Other works for
Oscar Hammerstein II

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Stage: Lyricist and librettist of the following:

"Rose-Marie" (composed by Rudolf Friml)

"Desert Song" (Sigmund Romberg)

"New Moon" (Romberg)

"Song of the Flame" (George Gershwin)

"Carmen Jones" (1943) (Georges Bizet)

Lyricist and librettist with composer Jerome Kern of the following:

"Sweet Adeline"

"Music in the Air"

"Very Warm for May"

"Show Boat" (1927)

Lyricist and librettist with composer Richard

Rodgers of the following:

The Columbia University Varsity production of "Fly

With Me" (1920), with other lyrics by Lorenz Hart

"Oklahoma!" (1943)

"Carousel" (1945)

"Allegro" (1947)

South Pacific (1949). Musical drama. Majestic Theatre: (moved to The Broadway Theatre from 29 Jun 1953 to close) 7 Apr 1949- 16 Jan 1954 (1925 performances). Cast: Mary Martin (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"), Ezio Pinza (as "Emile de Becque"), Juanita Hall, Myron McCormick (as "Luther Billis"), Betta St. John, Harvey Stephens (as "Cmdr. William Harbison, U.S.N."), William Tabbert, Martin Wolfson (as "Captain George Brackett, U.S.N."), Mardi Bayne, Evelyn Colby, Michael De Leon, Noel De Leon, Sandra Deel, Bill Dwyer, Dickinson Eastham, Don Fellows, William Ferguson, Jacqueline Fisher, Jack Fontan, Alan Gilbert, Thomas Gleason, Jim Hawthorne, Richard Loo (as "Marcel, Henry's Assistant" and "Ensemble"), Roslynd Lowe, Barbara Luna, Biff McGuire, Gloria Meli, Henry Michel, Alex Nicol, Pat Northrop, Mary Ann Reeve, Fred Sadoff, Bernice Saunders, Archie Savage, Helena Schurgot, Richard Silvera, Henry Slate, Eugene Smith, Beau Tilden (as "Seaman James Hayes"), Musa Williams, Chin Yu. Produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Produced in association with Leland Hayward and Joshua Logan. Replacement actors during the the production's long run included: Shirley Jones, Dort Clark, Jack Weston.

"The King and I" (1951)

"Me and Juliet" (1953)

"Pipe Dream" (1955)

"Flower Drum Song" (1958)

"The Sound of Music" (1959)

"A Grand Night For Singing" (Revue) (1994)

"State Fair" (1996)

New Toys (1924). Comedy/tragedy. Written by Milton Herbert Gropper and Oscar Hammerstein II. Fulton Theatre: 18 Feb 1924- Mar 1924 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Louise Closser Hale (as "Mrs. Warner"), Mary Duncan, Robert McWade (as "George Clark"), Frances Nelson, Robert Emmett O'Connor (as "Sam Wilks"), Vivienne Osborne (as "Ruth Webb"), James Spottswood (as "Tom Lawrence"), Ernest Truex (as "Will Webb"). Produced by Sam Harris.

Show Boat (1932). Musical drama (revival). Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles K. Harris. Material adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber. Musical Director: Oscar Bradley and Sammy Lee. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Casino Theatre: 19 May 1932- 22 Oct 1932 (180 performances). Cast: Bessie Allison, Bertha Fitzhugh Baker, Rachel Beech, J. Mardo Brown, A. Alan Campbell (as "Windy"), Billie Campbell, Mamie Cartier, Willy Lou Chalfant, Laura Clairon, Catherine Clark, Walter Costello, Jack Daley, Charles Davis, Henry Davis, Dorothy Denese, Leon Diggs, Evelyn Eaton, William Ehlers, Charles Ellis, Caja Eric, Robert Faricy, Estelle Floyd, Dell Fradenburg, John Fredrik, Tess Gardella, Ray Giles, Blanche Glenn, Thomas Gunn, Marion Hairston, Edgar Hall, Annie Hart, William Haskins, Mae Haygood, Mari Hellgren, Eunice Holmes, Maurine Holmes, Rhogenia Jamison, J. Louis Johnson, Charlotte Junius, Tana Kamp, V. Anne Kaye, Dennis King, Angeline Lawson, James Lillard, Henrietta Lovelace, Herbert Lyle, Francis X. Mahoney, Pat Mann, Rose Mariella, Richard McAllister, Dolly McCormick, James McKay, John Mobley, Helen Morgan, Ethel Moses, Lucia Moses, Edna May Oliver (as "Parthy Ann Hawks), Joseph Olney, Ann Lee Patterson, Pauline Pennell, Inez Persand, Lancelot Pinard, Eva Puck, Hattie King Reavis, Wilburn Riviere, Paul Robeson (as "Joe"), Elsie Rossi, Jennie Salmons, Earle Sanborn, Mildred Schwenke, Phil Sheridan, Maude Simmons, Charles Spencer, James Swift, Wen. Talbert, Lucille Taylor, Norma Terris, Wynn Terry, Tillie Thomas, Archie Thomson, Lee Timmans, Gladstone Waldrip, Gertrude Walker, Billie Wallace, Elida Webb, Sammy White, Charles Willis, Charles Winninger (as "Cap'n Andy"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. [Note: Mr. Ziegfeld would die during production on 22 Jul 1932 at age 65].

Daffy Dill (1922). Musical comedy. Music by Herbert P. Stothart. Material by Guy Bolton and Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Direction by Herbert P. Stothart. Additional lyrics by Kenneth Keith. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Apollo Theatre: 22 Aug 1922- 21 Oct 1922 (71 performances). Cast: Bernice Ackerman, Irene Anderson, Violet Andrews, Lynn Berry, Marjorie Clements, Grace Culbert, Eleanor Dell, Yvette DuBois, Frances Grant, Rollin Grimes Jr., Mary Haun, Jessie Howe, Jacquelyn Hunter, Elizabeth Keene, Margaret Keene, Victor Kenfield, Ethel Kinley, Grace La Rue, Violet Lobell, Genevieve Markam, Harry Mayo, Carolyn Maywood, Alfred Milano, Harry Miller, Benjamin Mulvey, Fern Oakley, Beatrice O'Connor, Irene Olsen, Georgia O'Ramey, Marion Phillips, Frederick Renoff, Guy Robertson, Harry Rocca, Marius Rogate, Galdino Sedano, Peggy Stohl, Marion Sunshine, Frank Tinney, Charles Townshend, Samuel Vean, Joan Warner, Imogene Wilson, Ted Wing. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.

Golden Dawn (1927). Musical. Music by 'Emmerich Kalman' and Herbert P. Stothart. Material by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Direction by Herbert P. Stothart. Associate Musical Director: Mario Agnolucci. Choreographed by Dave Bennett. Directed by Reginald Hammerstein. Hammerstein's Theatre: 30 Nov 1927- 5 May 1928 (184 performances). Cast: F.J. Accoll, Alexander University Fine's Russian Art Choir, Ann Anderson, Vsevolad Andrenoff, Emilia Andrievska, Irving Andrievsky, Paula Ayers, Louise Baer, Saloma Bartolm, Arnold Basil, Service Bell, W.M. Bellis, Carlo Benetti, Norine Bogen, George Brant, Henry Brown, Leola Buelow, Alice Bussee, Maude Carleton, Barbara Carrington, Jacques Cartier, Tom Chadwick, Helene Chaudaroff, Vladimir Chavdaroff, Robert Chisholm, Inez Clough, Helene Cunihan, Michael Dalsky, Xenia Dalsky, Vladimir Danieloff, Nydia D'Arnell, Christine David, Joseph Davidenko, Frances Denny, Harold Des Verney, Frank Dobert, Hazel Drury, Frances Dumas, James Earl, H. Webster Elkins, La Vergne Evans, Marie Foster, Norma France, Robert Paton Gibbs, Geraldine Gooding, Leonard Gorlenko, Kumar Goshal, Geneva Grant, Dora Grebenetsky, Paul Gregory, James Grey, Klara Grosheva, Maria Grushko, Amos Guerrant, Janet Hale, Adolph Henderson, Jean Hitch, Elizabeth Holloway, Olin Howland, Louise Hunter, Zina Ivanova, Robert Jackson, Mimi Jordan, Karol Kayne, All Kisselava, Toni Klimovitch, Kohana, Peter Kosloff, Grace La Rue, Lucy Lawlor, Cary Grant (credited as "Archie Leach"), Mary Mason, Ruthena Matson, William McFarland, Alva McGill, Len Mence, Peggy Messinger, Julia F. Mitchell, Sorena Mumma, Barbara Newberry, Mabel Olsen, Lidia Ordinsky, Raymond Otto, Alexander Ouzoroff, Reginald Pasch, Henry Pemberton, Milton Rae, McKinley Reeves, Alma Reynolds, Tom Rider, Leona Riggs, Wilma Roeloff, Viviene Russell, Betty Schum, Konstantine Smith, Gil Squires, Marguerita Sylva, Magda Trauber, Louise Turner, Valla Valentinova, Joseph Vitale (as "Ensemble"), William Walker, Benveneta Washington, Edward Watkins, Rosena Weston, Maud White, Earl Wilson. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.

May Wine (1935). Musical. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Additional orchestrations by Russell Bennett. Material by Frank Mandel. Adapted from the "The Happy Alienist" by Erich von Stroheim and Wallace Smith. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Direction by Robert Emmett Dolan. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Directed by José Ruben. St. James Theatre: 5 Dec 1935- 6 Jun 1936 (213 performances). Cast: Betty Allen, Beulah Blake, Remo Buffano, Patricia Calvert, Victor Casmore, Tomes Chapman, Frank Chester, Lee Childs, Jack Cole, Radley E. Collins, Alice Dudley, Robert C. Fischer, Michael J. Forbes, Roy Gordon, Rollin Grimes Jr., Inga Hill, Marian Huntley, Betty Kerr, Walter Woolf King, Bela Lublov, Nancy McCord, Clifford Menz, Harry Mestayer, Charles Palloy, Marie Louise Quevli, Walter Slezak (as "Prof. Johann Volk"), Guy Smith, Jr., Maury Tuckerman. Produced by Laurence Schwab.

Knights of Song (1938). Musical. Material by Glendon Allvine. Based on a story by Glendon Allvine and Adele Gutman Nathan. Musical Direction by George Hirst. Orchestrations furnished by Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc. Additional orchestrations by Harold Sanford. Gilbert and Sullivan musical excerpts staged by Avalon Collard. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Hollywood Theatre: 17 Oct 1938- 29 Oct 1938 (16 performances). Cast: John Adair (as "McManus"), Jay Amiss, Earl Ashcroft, Charles Atkin, Reginald Bach, Victor Beecroft (as "Harris"), Beulah Blake, Freeman Bloodgood, Nigel Bruce (as "William Schwenk Gilbert"), Ralph Bunker (as "Sir Joseph Porter"), Martha Burnett, Angus Cairns, Robert Chisholm, Virginia Cole, Robert Collins, Burr Crandall, Norman Crandall, Shirley Dale, Paul Davin, Shannon Dean, Vera Deane, Annamary Dickey, Mary Dyer, Bruce Evans, Anthony Ferrara, William Foran, Ann Francis, Shirley Gale, Davie Gladstone, Carrie Glenn, Norman Gray, Sally Hadley, Natalie Hall, Edward Hayes, Karl Holly, Mary Hoppel, Rosalind Ivan, Myrtis Jackson, Dorothy Johnson, Lois Kirk, Earle MacVeigh, Emily Marsh, John Moore, Henry Mowbray (as "His Grace, The Archbishop of Canterbury"), Sandra Nova, Winston O'Keefe (as "George Bernard Shaw"), Remington Olmstead, Eva Paul, Molly Pearson, Orlo Rexford, Martha Roberts, Leonard Rocky, Edward Ryan, Jr., David Showalter, Laurence Siegel, Lawrence Siegle, Betty Sparks, George Vaughan, Gladstone Waldrip, Ruth Wenton, Everett West, Rex Williams, Monty Woolley (as "His Royal Highness, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales"). Produced by Laurence Schwab.

Glorious Morning (1938). Drama. Written by Norman MacOwan. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Mansfield Theatre: 26 Nov 1938- Dec 1938 (closing date unknown/9 performances). Cast: Arling Alcine (as "An Officer"), Vera Allen, Lee Baker, John Balmer, St. Clair Bayfield (as "Rutzstein"), Donald Campbell, Herschel Cropper, Jeanne Dante, Bruce Evans, Eugene Francis, Len Mence, Harry Mestayer, Frances Nabors, Winston O'Keefe (as "Professor Hans Skaedia"), Margaret Randall, Frederic Tozere (as "General Gurgani"), Maurice Wells. Produced by Oscar Hammerstein II. Produced in association with Michael Hillman.

Free for All (1931). Musical comedy. Material by Oscar Hammerstein II and Laurence Schwab. Music by Richard A. Whiting. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Director: John McManus. Dances by Bobby Connolly. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Manhattan Theatre: 8 Sep 1931- 19 Sep 1931 (15 performances). Cast: Charles Althoff, Seth Arnold (as "Pete Weber, a Nevada Sheriff"), Olive Bayes, Lilian Bond (as "Marie Sinnot, Editor of "Free for All"), Julia Chandler, G. Pat Collins, John Donahue, Al Downing, Edward Emery, Dorris Groday, Jack Haley (as "Steve Potter, Jr., Son of Stephen, Sr."), Peter Higgins, Gus Howard, David Hutcheson, Dorothea James, Grace Johnston, Dorothy Knapp, Clair Kramer, Peter Lang, Jeannette Loff, Philip Lord, Vera Marsh, Rae Powell, Robert Randall, Edwin Saulpaugh, Harry Shannon, Tamara, Thelma Tipson, Don Tomkins, Edward Walters. Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel.

A Night in Venice (1929). Musical revue. Music by Lee Davis and Maury Rubens. Lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan and Moe Jaffe. Featuring songs by Vincent Youmans. Additional orchestrations by Vincent Youmans. Featuring songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Director: Max Meth. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley and Chester Hale. Directed by Lew Morton and Thomas A. Hart. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 16 Sep 1929 to close): 21 May 1929- 19 Oct 1929 (175 performances). Cast: Ted Healy (as "Ted"), Ann Seymour, The Dodge Sisters, Arthur Havel, Morton Havel, Stanley Rogers, Betty Allen, Walter Armin (as "Ernest Fairworth"/"Count Muzzini"), Enjio Badii, Bobbie Baker, Julia Barker, Bear, James H. Beattie, Lillian Bennett, Allen Blair, Adeline Bornheim, Fodi Brown, John Byam, Myrtle Candee, Bobby Carswell, Emmita Casanova, Anita Case, Dorothy Chadwick, Louise Chowning, Dudley Clements, Marion Crozan, Dorothy Davies, Marvelle Dawn, Blanche de Clerc, Evelyn Dehkes, Peggy DeRoy, Paul DeWees, Erma Echt, Billy Fanning, Ferral and Paul, Larry Fine (as "Larry"), Evelyn Ford, Allen Foster Girls, Judy Garey, Hal Gibson, Marion Gillon, Gladys Glorita, Gladys Granzow, Sarah Granzow, La Vonne Gundry, Edward Hackett, Chester Hale Girls, Agnes Hickey, Mary Hiscox, Olive Hollingshead, Moe Howard (as "Moe") [credited as Harry Howard"], Shemp Howard (as "Shemp"), Adele Jay, The Johnsons, Tommy Kerns, Irene King, Jeane Kroll, Hazel Landeres, James Lee, Laura Lee, Edna Lynn, Ruth Martin, James Maxwell, Betty Mayfair, Polly McCann, Charles McClelland, Joe Michon, Peter Michon, Gladys Miller, Kay Norwood, Lee Nutter, Jackie Paige, Dorothy Pierce, Jerry Pole, Florence Powell, Jack Ray, Betsy Rees, E. Riadnoff, Fred Sanborn, Shadurskaya and Kuderoff, Evelyn Shields, Doris Smith, Ed Stanbridge, Mozel Stapp, Stevens Brothers, George Terechenko, Edna Tobin, David Tuli, Peggy Udell, Jeannette Waite, Gertrude Westling, Evelyn Wetherbee, Halfred Young. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.

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