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Alfred Drake interview about the Broadway production of "Oklahoma!".

Title
  1. Alfred Drake interview about the Broadway production of "Oklahoma!".
Published by
  1. 1990.
Author
  1. Drake, Alfred, 1914-1992

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Additional authors
  1. Wilk, Max
  2. Wilk, Max
Description
  1. 1 audio disc (48:06) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
  1. Author Max Wilk talks with actor Alfred Drake, who was the original Curly in the premiere Broadway production of "Oklahoma!" at the Theatre Guild. Drake describes the show's director's (Rouben Mamoulian's) relationship with the cast members and Agnes de Mille, and how theater director George Abbott and the Guild once had some doubts about Mamoulian's direction, but they changed their minds. Drake also talks about the show's and the Guild's financial problems, his own "letter contract" with the Guild, his contract with Columbia Pictures (a mistake), and his memories of Larry Hart (Drake starred in "By Jupiter") and Lee Dixon ("Will Parker"). At the end of the interview, Drake talks about his later collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein, planning a musical based on the play "Berkley Square", which was never meant to be, and the relationship between Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Alternative title
  1. Oklahoma! interview recordings.
Subject
  1. Drake, Alfred, 1914-1992 > Interviews
  2. Mamoulian, Rouben
  3. Abbott, George, 1887-1995
  4. De Mille, Agnes
  5. Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
  6. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
  7. Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943
Call number
  1. *LDC 52498
Note
  1. Title derived by cataloger from the original information provided on cassette.
  2. "IDs are inserted every 5 minutes"--CD container.
  3. Transcript of the interview available upon request; it was not prepared by the library. Please note there may be spelling errors and/or edits in the material.
  4. Part of the series of interviews for Max Wilk's book "OK! : The story of Oklahoma".
Access (note)
  1. Access to original item restricted.
Source (note)
  1. Max Wilk;
Author
  1. Drake, Alfred, 1914-1992, interviewee.
Title
  1. Alfred Drake interview about the Broadway production of "Oklahoma!".
Production
  1. 1990.
Playing time
  1. 004806
Type of content
  1. spoken word
  2. text
Type of medium
  1. audio
  2. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. audio disc
  2. volume
Performer
  1. Max Wilk, interviewer ; Alfred Drake, interviewee.
Event
  1. Recorded live 1990 February 5 New York, N. Y.
Access
  1. Access to original item restricted.
Original version
  1. Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) available in *LTC 4258.
Local note
  1. Preservation file: (2 sound file : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_ltc4258_f01_em.WAV (Tracks 1-10) and myh_ltc4258_f02_em.WAV (Track 11)].
  2. Tracks 10-11 (last 6:37 of interview) is not included in the transcript--CMR
Source
  1. Gift; Max Wilk; *L(Special) 94-26; 1994.
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  1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material
Added author
  1. Wilk, Max, interviewer.
  2. Wilk, Max. OK!: the story of Oklahoma!
  3. Wilk, Max, donor.
Added title
  1. Oklahoma! interview recordings.
Research call number
  1. *LDC 52498
  2. *LTC 4258
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