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The School for Husbands
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| First Preview: | Total Previews: | ||
| Opening Date: | Oct 16, 1933 | ||
| Closing Date: | Jan 20, 1934 | Total Performances: | 116 |
Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical in two acts
Setting: The entire action of the play takes place in a Square in Paris.
| Production Staff | |
|---|---|
| Produced by The Theatre Guild | |
| Music by Edmond W. Rickett; Book by Arthur Guiterman and Lawrence Langner; Based on the play "L'École des maris" by Molière; Music arranged by Edmond W. Rickett; Lyrics by Arthur Guiterman; Musical Director: Edmond W. Rickett | |
| Directed by Lawrence Langner | |
| Scenic Design by Lee Simonson; Costume Design by Lee Simonson | |
| Stage Manager: Joan Hathaway; Assistant Stage Mgr: Eleanor Eckstein | |
| Conducted by Edmond W. Rickett | |
| Cast |
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| Michael Bartlett | Valere | |
| Marcus Blechman | Bear | |
| Kenneth Bostock | Link Boy | |
| Joan Carr | Leonor | |
| Stuart Casey | Ariste | |
| John Cherry | 3rd Lackey | |
| Stanley Harrison | Magistrate | |
| Doris Humphrey | Street Dancer | |
| Columbine | ||
| James Jolley | Ergaste | |
| Janice Joyce | 1st Girl | |
| Flora Le Breton | Lisette | |
| George Macready | Lysander | |
| 1st Bravo | ||
| Lewis Martin | Sylvester | |
| 2nd Bravo | ||
| Virginia Marvin | 4th Girl | |
| William Miley | 2nd Lackey | |
| Osgood Perkins | Sganarelle | |
| Dorothea Petgen | 2nd Girl | |
| Robert Reinhart | Magician | |
| Horace Sinclair | Notary | |
| Parker Steward | Street Vendor | |
| Pierrot | ||
| Francis Tyler | 1st Lackey | |
| June Walker | Isabelle | |
| Charles Weidman | Street Dancer | |
| Harlequin | ||
| Lee Whitney | 3rd Girl |
| Production Staff | |
|---|---|
| Produced by The Theatre Guild | |
| Music by Edmond W. Rickett; Music arranged by Edmond W. Rickett | |
| Choreographed by Jean Baptiste Lully; Choreography adapted by Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman; Directed by Lawrence Langner | |
| Scenic Design by Lee Simonson; Costume Design by Lee Simonson | |
| Stage Manager: Joan Hathaway; Assistant Stage Mgr: Eleanor Eckstein | |
| Conducted by Edmond W. Rickett | |
| Cast |
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| Marcus Blechman | Olympian | |
| George Bockman | Olympian | |
| Kenneth Bostock | Olympian | |
| Stuart Casey | Tircis | |
| Jack Cole | Olympian | |
| Ernestine Henoch | Olympian | |
| Doris Humphrey | Shepherdess | |
| Janice Joyce | Athenee | |
| Eleanor King | 2nd Egyptian | |
| Olympian | ||
| Ada Korvin | 1st Egyptian | |
| Olympian | ||
| Katharine Manning | Olympian | |
| Lewis Martin | Solomon | |
| Osgood Perkins | Sganarelle | |
| Frances Reid | Olympian | |
| Hyla Rubin | Olympian | |
| Horace Sinclair | Socrates | |
| Charles Weidman | Dancing Master |
music by Edmond W. Rickett; lyrics by Arthur Guiterman
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
|---|---|
| Street-vendor's Song | Street Vendor |
| So My Dashing Roving Blade | Lisette |
| Life, unbar the door | Isabelle, Leonor and Lisette |
| As one brother to another | Sganarelle, Ariste, Leonor and Lisette |
| Yes, Mama | Lysander and Sylvester |
| The world is dark and lonely | Valere |
| When I say, My darling | Lisette and Ergaste |
| One must be extremely careful | Sganarelle |
| I love you | Valere |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
| Ignorance is Bliss | Ergaste, Valere, 1st Lackey, 2nd Lackey and Pierrot |
| Lovers two have sought my hand | Isabelle, Sganarelle and Valere |
| Au clair de la lune | Pierrot |
| The Moon is above | Valere |