Research Catalog

Title

Candide : a musical based on Voltaire / [mimeograph of theater company typescript].

Author

Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017.

Publication

New York : Anne Meyerson Typing and Mimeographing, 1955.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Voltaire, 1694-1778.
• Latouche, John, 1914-1956.
• Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967.
• Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017.

Description

[88] leaves; 29.25 cm.

Subject

• Voltaire, 1694-1778 > Candide

Note

• Mimeograph typescript bound with two brass fasteners between green, thick paper covers with "Candide" and typing service name and address gold-stamped on front cover.
• Foliated in two series, for each of the two acts, with act and scene numbers preceding each foliation.
• Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, "other lyrics" by John Latouche and Dorothy Parker; book by Lillian Hellman; music by Leonard Bernstein -- from the title page.
• Score not included.
• Mimeographed on title page: "Property of: Ethel Linder Reiner" (with address and telephone number), producer of 1956 Broadway production of "Candide."

Access (note)

• Restricted access

Source (note)

• Robert A. Wilson;

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS+ Wilbur C36 1955

OCLC

379797020

Author

Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017. Lyricist

Title

Candide : a musical based on Voltaire / [mimeograph of theater company typescript].

Imprint

New York : Anne Meyerson Typing and Mimeographing, 1955.

Access

Restricted access request permission in holding division.

Local Note

With penciled emendations on p. 1-3-30, 1-3-33,1-4-49A,1-4-52, 2-1-1, 2-1-4, 2-1-6, 2-1-9, 2-2-22, 2-2-23, 2-2-25, 2-3-31.

Copy of Sanford Sharoff (name and address stamped on title page), bassoonist for the Broadway production of "Candide," and a friend and former classmate of Leonard Bernstein.

Signed by Leonard Bernstein and signed and inscribed by Richard Wilbur for Robert A. Wilson.

"55" within circle penciled on title page, indicating year.

This copy with two pages of carbon typescript: p. 1-4-49A and 2-2-25.

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Added Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778. Candide.

Latouche, John, 1914-1956. Contributor

Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967. Contributor

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Signer

Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017. Lyricist

Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017. Inscriber

Wilson, Robert Former owner

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS+ Wilbur C36 1955