| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Contents |
Act One. Song: He's gone away ; The hill (2:32) -- Tom Beatty (1:11) -- Song: Spoon River (1:29) -- Benjamin Painter ; Mrs. Benjamin Painter (2:18) -- Margaret Fuller Slack (1:08) -- Knowlt Hoheimer ; Lydia Puckett (0:58) -- Fiddler Jones (1:33) -- Ollie McGee ; Fletcher McGee (2:08) -- Lucious Atherton (1:29) -- Song: Times are getting hard ; Eugene Carman (2:10) -- Song: The water is wide ; William and Emily (2:01) -- George Gray (1:00) -- Harry Williams (1:29) -- Song: Paper of pins (0:52) -- Roscoe Purkapile ; Mrs. Purkapile (1:43) -- Shack Dye ; Song: Freedom ; Hannah Armstrong ; Faith Matheny (4:49) |
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Act Two. Song: Illinois (0:45) -- Mrs. Charles Bliss (1:05) -- Pauline Barrett ; The village atheist ; Mabel Osborne ; Franklin Jones (4:03) -- Song: in the night ; Dippold the optician ; Song: In the night (reprise) (2:39) -- Alexander Throckmorton (0:20) -- Amanda Barker ; Willard Fluke ; Lois Spears (2:17) -- Abel Melveny (1:56) -- Hod Putt (0:35) -- "Indignation" Jones ; Minerva Jones ; Doctor Meyers ; Mrs. Meyers ; Willie Metcalf ; Song: I am, I am ; Barney Hainsfeather (6:41) -- Lucinda Matlock ; Song: Spoon River (1:37)-- Petit the poet (1:34) -- Anne Rutledge ; Song: Spoon River ; Last Poem (2:33) |
| Notes |
Reissue of OL 6010/OS 2410, released by Columbia Masterworks in 1963 |
| Credits |
Conceived and directed by Charles Aidman; lighting designed by Jules Fisher; original songs by Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn and Charles Aidman; a Cates Brothers production originally produced by The Theatre Group, University Extension, UCLA, production supervised by Robert Weiner |
| Performer |
Betty Garrett, Robert Elston, Joyce Van Patten, Charles Aidman, spoken word ; with Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn and Hal Lynch, sung vocals |
| Notes |
Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Musicals.
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Musicals.
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| Genre/Form |
Streaming audio
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Hirshhorn, Naomi Caryl, composer, singer.
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Lynch, Hal, singer
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Garrett, Betty, 1919-2011, speaker.
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Elston, Robert, speaker.
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Van Patten, Joyce, 1934- speaker.
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Musical theatre adaptation of (work): Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950.
Spoon River anthology.
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