Pipe dream.
By: Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck.
Contributors: Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960.
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1956
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Musicals -- Librettos
Description: Pipe Dream is the seventh musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II; it premiered on Broadway on November 30, 1955. The work is based on John Steinbeck's short novel Sweet Thursday - Steinbeck wrote the novel, a sequel to Cannery Row, in the hope of having it adapted into a musical. Set in Monterey, California, the musical tells the story of the romance between Doc, a marine biologist, and Suzy, who in the novel is a prostitute; her profession is only alluded to in the stage work. Pipe Dream was a flop and a financial disaster for Rodgers and Hammerstein.