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The Human Comedy

The Human Comedy

William Saroyan, William Dumaresq, Galt MacDermot

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The Human Comedy

The Human Comedy

William Saroyan, William Dumaresq, Galt MacDermot

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A pop folk opera about small town life in America during the early days of World War II produced in New York by Joseph Papp.

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  • Time Period: 1940s/WWII
  • Cast Attributes: Room for Extras
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for All Audiences

Authors

William Saroyan

William Saroyan
Novelist, short-story writer, dramatist, and essayist, William Saroyan was born in Fresno, California in 1908. A high-school dropout, Saroyan was largely self-educated and decided at an early age to pursue a career as a writer, drawing on his experience as an Armenian-America ...
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William Dumaresq

Galt MacDermot

Galt MacDermot

Galt MacDermot (1928-2018). Two-time Grammy and Tony Award-winning composer Galt MacDermot is best known for the music he wrote for the Broadway scores of HAIR and Two Gentlemen of Verona. He garnered his first Grammy for the song "African Waltz" in 1960. His work spans the g ...

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