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George Forrest

GEORGE FORREST

  (1915 - )
Nationality:    USA
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George Forrest's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of George Forrest's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Anastasia - The Musical         Anya         Carefree Heart         Dumas & Son         Grand Hotel - the Musical         Great Waltz, The         Gypsy Lady         Kean         Kismet         Love Doctor, The         Magdalena         Song Of Norway         Timbuktu!

Anastasia - The Musical

Anastasia - The Musical
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Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by George Forrest; Robert Wright. Revised version of "Anya"

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Music:
Studio cast recording: OC (9837) 1991

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Anya

Anya
1926 and former Cossack General Bounine discovers a patient in a mental institution. She claims that she is anastasia one of the daughters of the Czar and that she survived the execution of her family. Bounine thinks he can make money by exploiting her and her claims but anya starts to get better and remembers things only the real anastasia could know. She is introduced to the Dowager empress, the grandmother of anastasia and she claims that it is indeed her grand-daughter.

Notes:
by George Abbott And Guy Bolton, music And lyrics by Robert Wright And George Forrest, Adaptation of the play Anastasia by Marcelle Maurette And Bolton Also known As "the Anastasia Game" And "the Anastasia Affaire"

1st Produced:
Ziegfeld Theatre, New York    29 Nov 1965

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Music:
Original cast recording:United artists ( UaS-5133)

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  various female voices

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Carefree Heart

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Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by George Forrest; Robert Wright. Title changed for UK to "the Love Doctor" (Piccadilly theatre, London 1959)

1st Produced:
Cass Theatre, Detroit    21093

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Music:
Selections: Columbia (DB 4356) 1959

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dumas & Son

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music and lyrics by George Forrest; Robert Wright; book by Jerome Chodorov

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Grand Hotel - the Musical

Grand Hotel - the Musical
version of Vicki Baum's Grand Hotel, set in Rome post-World War II instead of Berlin post-World War I, and the old man Kringelein has been made the focus of the action. In the musical he is an old scullery worker who, learning he hasn't long to live, takes his life savings and moves upstairs "where the halls are full of music"; singing requirements for this role are modest but female lead (an opera star) must sing well; good singers required for part of the Baron and the semi-prostitute

Notes:
Book by Luther Davis; Music by Robert Wright And George Forrest; Lyrics by Robert Wright And George Forrest; Additional music by Maury Yeston And Wally Harper; Additional lyrics by Maury Yeston; Based on "Grand Hotel" by Vicki Baum

1st Produced:
Martin Beck Theatre, (New York)    12 Nov 1989

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Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (61327) 1992

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Genre:
Musical Comedy (book) Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Great Waltz, The

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1st Produced:
-    1970

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Gypsy Lady

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Book by Henry Myers; Music by Victor Herbert; Lyrics by George Forrest And Robert Wright

1st Produced:
New Century Theatre, NY    1946

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Kean

Kean
Setting: the early nineteenth century. London. In and around Drury Lane theatre. the Danish embassy, "the Green Frog" pub, and Kean's house

Notes:
Music by Robert Wright And George Forrest; Lyrics by Robert Wright And George Forrest; Book by Peter Stone; From A comedy by Jean-Paul Sartre; Based on the play by Alexandre Dumas, pere

1st Produced:
Broadway Theatre, NY    02 Nov 1961

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Music:
Original cast recording: DRG 1961

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Kismet

Kismet
there are usually four beggars sitting outside the mosque but one - Hajj has gone on pilgrimage to Mecca. a poetry seller arrives and unable to sell any poems sits with the beggars to beg alms. the other beggars are not happy with this as it is Hajj's place but he tells them he is Hajj's cousin. the poetry seller has some success with his begging. a big man from the desert - thinking he is Hajj kidnaps him and takes him to the leader of the brigands. Fifteen years earlier the real Hajj had placed a curse on the leader's son and he disappeared - now he wants the curse lifted

Notes:
With Music From Alexander Borodin; Musical Adaptation by Robert Wright And George Forrest; Lyrics by Robert Wright And George Forrest; Book by Charles Lederer And Luther Davis; From the play by edward Knoblock

1st Produced:
Ziegfeld Theatre, New York    19696

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Music theater Inc, NY,    -

Music:
Original cast recording: Sony (32605) 1953

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Love Doctor, The

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1st Produced:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Magdalena

Synopsis:
Setting: a courtyard of a chapel near the Magdalena River; Little Black Mouse Cafe, Paris; boat landing at the Muzo Village; Shrine of the Madonna; the Singing Tree; in and around General Carabana's hacienda. Set in 1912

Notes:
Music by Heitor Villa-Lobos; Book by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan And Homer Curran; Lyrics by Robert Wright And George Forrest

1st Produced:
Ziegfeld Theatre, New York    1948

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Genre:
Musical

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Song Of Norway

Song Of Norway
an operetta in two acts, based on the life and music of edvard Grieg. Setting: Norway, Copenhagen, and Rome, in the 1860s

Notes:
Musical Adaptation by George Forrest And Robert Wright; Lyrics by Robert Wright And George Forrest; Book by Milton Lazarus; Based on the play by Homer Curran

1st Produced:
Imperial Theatre, NY    1944

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Music:
Original cast recording: encore Box Office (16/96) 1944

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Timbuktu!

Timbuktu!
Setting: Timbuktu, in the ancient empire of Mali, West Africa. In the year 1361 (of Islam 752). Program Note: the Real City of Timbuktu: "Timbuktu was Moslem, black, opulent, and remote. Travelers died in attempts to cross the Sahara in search of this fabled city, and so its reputation grew even faster than its wealth. When one of the rulers, Mansa MUSA, made a pilgrimage to Mecca in the year 1324, he brought with him a vast retinue of thousands and gave away so much gold that the price of gold fell ten to fifteen percent in the money markets of Cairo."

Notes:
Music by Robert Wright And George Forrest; Lyrics by Robert Wright And George Forrest; Book by Luther Davis; Based on the musical by Charles Lederer And Luther Davis; From the play by edward Knoblock

1st Produced:
Mark Hellinger Theatre, NY    1978

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Studio cast recording: unable to trace label

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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