Tropical pinafore
Contributors: Dunham, Katherine; Girvin, Ramon B.; Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911; Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900; Dean, W. Tucker, donor; American Negro Light Opera Association; Katherine Dunham Company; Great Northern Theatre (Organization : Chicago, Ill.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1940
Language: eng
Description: Great Northern Theatre, 26 W. Jackson Blvd. The American Negro Light Opera Association presents a modern rhythmical version of Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore" "Tropical Pinafore" with Katherine Dunham Dancers, production staged by Victor Sutherland, choreography and feature dances by Katerhine Dunham, general musical director, Ramon B. Girvin, costumes designed and executed by John Pratt, orchestrations by Autry McKissack and Theodore T. Schreiber, musicy for "Shay-Shay," arrangement for "Voo-doo" and "Hours Creep on Apace" numbers by Ralph Sunden.
Notes: Great Northern Theatre [Chicago]. beginning Friday evening, April 12, 1940, matinees Thursday and Saturday.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Frank Ferrel, Walter Vaughn, Thelma Waide Brown, Napoleon Reed, Don Pierson, Frank Palmer, La Julia Rhea, George Bizzelle, Ernestine Lyle, Carmella, dance soloist, Prince Antiga, drummer, Nigeria, West Africa.

LC copy: Gift: W. Tucker Dean, Jan. 23, 1941. Handwritten note on front cover: "Sat. 4/13/40. Dorothy De Jonge, John & Betty Levinson".

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).