BETTY SMITH
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Plays by Betty Smith
Tree Grows In Brooklyn |
| 1st Produced: | Alvin Theater, New York | 19 Apr 1951 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN | sony-48014 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Sony (48014) | - | ||||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics by Dorothy Fields; book by George Abbott; book by Betty Smith. Based on the novel by Betty Smith | |||||
 | A family in Brooklyn. Johnny is a singing waiter who spends all his money in a local bar. His wife Katie is hard working but fed up with Johnny's behaviour. Their daughter Francie idolises her father. And then there is Aunt Sissie with a string of live in lovers that she calls each one John as that was the name of her first love. | |||||
