The merry widow.
Contributors: Olivette, Nina, d. 1993.; Sills, Beverly.; Udvardy, Lillian.; Leigh, Rowland.; McKenna, Boots.; Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948.; Coe, Richard L. 1914-1995, annotator.; National Theatre Corporation (Washington, D.C.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1947
Language: eng
Description: National Theatre, the Messrs. Shuberts present a repertoire of famous operettas, Franz Lehar's musical gem "The Merry Widow," modernized by Rowland Leigh, with Nina Olivette, Malcom Lee Beggs, Billy Sully, Beverly Sills, Frank Melton, Helene Maye, Kent Williams, Nancy Newton, Raymond Bailey, Patricia Flynn, Mary Jane Floane, staged by Lilian Udvardy, dance numbers staged by Boots McKenna, orchestra under the direction of Frank Cork.
Notes: National Theatre, October 26, 1947.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast includes: Nina Olivette, Malcom Lee Beggs, Billy Sully, Beverly Sills, Frank Melton, Helene Maye, Kent Williams, Nancy Newton, Raymond Bailey, Patricia Flynn, Mary Jane Floane, Mary Ann Cousins, Cynthia Tobin, Elizabeth Gibson, Jeannette Heller, Audrey Eden, Ruth Carroll, Marianne Davis, Nora Bristow, Rosalyn Taubert. Ladies of the ensemble: Maribel Hammer, Mary Conroy, Lydia Bell, Abbey Moore, Jean Braithwaite, Ruth Carroll, Pat Flynn, Roni Lynch,m Mary Jane Sloan, Georgene Boyle, Barbara de Merritt, Doroty Spellman, Francine Clinton, Ethyle La Pointe. Gentlemen of the ensemble: Michael Sheehy, Delmar Horstmann, Jerry Epperson, James Elmore, Paul Risser, Robert Lloyd, James Schlader, Van Hawley, Frank Downey, Angelo Baccardi, Burt Shawn, Elwood Delaney, Joseph Kinney, George Devereaux, Frank Gibbons, George Linale, Thomas Kress, James Kazanteno. Corps de ballet: Cynthia Tobin, Mary Ann Cousins, Elizebeth Gibson, Jeanette Heller, Audrey Eden, Rhoda Brooks, Marianne Davis, Nora Bristow, Roslyn Taubert, Jeff Longe, Ted Cona, Robert Lynn, Richard Sandifer, Frank de Winter, Serge Moroff.

LC copy imperfect: portion of page with cast list has been cut away. Copy has notations by Coe.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).