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DOROTHY LANE |
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Plays by Dorothy Lane |
Happy End | ||
| 1st Produced: | Whitbread Flowers Warehouse, Stratford-upon-Avon | 04 Dec 1985 | ||||
Company: | RSC | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #65204 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht. book by Dorothy Lane; music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Bertolt Brecht; adapted by Michael Feingold | |||||
Synopsis: | Written on the heels of the phenomenally successful Threepenny Opera, Happy End again takes to task the disparity between the 'Haves' versus the 'Have-nots.' In the underworld of Chicago, 1919, a Salvation Army Lieutenant, Lillian Holiday, aka Hallelujah Lil, tries to reform a gangster, Bill Cracker, whose mob is led by the mysterious Lady in Grey (also known as 'The Fly'). During the course of the salvation, they fall in love, a robbery gets bungled, murder is attempted, there's a surprise reuniting and a 'happy' ending. Along the way we are treated to some of Weill's best songs, including 'The Bilbao Song,' 'The Sailor's Tango,' 'Song of the Big Shot,' 'The Mandalay Song,' and 'Surabaya Johnny.'" nytheatre.com contributor David Fuller (The Singapore Mikado) directs a cast headed by Joey Piscopo (Billboard, Joe Piscopo's Son) and Lorinda Lisitza. | |||||
Further Reference: | RSC ref HAQ198512 | |||||
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