Word: versions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Oregon-born brothers, Alex and David Tamkin, finished an operatic version in 1933. Met Conductor Artur Bodanzky saw it and liked it, but died before he could get it produced. Over the years, The Dybbuk inhabited several other composers, among them Hollywood's Dimitri Tiomkin. Two years ago, excerpts from the Tamkin work were presented in Portland, Ore. Last season the New York City Opera scheduled a production, but postponed it "for economy." Last week the Tamkin Dybbuk finally found fulfillment, and Manhattan's City Center Theater was packed for the world premi...
...Place in the Sun. Producer-Director George Stevens' masterly version of Dreiser's An American Tragedy; with Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters (TIME, Sept...
...Holy Sinner, by Thomas Mann. A medieval version of the Oedipus legend with a happy ending; retold with affectionate irony and a new twist or two (TIME, Sept...
...Metropolitan's hilarious version of Die Fledermaus is playing nightly at 8:30 in the Opera House. This combination of Straus and slapstick will make a fine entertainment this afternoon, starting...
Howard Dietz and Garson Kanin did not even try to follow the original text in their new English version. Using the fantastic plot as a framework, they packed both the dialogue and songs with as many jokes, double entendres, and Ogden Nashian rhymes as possible. Combining sex, satire, and slapstick, Dietz and Kanin have produced a vehicle which should become one of the most popular items on the Metropolitan's repertoire, despite its dubious artistic significance...