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Lost in the stars [sound recording] / music by Kurt Weill ; words by Maxwell Anderson.

By: Weill, KurtContributor(s): Anderson, Maxwell [lyricist.] | Mamoulian, Rouben [director.] | Duncan, Todd [performer.] | Matthews, Inez [performer.] | Guyse, Sheila [performer.]Material type: MusicMusicPublication details: New York : Decca, 2001Description: 1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cmContained works: Paton, Alan, Cry the beloved countrySubject(s): Musicals | South Africa | Apartheid
Contents:
The hills of Ixopo - Thousands of miles - The train to Johannesburg/ Thousands of miles (reprise)/ The search - The little gray house - Who'll buy/ Trouble man - Murder in Parkwold/Fear - Lost in the stars - O Tixo, Tixo, help me - Stay well - Cry, the beloved country - Big mole/Chapel scene - A bird of passage/ Thousands of miles (reprise).
Production credits: The plot is based on Alan Paton's Cry the beloved country.The cast includes Todd Duncan, Inez Matthews and Sheila Guyse.Summary: The musical is set in South Africa in the 1940s during the years of apartheid. A young black man shoots a white man in the confusion of an attempted burglary.
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CD CD Paul Hamlyn Library Paul Hamlyn Library Floor 1 MT WEI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 05938449
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The musical opened on Broadway in 1949. This recording is remastered from the one done in 1949 with the original cast, directed by Rouben Mamoulian.

Compact disc.

The hills of Ixopo - Thousands of miles - The train to Johannesburg/ Thousands of miles (reprise)/ The search - The little gray house - Who'll buy/ Trouble man - Murder in Parkwold/Fear - Lost in the stars - O Tixo, Tixo, help me - Stay well - Cry, the beloved country - Big mole/Chapel scene - A bird of passage/ Thousands of miles (reprise).

The plot is based on Alan Paton's Cry the beloved country.

The cast includes Todd Duncan, Inez Matthews and Sheila Guyse.

The musical is set in South Africa in the 1940s during the years of apartheid. A young black man shoots a white man in the confusion of an attempted burglary.

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