"throughout the Second World War, starring such actors as Edith Evans, John Gielgud, Deborah Kerr and Robert Donat. In 1944 nine Shaw plays were staged in London, including ""Arms and the Man"" with Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike and Margaret Leighton in the leading roles. Two touring companies took his plays all round Britain. The revival in his popularity did not tempt Shaw to write a new play, and he concentrated on prolific journalism. A second Shaw film produced by Pascal, ""Major Barbara"" (1941), was less successful both artistically and commercially than ""Pygmalion"", partly because of Pascal's insistence on"
"The Chocolate Soldier (film) The Chocolate Soldier is a 1941 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth. Using the original music by Oscar Straus the plot is somewhat loosely based on the Ferenc Molnár play entitled ""Testőr"" and is unrelated to either the original play or the Oscar Straus operetta. Karl Lang and Maria Lanyi are not only successful musical performers, they have also recently been married. However, both suffer pangs of jealousy where the other is concerned, since both receive quite a bit of attention from members of the opposite sex. Karl's jealousy is heightened, however, when Maria"
"Instead, Louis B. Mayer bought the rights to Straus's music, and used the plot from Ferenc Molnár's play ""Testőr"" (also known as ""Playing With Fire"" and ""Where Ignorance is Bliss"", and ultimately adapted by Philip Moeller as ""The Guardsman"") as the plot of a 1941 film, ""The Chocolate Soldier"", starring Nelson Eddy and Risë Stevens. The plot concerns the jealousy of a Viennese couple, Maria and Karl Lang. To test her loyalty, Karl masquerades as a Russian guardsman and tries to seduce Maria. Complications ensue. The film includes the following non-Straus selections: Nadina's aria, ""My hero"", has been performed by"
"where he died. Straus' best-known works are ""Ein Walzertraum"" (""A Waltz Dream""), and ""The Chocolate Soldier"" (""Der tapfere Soldat""). The waltz arrangement from the former is probably his most enduring orchestral work. Among his most famous works is the theme from the 1950 film ""La Ronde"". Oscar Straus (composer) Oscar Nathan Straus (6 March 1870 – 11 January 1954) was a Viennese composer of operettas and film scores and songs. He also wrote about 500 cabaret songs, chamber music, and orchestral and choral works. His original name was actually Strauss, but for professional purposes he deliberately omitted the final 's',"
"he directed ""Patience"", by Gilbert and Sullivan, in 2002, and ""The Mikado"" in 2004, in his 1986 Elizabethan concept. Kraus has prepared several English singing translations of operas and operettas in collaboration with lyricist Gregory Opelka. These include Oscar Straus' ""The Chocolate Soldier"" and ""A Waltz Dream"" and Kalman's ""The Duchess of Chicago"". Other translations include ""La Serva Padrona"", ""Orpheus in the Underworld"", ""Gianni Schicchi"", ""Suor Angelica"", ""The Coronation of Poppea"" and ""The Land of Smiles"". From 1982 to 1987, Kraus served as the Director of the De Paul University Opera Theater in Chicago. He then taught applied voice at"
"songs that were dropped is the (now) amusingly-titled ""Why Is It Love Makes Us Feel Queer?""; the better-known songs include ""My Hero"", ""Thank the Lord the War Is Over"", ""Sympathy"", ""Seek the Spy"", ""Tiralala"", ""The Chocolate Soldier"", and ""Forgive"". Straus: ""The Chocolate Soldier"" (in English) – Ohio Light Opera Orchestra Straus: ""The Chocolate Soldier"" (in English) - Lehman Engel and his Orchestra Straus: ""Der tapfere Soldat"" (in German) - WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer wished to make a filmed version of ""The Chocolate Soldier"" in 1940, but they were refused permission (or at least permission at a reasonable price) by Shaw."
"George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as ""Man and Superman"" (1902), ""Pygmalion"" (1912)"" and Saint Joan"" (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Dublin, Shaw"
"Huntington theatres in Boston—starring Paul Benedict and then Clive Revill. He wrote a new libretto for the Goodspeed Opera House production of Oscar Strauss’s operetta ""The Chocolate Soldier."" He also significant reworked Meredith Willson’s ""Here’s Love"" for Goodspeed Opera House; and ""Kiss Me Kate"" for the Pioneer Theatre Company. For the Huntington Theatre Company he adapted and directed Ostrovsky’s ""Diary of a Scoundrel"" and Feydeau’s ""The Lady from Maxims."" He created a new version of Dion Boucicault’s ""The Shaughraun;"" for the Huntington and Seattle Repertory theatres; and he adapted ""The Captain of Koepnick"" for the Huntington and ACT, San Francisco."""
"Oscar Straus (composer) Oscar Nathan Straus (6 March 1870 – 11 January 1954) was a Viennese composer of operettas and film scores and songs. He also wrote about 500 cabaret songs, chamber music, and orchestral and choral works. His original name was actually Strauss, but for professional purposes he deliberately omitted the final 's', since he wished not to be associated with the musical Strauss family of Vienna. However, he did follow the advice of Johann Strauss II in 1898 about abandoning the prospective lure of writing waltzes for the more lucrative business of writing for the theatre. The son"
"released on 30 August. The West Coast Premiere of the musical adaptation opened in June 2013 at The San Jose Repertory Theater directed by Michael Halberstam. Candida (play) Candida, a comedy by playwright George Bernard Shaw, was written in 1894 and first published in 1898, as part of his ""Plays Pleasant"". The central characters are clergyman James Morell, his wife Candida and a youthful poet, Eugene Marchbanks, who tries to win Candida's affections. The play questions Victorian notions of love and marriage, asking what a woman really desires from her husband. The cleric is a Christian Socialist, allowing Shaw—himself a"
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stage musical based on the 1964 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, with book by David Greig, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The musical premiered in London's West End at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in June 2013 and ran for 3 years and 7 months before closing in January 2017. The show was reworked for a Broadway production opening in April 2017 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and ran almost nine months before closing in January 2018. The"
"When events come to a head with an on-stage confrontation between a disguised Karl and Maria, she reveals her knowledge all along that Vassily was really Karl, and the two live happily ever after, except, of course, for Maria's continued flirtations. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: This was the film debut for Risë Stevens. This film is the second adaptation, not a remake, of the play by Ferenc Molnár. The first adaptation was the 1931 film, The Guardsman, which was a non-musical version starring the husband/wife acting team of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. The Chocolate Soldier"
"and Sarah Snook. Films<br> Stage Sound recordings Opera<br> The play has also been adapted into an opera by composer Tom Owen. Saint Joan (play) Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw about 15th century French military figure Joan of Arc. Premiering in 1923, three years after her canonization by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises what is known of her life based on the substantial records of her trial. Shaw studied the transcripts and decided that the concerned people acted in good faith according to their beliefs. He wrote in his preface to the play: There are"
"deadline ends, Punky and her friends have lost because one of her friends, Allen, forgot to spend the 98 cents he got as change when he bought chocolate. Fortunately, one of the dollars was spent on a lottery ticket, and the heroes win $100,000, saving the orphanage. Brewster's Millions Brewster's Millions is a novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, originally under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves. It was adapted into a play in 1906, which opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway, and the novel or play has been adapted into films twelve times, four of which"
"as ""Caesar"", Claire Bloom as ""Cleopatra"", Judith Anderson as ""Ftatateeta"", Corin Redgrave as ""Apollodorus"", Laurence Hardy as ""Britannus"" and Jack Gwillim as ""Rufio"" ""(this version used the Alternate Prologue)"". ""Caesar and Cleopatra"" was adapted for the 1968 Broadway musical ""Her First Roman"" by Ervin Drake. Caesar and Cleopatra (play) Caesar and Cleopatra is a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw that depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. It was first published with ""Captain Brassbound's Conversion"" and ""The Devil's Disciple"" in Shaw's 1901 collection ""Three Plays for Puritans"". It was first performed in"
"Works to Music Theater Works. In its early years, the company staged all twelve of the full-length extant Gilbert and Sullivan operas, including an Elizabethan concept ""Mikado"" (1986) and an Edward Gorey/Tim Burton-inspired ""Ruddigore"" (1996), as well as the less frequently produced ""Utopia Limited"" (1984) and ""The Grand Duke"" (1992). The company has produced a number of Chicago premieres, including Emmerich Kálmán's ""The Duchess of Chicago"" (1998), Jerome Moross' ""The Golden Apple"" (1995), and Karl Millöcker's ""The Beggar Student"", as well as revivals such as Oscar Straus' ""The Chocolate Soldier"" (1987) and ""A Waltz Dream"" (1992) (both with translations by"
"It starred John Glover, Wallace Langham, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Jenny Wright and Adam Baldwin and Corey Gunnestad. The Chocolate War The Chocolate War is a young adult novel by American author Robert Cormier. First published in 1974, it was adapted into a film in 1988. Although it received mixed reviews at the time of its publication, some reviewers have argued it is one of the best young adult novels of all time. Set at a fictional Catholic high school, the story depicts a secret student organization's manipulation of the student body, which descends into cruel and ugly mob mentality against a"
"existence include ""The Doctor's Dilemma"" (George Bernard Shaw), ""The Master Builder"" (Henrik Ibsen), ""Story of a Soldier"" (music drama, Igor Stravinsky), ""Six Characters in Search of an Author"" (Luigi Pirandello), ""The Mother of Us All"" (opera, Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein), ""Measure for Measure"" (William Shakespeare), ""Livin' the Life"" (musical based on Mark Twain's Mississippi River tales), ""The Good Woman of Szechuan"" (Bertolt Brecht), ""The Taming of the Shrew"" (William Shakespeare), and Anna Christie (Eugene O'Neill). Houghton, frustrated by the role of theatrical producer because it precluded him from directing, left the Phoenix to become a professor at Vassar College,"
"The Golden Ticket The Golden Ticket is an opera based on Roald Dahl’s classic book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by the contemporary American composer Peter Ash, with a libretto by Donald Sturrock. ""The Golden Ticket"" was commissioned by American Lyric Theater, Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director; and Felicity Dahl. It premiered at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis on June 13, 2010 in a co-production between OTSL, Ireland’s Wexford Festival Opera, and American Lyric Theater. ""The Golden Ticket"" was originally conceived as a project for London’s Royal National Theatre, but early workshops initiated by the composer and librettist revealed the"
"Major Barbara Major Barbara is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw, written and premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London. For many years, Barbara and her siblings have been estranged from their father, Andrew Undershaft, who now reappears as a rich and successful munitions maker. Undershaft, the father, gives money to the Salvation Army, which offends Major Barbara, who does not want to be connected to his ""tainted"" wealth. However, the father"
"of the 20th century, Franz Lehár (1870–1948) wrote ""The Merry Widow"" (1905); and Oscar Straus (1870–1954) supplied ""Ein Walzertraum"" (""A Waltz Dream"", 1907) and ""The Chocolate Soldier"" (1908). Zarzuela, introduced in Spain in the 17th century, is rooted in popular Spanish traditional musical theatre. It alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating dances, with chorus numbers and humorous scenes that are usually duets. These works are relatively short, and ticket prices were often low, to appeal to the general public. There are two main forms of zarzuela: Baroque zarzuela (c. 1630–1750), the earliest style, and Romantic zarzuela (c."
"play in a more contemporary context, away from the immediate historical context of its original period. Major Barbara Major Barbara is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw, written and premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London. For many years, Barbara and her siblings have been estranged from their father, Andrew Undershaft, who now reappears as a rich and successful munitions maker. Undershaft, the father, gives money to the Salvation Army, which offends"
"despised the result, however, calling it ""a putrid ""opera bouffe"" in the worst taste of 1860"", but grew to regret not accepting payment when, despite his opinion of the work, it became an international success. When Shaw heard, in 1921, that Franz Lehár wanted to set his play ""Pygmalion"" to music, he sent word to Vienna that Lehár be instructed that he could not touch ""Pygmalion"" without infringing Shaw's copyright and that Shaw had ""no intention of allowing the history of ""The Chocolate Soldier"" to be repeated."" ""Pygmalion"" was eventually adapted by Lerner and Loewe as ""My Fair Lady"", made"
"actors (in spoken roles) such as John Bannister and Richard ""Dicky"" Suett. Roles and performers at the premiere in London on 1 January 1791: ""Soldiers, Guards, Peasants, etc."" The Siege of Belgrade The Siege of Belgrade is a comic opera in three acts, principally composed by Stephen Storace to an English libretto by James Cobb. It incorporated music by Mozart, Salieri, Paisiello and Martini, and is therefore considered a pasticcio opera, as well as a Singspiel in English language, as it contained a spoken dialogue. It premiered on 1 January 1791 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London with"
"Oscar Shaw Oscar Shaw (born Oscar Schwartz, October 11, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – died March 6, 1967, in Little Neck, New York), was a stage and screen actor and singer, remembered primarily today for his role as Bob Adams in the first film starring the Marx Bros., ""The Cocoanuts"" (1929). United States census records show that Shaw was already working as a stage actor in 1910, while still living with his mother, brother, and stepfather. In 1913, Shaw married Mary Louise Givler (a native of Carlisle, Pennsylvania), in England, where they both appeared in a show called the ""First"
"Sugar (musical) Sugar is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Bob Merrill. It is based on the film ""Some Like It Hot"", which was adapted by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond from a story by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan. It premiered on Broadway in 1972 and was staged in the West End twenty years later. Two unemployed musicians, bass player Jerry and saxophone player Joe, witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago. In order to escape gangster Spats Palazzo and his henchmen, they dress as women and join Sweet"
"Criticism was also drawn to the decision to cast adults as the Golden Ticket winners instead of children, as well as the lackluster sets redesigned for Broadway. However, Christian Borle received widespread praise for his performance as Willy Wonka, even amongst negativity towards other aspects of the show. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stage musical based on the 1964 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, with book by David Greig, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The musical premiered in London's West End at"
"work based on Roald Dahl and a third opera. Peter Ash (composer) Peter Ash (born 1961, DeWitt, Iowa ) is a composer and conductor, best known for his opera ""The Golden Ticket"" (based on the Roald Dahl book ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" ) and for his work with the London Schools Symphony Orchestra, of which he has been Artistic Director since 2001. A graduate of Guildhall School of Music, Ash has conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera (where he conducted the world premiere of the Tobias Picker opera ""The Fantastic Mr. Fox""),"
"by Ludwig Engländer. Louise Le Baron starred in the main role. The libretto was adapted from Oliver Goldsmith's ""She Stoops to Conquer"". His biggest success was his dramatization of the novel ""Quo Vadis?"" (1900). He also translated and adapted Oscar Straus's operetta, ""The Chocolate Soldier"" (1909), which he also directed. This achieved the longest run of all his works. In 1910 Stange's play ""The Girl with the Whooping Cough"" caused controversy because of its allegedly salacious content. After intervention from the mayor of New York all performances on Broadway were stopped. Drama critic George Jean Nathan called the play ""nauseating"
"sharp contrasts and sudden emotional changes, setting the romantic ideas derived from literature over against the bold lusts and cold cupidities of life."" The play parodies the conventions of historical melodramas and popular operas of the era, with the typical rationalism of Shavian conversations set against the cliches of Italian operatic dramas. Michael Holroyd says that though Shaw included it among his ""tomfooleries"" paired with ""The Fascinating Foundling"" , the threatening tone makes it ""a more sombre tomfoolery"" than the latter. The Glimpse of Reality The Glimpse of Reality, A Tragedietta (1909) is a short play by George Bernard Shaw,"
"Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress: A Revolutionary Romancelet is a one-act play by George Bernard Shaw, written in 1917. The play is obviously influenced by the Russian Revolution that year. It takes place in an imaginary country which has recently experienced a similar revolution. The two main characters are the daughter of the ruler, who once ran away to join the circus as a girl, and now supports the revolution, and an army officer who opposes it. General Strammfest, whose family has served the Panjandrums of Beotia for 700 years is unhappy about working for the new,"
"Duke"" (1992), ""The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein"" (1986), ""Die Fledermaus"" (1986, 1995), ""The Chocolate Soldier"" (1987), ""Wiener Blut"" (1989), ""Babes in Toyland"" (1993), ""La Vie parisienne"" (1984), ""The Golden Apple"" (1995), ""The Czardas Princess"" (1990) and Emmerich Kalman's little-known ""The Duchess of Chicago"" (1998). While Kraus was artistic director, the company also produced stage works of Kurt Weill, including ""Lady in the Dark"" (1989), ""Knickerbocker Holiday (1992)"", and ""One Touch of Venus (1997)"", some of which had been little seen by modern audiences. He also produced all 13 extant Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas during his tenure with company. Kraus"
"(Saul Dibb), ""One Day"" (Lone Scherfig), ""The Vow"" (Michael Sucsy), ""Snow Flower and the Secret Fan"" (Wayne Wang), ""The Lake House"" (Alejandro Agresti), ""Infamous"" (Douglas McGrath), ""Mona Lisa Smile"" (Mike Newell), and ""The Human Stain"" (Robert Benton). Portman is perhaps best known for her music soundtrack compositions in the movies ""Chocolat"" and ""The Cider House Rules"". Her other works include a children's opera, ""The Little Prince"" (which was later adapted for television) and ""Little House on the Prairie"", a musical based upon the Laura Ingalls Wilder books ""Little House on the Prairie"" (2008). Portman was commissioned to write a piece"