Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Pally, Alan J
2. Drake, Ervin
3. Rogers, Robert
4. Green, Constance
5. Lang, Ellen
6. Reese, Irwin
7. Russell, John (Performer)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (67 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Program devoted to songs from musicals based on the works of George Bernard Shaw. Ervin Drake, composer/lyricst of the 1968 Broadway musical Her first Roman, which was based on Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, speaks about the show and performs songs from it.

Subject

1. Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988 > My fair lady
2. Androcles and the Lion (Television program : 1967)
3. Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
4. Straus, Oscar, 1870-1954 > Tapfere Soldat
5. Musicals
6. Drake, Ervin > Her first Roman
7. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

1. Musicals.

Contents

1. Songs / (Show) : Why can't the English?, With a little bit of luck, Just you wait, The rain in Spain, On the street where you live, Show me, Without you, I've grown accustomed to her face / My fair lady -- No more waiting / Androcles and the lion -- The things we think we are, Many young men, Just for today, I fell in with evil companions / Her first Roman -- My hero, The chocolate soldier, That would be lovely, finale / The chocolate soldier -- I could have danced all night / My fair lady.

Call number

1. NCOV 3811

Note

1. No credits on tape. Program information gathered from the files of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
2. This program was part of a larger series of programs entitled Man or Superman? The Art of George Bernard Shaw.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

1. Remarks: Alan J. Pally, and special guest Ervin Drake.
2. Pianist: Robert Rogers.
3. Featuring Constance Green, Ellen Lang, Irwin Reese, and John Russell.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Oct. 25, 2005.

Title

1. Songs from musicals based on Shaw's plays [videorecording] / Presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; producer, Alan J. Pally.

Imprint

1. New York, 2005.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

1. Remarks: Alan J. Pally, and special guest Ervin Drake.
2. Pianist: Robert Rogers.
3. Featuring Constance Green, Ellen Lang, Irwin Reese, and John Russell.

Event

1. Videotaped in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Oct. 25, 2005.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Pally, Alan J, producer.
2. Pally, Alan J, speaker.
3. Drake, Ervin, speaker.
4. Drake, Ervin, performer.
5. Rogers, Robert, musical director.
6. Rogers, Robert, performer.
7. Green, Constance, performer.
8. Lang, Ellen, performer.
9. Reese, Irwin, performer.
10. Russell, John (Performer)

Research call number

1. NCOV 3811