Animal crackers
By: book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind ; music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby.
Contributors: Kaufman, George S. 1889-1961.; Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-; Kalmar, Bert, 1884-1947.; Ruby, Harry.
Series: French's Musical Library
Publisher: Samuel French
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
Subjects: Musicals -- Librettos.
Description: "A stage vehicle for the Marx Brothers. The scene is the Long Island estate of Mrs. Rittenhouse, a wealthy patroness of the arts with a marriageable daughter. Her celebrity weekend guest is the renowned Captain Jeffrey Spaulding, the African Explorer. He arrives with his secretary, Horatio Jameson, followed by pair of "musicians": Ravelli and the Professor. What follows is typical Marxian lunacy, involving a stolen painting, a surreal bridge game, a Broadway gossip columnist named Wally Winston, a financial wizard formerly known as Abie the Fish Peddler, and a climatic burlesque of Marie Antoinette and the Three Musketeers."--George S. Kaufman website.
Notes: "As presented by Arena Stage [Washington, D.C.] May 1982."