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ROBERT RUSSELL (1912 - 1992)
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Robert Wallace Russell. B.A. Philosophy, University of Southern California. Original screenplays, five Hollywood features and many non-theatrical films. b. Jan 18, 1912 - d. Feb 11, 1992 New York, NY
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Flora, The Red Menace Queen Lear Take Me Along Washington Shall HangFlora, The Red Menace
Is Flora a "Red menace" or just a girl in love?
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Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book by George Abbott And Robert Russell; Based on the novel "Love Is Just Around the Corner" by Lester Atwell
1st Produced:
Alvin Theater, New York 1965
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, rca-60821
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Original cast recording: RCA (60821)
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Genre:
Musical
Parts:
Male: 5 Female: 4 Other: doubling
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Top of PageQueen Lear
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Genre:
Adaptation
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageTake Me Along
Nat Miller the owner of a small town newspaper has won a new fire engine for the town. He has doubts that he is as wonderful as his family and the towns folk say he is
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Written by Robert Russell And Joseph Stein; music And lyrics by Bob Merrill
1st Produced:
Shubert Theater, New York 22 Oct 1959
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Original cast recording: RCA (51050) 1959
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Top of PageWashington Shall Hang
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Washington Shall Hang: Through the cunning of John Andre, Henry Clinton and Benedict Arnold, George Washington has been captured and the American Revolution has collapsed. Washington is court-martialled before a court composed of his three enemies, who are now viscounts in the new American peerage. The presiding officer is Prince Frederick Duke of York, 18-year-old second son of George III and his papa's Viceroy in the Kingdom of America. Peggy Arnold, young Horatio Nelson and Banastre Tarleton are historical principals.
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the Players Club, NYC -
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Theodore Gaus's Sons, NY 1976 -
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 7 Female: 3 Other: -
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