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John La Touche

JOHN LA TOUCHE

  (1914 - 1956)
Nationality:    USA
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John La Touche's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of John La Touche's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Beggar's Holiday         Cabin In the Sky         Candide         Flair-Flair the Idol Of Paree         Golden Apple         Rhapsody         Vamp, The

Beggar's Holiday

Beggar's Holiday
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Notes:
Music by Duke ellington; lyrics And book by John La Touche

1st Produced:
Broadway Theatre, New York    17162

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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: Blue Pear (BP-1013) 1946

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Genre:
Musical

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Cabin In the Sky

Cabin In the Sky
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Notes:
by Lynn Root; Music by Vernon Duke; lyrics by John Latouche

1st Produced:
Martin Beck Theater, New York    25 Oct 1940

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Music:
Revival cast recording: angel (64892) 1964

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Genre:
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Candide

Candide
Candide is banished for romancing the daughter of the Baron. In exile he faces many troubles

Notes:
Music by Leonard Bernstein; Book by Lillian Hellman; Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, John La Touche And Dorothy Parker; Based on the novel "Candide" by Voltaire

1st Produced:
Martin Beck Theatre, NY    1956

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Random House (1957)   B001F3IG6G

Music:
Original cast recording: Columbia (38732) 1956

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Genre:
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Flair-Flair the Idol Of Paree

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1st Produced:
-    1935

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Genre:
Musical

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Golden Apple

Golden Apple
Ulysses and his men return from the Spanish-American War. Ulysses' wife Patient Penelope waits for him. Good time farm girl Impatient Helen waits for the other soldiers who she was very friendly with before the War. However in the meantime she has married the older Sheriff Menelaus. When the returning soldiers discover that Ulysses has to step in to protect the Sheriff

Notes:
Music by Jerome Moross; lyrics by Jerome Moross; book by John Latouche

1st Produced:
Phoenix Theatre, New York    11 Mar 1954

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Best Plays of 1953 - 1954" published by Dodd Mead 1954   -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (09026 68934 2) 1954

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Rhapsody

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Notes:
Music by Fritz Kriesler; lyrics by John La Touche; book by Arnold Sungaard And Leonard Louis Levinson

1st Produced:
New Century Theatre, New York    1944

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Vamp, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by James Mundy; lyrics by John La Touche; book by John La Touche; Sam Locke

1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theatre, New York    10 Nov 1955

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1st Published:
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Genre:
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