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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/4379
Title'Oklahoma!' by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers
Extent1 file
Date1943-1954
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Oklahoma!', based on the book 'Green Grow the Lilacs' by Lynn Riggs; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; handwritten notes on front cover give dates; includes programme with cast list and inserted notice of change in cast member [1947]; printed flyer on front cover [1947]; magazine extracts with photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical

Performed at The Drury Lane Theatre, London, 30 Apr 1947; presented by H. M. Tennent on behalf of the Theatre Guild of New York; directed by Rouben Mamoulian; dances by Agnes de Mille; settings by Lemuel Ayers; costumes by Miles White
Transferred to: The Stoll Theatre, London, 29 May 1950, closing performance (1548th) 21 Oct 1950; production reproduced by Jerome Whyte
The Opera House, Manchester, 18 Apr 1947
On tour: 1951: The Kings Theatre, Southsea; The Golders Green Hippodrome; 1953 and 1954: The Royal Court, Liverpool
America: The St James's Theatre, New York, 31 Mar 1943 (2202 performances); directed by Rouben Mamoulian; dances by Agnes de Mille
The Biltmore Theatre, Los Angeles

Casts: Betty Garde, Alfred Drake, Joseph Buloff, Joan Roberts, Celeste Holm, Ruth Weston, Jack Kilty, Betty Jane Watson, Harold Keel, Dorothea MacFarland, Walter Donahue, Marek Windheim, Henry Clarke, Mary Mario, William McCarthy, Beatrice Lynn, Gemze de Lappe, Eric Kristen, Wally Peterson, Isobel Bigley, Betty Jo Jones, Victor Griffin, Cynthia Williams, Chris Robinson, Alfred Cibelli, Jennie Gregson, Stokely Gray, Gwen Overton, Lionel Baker, Maxwell Coker, Glenn Marten, Remington Olmsted jnr, Billie Love, Harry Ross, Pam Marmont, Laura Hedley, Molly Bodger, Lulu Dukes, Aileen Kelly, Babette Regnier, Stan Thomason, Ivor Smith, Nigel Burke, Ian Stuart, Frank Taylor, Jack Higginson, Marilyn Nowell, Peter Felgate, Toni Repetski, Barbara Ann Rodgers, Jack Rainer, Robert Glynne, Pamela Barton
Access StatusOpen

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