Song of Norway
Contributors: Magelssen, Ralph; Niles, Melva; Russell, Gilbert; Arno, Sig, 1895-1975; Lester, Edwin; Balanchine, George; Lazarus, Milton; Kay, Arthur; Curran, Homer; Forrest, George, 1915-1999; Wright, Robert, 1914-2005; Coe, Richard L. (Richard Livingstone), 1914-1995, annotator; E Street Theatre Corporation (Washington, D.C.); National Theatre Corporation (Washington, D.C.); Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1947
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama
Description: National Theatre, E Street Theatre Corporation, lessee, Edmund Plohn, manager, Edwin Lester presents "Song of Norway," an operetta based on the life and music of Edvard Grieg, with Doreen Wilson, Ralph Magelssen, Melva Niles, Gilbert Russell, and Sig Arno, musical adaptation and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, book by Milton Lazarus from a play by Homer Curran, orchestral and choral arrangements by Arthur Kay, choreography by George Balanchine, scenery executed by Fritz Kraencke from designs by Lemuel Ayers, costumes executed by Walter J. Israel from designs by Robert Davison, lighting by Carlton Winckler, musical directions by David Mordecai, produced and directed by Edwin Lester, associate producer Peter Bronte.
Notes: National Theatre, week beginning Monday evening, Nov. 10, 1947.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Gilbert Russell, Margery Cooke, Richard Scott, Barbara Nunn, Phyllis Bateman, Joan Mills, Warren Christian, Jean Walburn, Elton Howard, Alexandra Denisova, Melva Niles, Ralph Magelssen, Truman Gaige, Richard Abbott, June Evans, William Weaver, Richard Vine, Sig Arno, Doreen Wilson, Max Hart, William White, Virginia Friend, Mary Wood, Dorothy Coulter, Betty Galavan, June Dunn, Gwenn Lakind, Dorinda Clifton, Simon Vandenberg, Rowena Bunning, Robert Bernard, Dominic Tripoli, Nathalie Kelepovska, Matt Mattox, Vera Lee. Singing peasants, guess and faculty at Copenhagen adn guests at the VIlla Pincio by the singing ensemble. Girls: Jean Atckison, Phyllis Bateman, Josephine Collins, Dorothy Coulter, June Dunn, Virginia Friend, Betty Galavan, Jeanne Marie Jorgensen, Mary Kirsten, Phyllis Kramer, Gwenn Pat LaKind, Barbara Nunn, Jean Walburn, Mary Wood. Boys: Richard Atckison, Fred Bixler, Warren Christian, George Dempsey, Kahler Flock, Max Hart, Elton Howard, Bernard Klocker, Kermit Nelson, Richard Scott, Dominic Tripoli, Robert Vanselow, Richard Vine, William White. Dancing peasants, employees at Tito's, the Ballet of the Teatro Reale, and characters of the fantasy by the artist personell of The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Sergei J. Denham, director, Alexandra Denisova, Matt Mattox, Nathalie Kelepovska, Vera Lee, William Weaver, Josephine Andrews, Rowena Bunning, Dorinda Clifton, Jeannette Haines, Dorothy Loder, Joan Mills, Marilyn Pendry, Lois Smith, Shirley Whitney, assistant to Mr. Balanchine: Miss Dorothie Littlefield.

LC copy has notations by Coe.

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