, librettist, lyricist and arranger ; Michael Starobin, conductor ; Wilford Leach, director.
Source (note)
  • The New York Shakespeare Festival and Gail Merrifield Papp;
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Contents
  • [Cassette 1] Side 1. There you are ; A man can go quite mad ; Two kingsmen ; Moonfall ; Moonfall quartet ; The wages of sin ; Jasper's vision (dream ballet) [ends abruptly after music] -- Side 2. Ceylon ; Both sides of coin ; Perfect strangers ; No good can come from bad ; Never the luck ; The name of love/Moonfall (reprise)
  • [Cassette 2] Side 1. Setting up the score ; Off to the races ; Don't quit while you're ahead ; Don't quit while you're ahead (reprise) ; Settling up the score (reprise) ; A British subject (instrumental) -- Side 2. Garden path to Hell ; Puffer's revelation ; Out on a limerick ; Jasper's confession ; Murderer's confession ; Perfect strangers (reprise) ; The writing on the wall ; Finale (Don't quit while you're ahead (reprise))
Call Number
*LTC 6621
OCLC
316211294
Author
Holmes, Rupert.
Title
Drood [sound recording] : Broadway full performance (created for U.S. tour rehearsals) / by Rupert Holmes.
Imprint
1986.
Credits
Rupert Holmes, composer, librettist, lyricist and arranger ; Michael Starobin, conductor ; Wilford Leach, director.
Performer
George Rose (Mayor Thomas Sapsea / Your Chairman William Cartwright) ; Howard McGillin (John Jasper / Clive Paget) ; Betty Buckley (Edwin Drood / Alice Nutting) ; Patti Cohenour (Rosa Bud / Deidre Peregrine) ; Jana Schneider (Helena Landless / Janet Conover) ; John Herrera (Neville Landless / Victor Grinstead) ; Judy Kuhn (Alice / Isabel Yearsley) ; Donna Murphy (Beatrice / Florence Gill) ; Cleo Laine (The Princess Puffer / Angela Prysock) ; Jerome Dempsey (Durdles / Nick Cricker) ; Don Kuhr (Deputy / Nick Cricker Jr.) ; Larry Shue (Rev. Crispsparkle / Wilfred Barking-Smythe) ; Joe Grifasi (Bazzard / Philip Bax)
Linking Entry
Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Added Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Mystery of Edwin Drood.
Rose, George, 1920-1988, singer.
McGillin, Howard, singer.
Buckley, Betty, singer.
Cohenour, Patti, 1952- singer.
Schneider, Jana, singer.
Herrera, John, singer.
Kuhn, Judy, singer.
Murphy, Donna, singer.
Laine, Cleo, singer.
Dempsey, Jerome, singer.
Kuhn, Don, singer.
Shue, Larry, singer.
Grifasi, Joe, singer.
Starobin, Michael, conductor.
Leach, Wilford, 1929-1988, director.
Papp, Gail Merrifield. Donor
New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. Donor
Added Title
New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Found In:
New York Shakespeare Festival records, 1954-1992.
Research Call Number
*LTC 6621
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