First performance in london, theatre royal, drury lane, november 1st, 1951. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Gavotte in my own little corner a lovely night wedding processional and more. Rodgers and hammerstein s enchanting adaptation of the timeless fairytale, cinderella, was their only musical originally composed for television. After receiving the green grow the lilacs script, rodgers and hammerstein went to work adapting the play into a musical. You can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.
The 20 adaptation was the first version of cinderella with the rodgers and hammerstein score mounted on broadway. I highly recommend this muscial to watch and to perform. Rodgers and hammersteins cinderella university high. When her agent approached rodgers and hammerstein and suggested that the television audience would welcome a musical version of cinderella, it was an irresistible temptation for all. Cinderella is a teenage girl forced to do all of the menial tasks in the home she shares with her coldhearted stepmother and homely stepsisters. A 1965 remake, starring lesley ann warren and with a revised script plus a cut song from south pacific was rerun well into the 80s. The film, a remake of a 1933 nonmusical will rogers film of the same name, starred jeanne crain, dana andrews, dick haymes, and vivian blaine. In 1945, a technicolor musical film version of phil stongs novel state fair, with songs and script by rodgers and hammerstein, was released.
This was the only time the pair ever wrote a score directly for film. A hit musical adaptation of one of best loved fantasy tales, this play features the ever gracious cinderella, her rollicking rodent companions max and mort, kindly prince alexander, a giddily goofy godmother on a heavenly mission and a ballroom full of friendly royal folk eager to welcome audiences to the kingdom. Rodgers and hammerstein s cinderella is one of the most exciting films of all time. Wicked meets cinderella and other rodgers and hammerstein. Rodgers and hammerstein originally wrote the songs for a 1957 television broadcast starring julie andrews, and it was remade twice for television and adapted for the stage in various versions prior to the broadway production. When the television program, starring julie andrews as cinderella, first aired in 1957, it was the most widely viewed program in the history of the medium at that time. Douglas carter beanes script crackles with sweetness and freshness.
Rodgers and hammerstein available for download and read online in other formats. The lyrics to the songs and book script were written by oscar. It was originally written and performed live on tv in 1957, starring julie andrews. Cinderella 20 broadway script x4ew6z12wg43 idocpub. Rodgers and hammerstein cinderella impossible godmother impossible, for a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage. Cbs mounted another production in 1965 with a new script that hewed closer to. Vocal score to the rodgers and hammerstein musical with 17 numbers, including. Rodgers and hammerstein s first major collaboration was in 1943. Ten minutes ago i saw you, i looked up when you came through the door my head started reeling, you gave me the feeling the room had no ceiling or floor. Since then, rodgers and hammerstein s cinderella has continued to. Oscar hammerstein ii was born in new york city on july 1, 1895, into a family very involved with theater. Cinderella rodgers and hammerstein musical wikipedia. In 1956 richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein ii were indisputably the worlds most successful writers of musicals. Cinderella rodgers and hammerstein theatre tv tropes.
Cinderella 20 broadway script free download as pdf file. Impossible, for a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in marriage, and four white mice will never be four white hosrses. Rodgers and hammerstein wrote the musical for television back in 1957 nearly six years after their most recent broadway hit, the king and i. This book is based on the script from the 20 broadway musical. Music by richard rodgers book by oscar hammerstein ii lyrics by oscar hammerstein ii.
Its one of the best and first multi ethnics cast modernizes classic fairytale of cinderella. Pdf rodgers and hammerstein download full pdf book. Download pdf rodgers and hammerstein book full free. Cinderella vocal score richard rodgers, oscar hammerstein ii on. The complete book and lyrics of the broadway musical the applause libretto library rodgers, richard, hammerstein ii, oscar on. And their broadway shows brought in a whopping thirty four tony awards.
Please choose the appropriate concord theatricals site for your country. Carter beane sister act, xanadu with the same classic elements and some surprising new twists. Cinderella waltz do i love you because youre beautiful falling in love with. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps.
Cinderella comes to life in this 50th anniversary edition of the most beloved fairy tale of all time. Page 8 read act ii from the story rodgers and hammerstein s cinderella script by logandowns1 logan downs with 5,537 reads. First perfolmance at the 1vlajestic theatre, new york, a pril 7th, 1949. The old classic version only present with one ethnic group. So here is our list of the classic and groundbreaking musicals by rodgers and hammerstein, sorted chronologically. Seeing the new broadway version of cinderella was, for this musicaltheater fan, a rare virgin experience. Cinderella rodgers and hammerstein musical is part of wikiproject musical theatre, organized to improve and complete musical theatre articles and coverage on wikipedia. The complete book and lyrics of the broadway musical the applause libretto library. Julie andrews was a sparkling new star, having just triumphed in my fair lady. A group of theater lovers have been trying to save oscar hammerstein iis pennsylvania farm from the interests of subdivision developers, i explained to stephen schwartz in a january 2019 interview. Based on the french fairy tale by charles perrault, the film is the second remake and third version of rodgers and hammerstein s musical, which originally aired on television in 1957. Boys and girls like you and me do i love you because youre beautiful.
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