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Bitter sweet (Operetta).
- Title
- Bitter sweet (Operetta).
- Publication
- 1929-1943.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 5728 (1930-1943) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 5727 (1929) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- 2 bound volume of programs : illustrations; 25 cm or smaller
- Summary
- Two volumes of programs (1929-1943) for Bitter Sweet, music, book and lyrics by Noel Coward, documenting the original Broadway production at the Ziegfeld Theatre. Includes a few programs from the original London production, a pre-Broadway engagement at the Tremont Theatre (Boston), and subsequent regional revivals in the United States, some by the St. Louis Municipal Opera Company.
- Donor/Sponsor
- In honor of George Freedley
- Subjects
- Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981 > Letter from London
- Frohman, Daniel, 1851-1940 > May I reminisce?
- Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949, > dancer
- Wynn, Ed, 1886-1966, > actor
- Astaire, Adele, > actor
- Astaire, Fred, > actor
- Miller, Marilyn, 1898-1936, > actor
- Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964, > actor
- Burke, Billie, 1885-1970, > actor
- Coward, Noël, 1899-1973 > Bitter-sweet
- Municipal Opera Orchestra (Saint Louis, Mo.)
- Ziegfeld Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
- Theater programs
- Blackface entertainers
- Brunswick (Sound recording label)
- Playbills
- Theater, Open-air
- Genre/Form
- Theater programs.
- Playbills.
- Note
- Advertising in the programs for the Ziegfeld Theatre includes promotions for upcoming Ziegfeld shows starring Billie Burke, Eddie Cantor (depicted in blackface make-up), Marilyn Miller, Fred and Adele Astaire, and Ed Wynn. Advertising for Brunswick Electrical Records mentions a recording of Bill Robinson performing a tap dance. Item 11 in MWEZ+ n.c. 5727 includes an article by Daniel Frohman entitled May I reminisce? Other programs in the same volume include Alec Waugh's Letter from London, on the theatrical season.
- Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 5727-5728
- OCLC
- 1048615598
- Title
- Bitter sweet (Operetta).
- Publisher
- 1929-1943.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
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- Research Call Number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 5727-5728