Happy End: English Adaptation

Comedy with music in three acts

original German book by Dorothy Lane (pseudonym for Elisabeth Hauptmann) and Bertolt Brecht

Edition: Performance material

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Orchestral Cast

asax(fl, pic, cl).tsax(barsax, cl)-tpt.tbn-perc(2nd tpt: tom-t, cym, s.d, b.d)-banjo(Hawaiian gtr or mandolin).accordion or bandoneon.bgtr.pno(harm)

Cast

Singing roles: Bill Cracker · high baritone - Sam Wurlitzer · baritone - Captain Hannibal Jackson · tenor - Dr. Nakamura · baritone - Johnny Flint · baritone - Lieutenant Lilian Holiday · soprano - A Lady in Gray · mezzo-soprano - Sister Jane · mezzo-soprano - SATB chorus
Speaking roles: Jimmy Dexter, Bob Marker, Miriam, Major Stone, Sister Mary, Brother Ben Owens

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Title:

Happy End: English Adaptation

Comedy with music in three acts

original German book by Dorothy Lane (pseudonym for Elisabeth Hauptmann) and Bertolt Brecht

lyrics by Bertolt Brecht

English adaptation of book and lyrics by Michael Feingold (1972)

Language:

English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

European American Music Corporation · Universal Edition

Year of composition:

1929

Duration:

100 ′

World Premiere:

April 6, 1972 · New Haven, CT (USA)
Yale Repertory Theatre
Conductor: Thomas Fay
Original staging: Michael Posnick
(scenic) (world première of the English adaptation of book and lyrics by Michael Feingold)

Technical Details

Product number:

LEA 26160-02

Delivery rights:

Distribution rights for USA and British Reversionary Territories except UK