Creation Date

1958-04-01

Abstract

Beginning of a Playbill: a weekly magazine for theatregoers, for Lost in the Stars: A Musical Tragedy. Based on Alan Paton's novel Cry, the Beloved Country, the entire production was conceived and staged by Jose Quintero with Julius Rudel as the general director. Words were written by Maxwell Anderson and music composed by Kurt Weill. Eva Jessye played the character Mrs. Mkize.

Object Type

Program

Identifier

Ev-9-pr047

File Format

Text

Location

New York -- New York -- New York City

Digitization Date

2015-07-07

Publisher Digital

Pittsburg State University, Axe Library, Special Collections

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Notes

Only 7 pages out of a 32 page program are available. Date is an estimation based on the musical's Wikipedia page.

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