Eileen Darby Photo Assignments
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A Connecticut Yankee
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circa 1943 |
| A jive-talk, wartime update of the 1927 classic. Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Book by Herbert Fields and staged by John C. Wilson. Featuring dancer Vera-Ellen. The show was the last by Lorenz Hart, who was ejected for being drunk and disorderly from the opening night performance, dying a few weeks later from pneumonia. The production reprised the old standards, "My Heart Stood Still" and "Thou Swell", and introduced a new show-stopping number, "To Keep My Love Alive", which was added for Vivienne Segal, fresh from her Broadway run in the hit, Pal Joey. |
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A Flag Is Born
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circa 1946 |
| Paul Muni, Celia Adler, and relative unknown Marlon Brando appear in this play about building a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Brando plays David, a concentration camp survivor. The play had a significant impact on American opinion of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. |
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A Highland Fling
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March 11, 1944 |
| An 18th century gentry ghost (Ralph Forbes) in a Scottish castle seeks to free himself after 150 years by finding a sinner to reform to good in this George Abbott staged comedy that ran for 28 performances at the Plymouth Theatre. |
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A Kiss For Cinderella
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March 8, 1942 |
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A New Life
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September 13, 1943 |
| Produced by The Playwrights' Company and written and staged by Elmer Rice. Nightclub singer Edith Charles (Betty Field) marries Captain Robert Cleghorne (George Lambert), scion to a wealthy Arizona family, after a short and wild romance. After Captain Cleghorne disappears at sea, Edith gives birth to his son at the exact moment of the Captain's unexpected return. A battle ensues between Edith and The Captain's family when they seek to remove the son back to Arizona for a privilaged upbringing, ultimately failing. The play was roundly panned by critics and went on to 70 performances. |
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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June 6, 1949 |
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