Research Catalog

The Theatre Guild presents Porgy and Bess

Title
The Theatre Guild presents Porgy and Bess / music by George Gershwin ; libretto by Du Bose Heyward ; lyrics by Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin; settings by Sergei Soudeikine; orchestra conductor, Alexander Smallens, production directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
Author
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Publication
New York : Gershwin Pub. Corp., c1935.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request Appointment

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.

Notated musicSupervised use NCOF+ (Gershwin, G. Porgy and Bess)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Details

Additional Authors
  • Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
  • Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
  • Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961.
Description
1 vocal score (559 p.) : illus., port.; 31 cm.
Uniform Title
Porgy and Bess. Vocal score
Alternative Title
Porgy and Bess.
Subject
  • Promptbooks
  • Operas > Vocal scores with piano
Note
  • English words.
  • First performed in New York in 1935.
  • "Story of Porgy and Bess founded on the play Porgy by Du Bose and Dorothy Heyward."-- 3d prelim. l.
Indexed In (note)
  • Charles Hamm, "The Theatre Guild production of Porgy and Bess," Journal of the American Musicological Society 40, no. 3 (Autumn 1987)
Reproduction (note)
  • Microfilm.
Call Number
NCOF+ (Gershwin, G. Porgy and Bess)
OCLC
NYPG05-C10011
Author
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Title
The Theatre Guild presents Porgy and Bess / music by George Gershwin ; libretto by Du Bose Heyward ; lyrics by Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin; settings by Sergei Soudeikine; orchestra conductor, Alexander Smallens, production directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
Imprint
New York : Gershwin Pub. Corp., c1935.
Indexed In:
Charles Hamm, "The Theatre Guild production of Porgy and Bess," Journal of the American Musicological Society 40, no. 3 (Autumn 1987), 501-2.
Reproduction
Also available as: Microfilm. New York, N.Y. : The New York Public Library, 1990. 1 microfilm reel : 35mm. (MN: *ZZ-30734)
Local Note
Extensively annotated with detailed stage directions. Also indicates musical portions cut from production. Used as a prompt book by the stage manager for the first New York run. Bound inside back cover are list of addresses of cast (3 p.), stage plan (1 p.), light plot (4 p.), property plot (4 p.), and light cues (19 p.).
NYPL THE copy: originally cataloged August 1957.
Connect to:
Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
Added Author
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Porgy.
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983. Porgy and Bess.
Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961. Porgy.
Research Call Number
NCOF+ (Gershwin, G. Porgy and Bess)
View in Legacy Catalog