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The boys from Syracuse London cast recording

Title: The boys from Syracuse [sound recording] : London cast recording / [music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart ; book by George Abbott].
Author: Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
Publication: New York : Decca Broadway, p2002.

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Description

1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

Song hits from The boys from Syracuse.

Subject

Musicals

Note

Based on William Shakespeare's The comedy of errors.
Includes bonus tracks (15-20): Song hits from The boys of Syracuse.
Cast album originally released as Decca KLK (M)/SKL (S)-4564; bonus tracks originally issued as Decca A-33 (78 rpm) Feb. 1939.
Compact disc.
Program notes (18 p. : ports., ill.) inserted in container.

Performer (note)

Bob Monkhouse (Antipholus of Syracuse) ; Ronnie Corbett (Dromio of Syracuse) ; Sonny Farrar (Dromio of Ephesus) ; Maggie Fitzgibbon (Luce) ; Lynn Kennington (Adriana) ; Paula Hendrix (Luciana) ; Pat Turner (The Courtesan) ; Denis Quilley (Antipholus of Ephesus) ; additional performers.

Event (note)

Recorded Nov. 17 & 21, 1963 (cast album) and Dec. 13 & 18, 1938 (bonus tracks).

Contents

Cast album (1963). Overture ; I had twins ; Dear old Syracuse ; What can you do with a man? ; Falling in love with love ; The shortest day of the year ; This can't be love ; Ladies of the evening ; He and she ; You have cast your shadow on the sea ; Come with me ; Sing for your supper ; Oh, Diogenes! ; Finale -- Song hits from The boys from Syracuse (1939). Oh, Diogenes! ; Sing for your supper ; Falling in love with love ; You have cast your shadow on the sea ; This can't be love ; The shortest day of the year.

Call Number

*LDC 31395

LCCN

2003562812
042288228127

OCLC

50617696

Author

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.

Title

The boys from Syracuse [sound recording] : London cast recording / [music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart ; book by George Abbott].

Imprint

New York : Decca Broadway, p2002.

Cast

Bob Monkhouse (Antipholus of Syracuse) ; Ronnie Corbett (Dromio of Syracuse) ; Sonny Farrar (Dromio of Ephesus) ; Maggie Fitzgibbon (Luce) ; Lynn Kennington (Adriana) ; Paula Hendrix (Luciana) ; Pat Turner (The Courtesan) ; Denis Quilley (Antipholus of Ephesus) ; additional performers.

Performer

In bonus tracks: Rudy Vallee, Frances Langford, vocals ; orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik.

Event

Recorded Nov. 17 & 21, 1963 (cast album) and Dec. 13 & 18, 1938 (bonus tracks).

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Added Author

Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943.

Abbott, George, 1887-1995.

Monkhouse, Bob.

Corbett, Ronnie, 1930-2016.

Farrar, Sonny.

Fitzgibbon, Maggie, 1929-

Kennington, Lynn.

Hendrix, Paula.

Turner, Pat.

Quilley, Denis.

Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986.

Langford, Frances.

Sosnik, Harry, 1906-1996. Conductor

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Comedy of errors.

Added Title

Song hits from The boys from Syracuse.

Other Standard Identifier

042288228127

Publisher No.

422 882 281-2 Decca Broadway

Research Call Number

*LDC 31395 Program notes on file.

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