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The Boys from Syracuse is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, based on William Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors, as adapted by librettist George Abbott. The score includes swing and other contemporary rhythms of the 1930s.
The Boys from Syracuse is a 1940 American musical film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, based on the 1938 stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, which in turn was loosely based on the play The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare.
Boys From Syracuse. In November of 1938, Rodgers and Hart opened one of their best shows, The Boys From Syracuse, at the Alvin Theatre on Broadway with a book (based on Shakespe...
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The Boys from Syracuse: Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. With Allan Jones, Irene Hervey, Martha Raye, Joe Penner. The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the story concerns the efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Antipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also ...
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- Comedy, Musical
- A. Edward Sutherland
- 1940-08-09
The Boys from Syracuse. Music by Richard Rodgers | Lyrics by Lorenz Hart | Book by George Abbott. Twins! More twins! Lovers – chased and chaste! The first musical ever adapted from Shakespeare remains one of the most madcap musical farces ever to animate the stage.
When Antipholus of Syracuse leaves his home, with his trusty servant Dromio in tow, and spends seven years searching for his long-lost twin brother, he finds his life in danger upon arriving in the city of Ephesus.
The Boys from Syracuse Synopsis. Stills from the 1938 original Broadway Production. ACT ONE. In ancient Greece, citizens of Ephesus gather as Aegean, a man from their rival city of Syracuse, begs for mercy from their duke. The Duke refuses, declaring that Aegean will be executed.
