Full Description
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) forged a remarkable, multifaceted career as a librettist, lyricist, playwright, director, and producer. He wrote Carmen Jones, Carousel, Show Boat , and, with longtime collabourator Richard Rodgers, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Hugh Fordin enjoyed complete access to the Hammerstein archives and conducted numerous interviews with family and colleagues like Rodgers, Berlin, Robbins, and Sondheim. The result is the definitive biography of a creative giant, who changed forever the texture of American theatre.
Contents
* Introduction by Stephen Sondheim * Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein * One Foot in the Door * One Foot, Other Foot * Troubles and Hopes and Fears * A New Lease on Life * Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin * R & H and Their First Original * Some Enchanted Evening * One Hit, One Miss * RH Negative * The Shadows Fall