Le monde des musicals

0001 - No More Peace (1938)

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Musique: Louis Leslie Loth •
Paroles: Wystan Hugh Auden •
Livret: Ernst Toller •
Production originale:
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Dispo: Résumé  Génèse  

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The play with music was produced for a limited engagement of four performances when it opened on Broadway on January 28, 1938, as part of a quintet of plays presented and directed by Charles Hopkins for the WPA New York State Federal Theatre Project. The other four plays in the series were Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, Eugene O’Neill’s Diff’rent, George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, and Clyde Fitch’s Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, and the five productions were presented in repertory from January 25 through February 12.

Genèse: The play with music was produced for a limited engagement of four performances when it opened on Broadway on January 28, 1938, as part of a quintet of plays presented and directed by Charles Hopkins for the WPA New York State Federal Theatre Project. The other four plays in the series were Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, Eugene O’Neill’s Diff’rent, George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, and Clyde Fitch’s Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, and the five productions were presented in repertory from January 25 through February 12.

Résumé: The well-meaning if obvious satire looked at the war-versus-peace equation. St. Francis (Jay Velie) believes mankind will ultimately embrace peace, but Napoleon (Douglas Campbell) has a more cynical view and therefore sends a telegram to the town of Dunkelstein which announces that war has been declared. The town is located in an unspecified European country and celebrates peace and brotherhood, but when the villagers receive the telegram they mindlessly prepare for conflict without knowing the who, the why, and the wherefore of the circumstances. And they elect a dictator to guide them, one who sports a Hitler-like moustache.

Création: 25/1/1938 - CBS Studio No. 51 (Broadway) - 4 représ.