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The merry widow (Operetta) programs

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Description

1 bound volume : illustrations, some in color; 24 cm

Donor/Sponsor

In honor of George Freedley

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Programs (1939 - 1979) for versions of The merry widow, music by Franz Lehar; book by Victor Léon and Leo Stein; Sidney Sheldon and Ben Roberts; Rowland Leigh and Randolph Carter; Milton Lazarus; lyrics by Adrian Ross; Forman Brown; Alice Hammerstein Mathias; new musical version by Robert Stolz; Spanish translation by Miguel Padilla. Of note is a 1939 production at the Hollywood Playhouse presented by the Works Projects [sic] Administration; a production by the Sadler's Wells Opera Company (London); a production at Her Majesty's Theatre (Sydney, Australia).
Item 2, a program for the Majestic Theatre, is part of the Lester Sweyd Collection.
Item 5, a program for the Chicago Opera House, contains a ticket for a seat in the First Balcony.
Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.

Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 26214

OCLC

1005245680

Title

The merry widow (Operetta) programs, 1939-1979.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948, composer. Lustige Witwe.

Léon, Victor, 1858-1940.

Stein, Leo, 1861-1921.

Sheldon, Sidney.

Roberts, Ben, 1916-1984.

Leigh, Rowland.

Carter, Randolph, 1908-1998.

Ross, Adrian, 1859-1933, lyricist.

Brown, Forman, 1901-1996, lyricist.

Mathias, Alice Hammerstein, lyricist.

Stolz, Robert, 1880-1975, composer.

Padilla, Miguel.

Research Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 26214