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Rowland Leigh

ROWLAND LEIGH

  (1903 - 1963)
Nationality:    USA
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Rowland Leigh's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Du Barry         Music Hath Charms         My Romance         Night Of Love         Three Waltzes         You Never Know

Du Barry

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Music by Carl Millocker; lyrics by Rowland Leigh; book by Desmond Carter; Rowland Leigh

1st Produced:
George M cOhans Theatre, New York    22 Nov 1932

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Genre:
Musical

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Music Hath Charms

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Music by Rudolph Friml; lyrics and book by Rowland Leigh; George Rosener; John Shubert

1st Produced:
Majestic Theatre, New York    12782

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Genre:
Musical

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My Romance

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Music by Sigmund Romberg; lyrics and book by Rowland Leigh

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, New York    19 Oct 1948

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Genre:
Musical

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Night Of Love

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Music by Robert Stoltz; lyrics and book by Rowland Leigh

1st Produced:
Hudson Theatre, New York    07 Jan 1941

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Genre:
Musical

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Three Waltzes

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Music by Oscar Straus; Johann Strauss, Johann Strauss Jr; book by Clare Kummer; Rowland Leigh. Based on the play by Paul Knepler; Armin Robinson

1st Produced:
Majestic Theatre, New York    13874

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Genre:
Musical

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You Never Know

You Never Know
Master, Baron von Hummer, and his valet, Gaston, switch places and fall in love with mistress, Mme. Von Baltin, and maid, Maria, who have also switched places. adding spice to this amorous stew is Ida, the Baron's jilted paramour, and 'the outraged husband'. This work was written as a chamber piece but arrived on Broadway in a much larger version. Not only are we restoring the original libretto, we have restored 10 Cole Porter songs that had been cut." Songs: "I am Gaston"; "By Candlelight"; "alpha to Omega"; "at Long Last Love"; "What Is that Tune?"; "For No Rhyme or Reason"; "Let's Put It to Music"; "I'm Back in Circulation"; "I'm Going In For Love"; and "What Shall I Do?"

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Music by Cole Porter; Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Rowland Leigh; Based on the play "By Candlelight" by Siegfried Geyer; Adapted from the Viennese operetta "Bei Kerzenleicht" by Robert Katscher And Karl Farkas

1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theater, New York    14144

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Music:
Revival cast recording: Fynsworth alley (302 062 108 2)

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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