Hayes Gordon "KISMET" Morgan St. John 1955 Melbourne, Australia Souvenir Program

Description

This is a rare souvenir program from the Original Australian production of the ROBERT WRIGHT and GEORGE FORREST musical "KISMET" at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (The Original Broadway production opened December 3rd, 1953 at New York's Ziegfeld Theatre and ran for 583 performances. The Australian production opened November 10th, 1955 in Melbourne and ran for nine months before transferring on August 20th, 1956 to Sydney.) ..... The musical starred HAYES GORDON and featured MORGAN ST. JOHN, JOHN YOUNG, MADGE STEPHENS and WIM JONKER. (The full cast list is shown in the fourth scanned image.)
..... CREDITS: Book by CHARLES LEDERER and LUTHER DAVIS based on the play by EDWARD KNOBLOCK; Musical Adaptation and Lyrics by ROBERT WRIGHT and GEORGE FORREST ("Song of Norway", "Kismet", "At the Grand", "Magdalena", "Dumas & Son", "Kean", "Anya", "Timbuktu", "Grand Hotel"); Music adapted from Themes by ALEXANDER BORODIN; Sets
designed by EDWARD DELANEY;
Costumes designed by ANTHONY HOLLAND; Program Cover illustrated by AL HIRSCHFELD; Choreographed by LISA BRIONDA and VIJA VETRA; Directed by BURRY FREDRIK; Produced by GARNET H. CARROLL ..... DETAILS: The oversized 20 page program measures 8 3/8" X 10 3/4" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, individual photos and bios of each of the leading actors, promotional text and several pages of photos of scenes from the musical ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light creasing, this rare program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
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