Production Info
Opening
September 19, 1955
Closing:
February 4, 1956
Length of Run:
not listed yet
Run Type:
Open-ended
Credits Highlights
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Director
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Dances and Musical Numbers
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Cast
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Omar
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A Public Poet, later called Hajj
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Marsinah, his daughter
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Jawan
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Chief Policeman
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The Wazir of Police
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Lalume
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The Caliph
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Princess Zubbediya of Damascus
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Princess Samaris of Bangalore
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Musical Numbers
The musical numbers list has been verified as correct.
Act One
- Sands of Time
- Rhymes Have I .... Hajj and Marsinah
- Fate .... Hajj
- Reprise: Fate .... Hajj
- Bazaar of the Caravans .... Street Dancer, Akbar, Assiz, Merchants and Shoppers
- Not Since Nineveh .... Lalume, Wazir, Three Princesses of Ababu, Akbar, Assiz, Merchants and Shoppers
- Baubles, Bangles and Beads .... Marsinah
- Stranger in Paradise .... Caliph and Marsinah
- He's in Love .... Chief Policeman, Second Policeman, Prosecutor, Three Princesses of Ababu, Akbar, Assiz, Caliph and Omar
- Gesticulate .... Hajj and Wazir's Council
- Fate (Reprise) .... Hajj and Ladies of the Wazir's Harem
Act Two
- Night of My Nights .... Caliph and Entourage
- Reprise: Stranger in Paradise .... Marsinah
- Baubles, Bangles and Beads .... Caliph
- He's in Love .... Entourage
- Was I Wazir? .... Wazir, Policemen and Guards
- Rahadlakum .... Hajj, Lalume, Princess Zubbediya, Princess Samaris, Three Princesses of Ababu and Ladies of the Wazir's Harem
- And This Is My Beloved .... Marsinah, Caliph, Hajj and Wazir
- The Olive Tree .... Hajj
- Presentation of Princesses
- Damascus .... Princess Zubbediya and Ayah
- Bangalore .... Princess Samaris
- Ababu .... Princesses of Ababu
- Finale .... Ensemble and Hajj
Additional Musical Numbers Lists
No additional musical numbers lists yet.
Trivia & History
Our cast list diverges in some roles from the one published in Theatre World for the 1955-1956 season. Our list is taken from a playbill for the first stop on the tour, which was the Hershey Community Theatre in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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Production Info
Opening
September 19, 1955
Closing:
February 4, 1956
Length of Run:
not listed yet
Run Type:
Open-ended
Venues
Tour Schedule
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Hershey Community Theatre (Hershey, PA)
September 19, 1955 - September 24, 1955 -
Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo, NY)
January 9, 1956 - January 14, 1956 -
Boston Opera House (Boston, MA)
January 16, 1956 - January 21, 1956 -
Shubert Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
January 23, 1956 - February 4, 1956
