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Kaufman,GS and Ryskind,M - Of Thee I Sing (R4 1985-07-04).txt

Of Thee I Sing

A musical comedy by George S Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and music by George Gershwin

The year is 1931 and the USA is in the throes of that uniquely American
exercise in mass irrationality, the Presidential election....

BBC Radio 3 FM, 1985-01-20 19:15 - 2 hours
BBC Radio 4 FM, 1985-07-04 19:40 - EDITED

Narrated by Bob Wallace

The Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus

Musical producer and conductor Newton Wayland

Adapted and directed by Yuri Rasovsky

A National Radio Theatre of Chicago production

Stereo

John P Wintergreen ......... John Cullum
Mary ....................... Mary Ernster
Throttlebottom ............. Edgarmeyer
Diana Devereaux ............ Jan Curtis
Fulton ..................... Ward Ohrman
French Ambassador .......... Jim Harms
Gillhooley ................. David-Cameron Anderson
Lippman .................... Glenn Kovacevich
Senator Jones .............. William Brown
Lyons ...................... Charles Shallenberg

The original Broadway production, directed by Kaufman, opened in 1931 and ran for
441 performances, gaining critical and box office success. It has been revived
twice on Broadway and in concert stagings in the U.S. and in London.

In 1932, Of Thee I Sing was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.



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