The High Life
by Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz, Michael Kanin, Fay Kanin, Arthur Schnitzler

The High Life Book Cover
The High Life Cover

Highlights

120 mins 1900-1910 Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American

Awards & Recognition

Tony Award

Nominee: Four 1962 Tony Awards

Synopsis

Anatol, the most famous ladies man in turn of the century Vienna, decides that he's finished with love - he wants to get married.

All his amours - from a magician's assistant to a society wife to the third swan from the left in the royal ballet - face this prospect with varying reactions, adding up to an evening of hilarity.

When Anatol discovers, however, that his timid "frau" is a great deal more lively than he had expected, it is he who has the last laugh!

-- from back cover.

Press Reviews

"A sumptuous slice of strudel… stuffed with a tart story and tangy score."

— Ronald Evans

"A great, big, gorgeous confection filled with good, solid entertainment. The lyrics are deft… and the music is a full-bodied score."

— New York Daily News

Characters

Character
ANATO

L – lead

LIESL BRANDEL

lead

MAX

supporting

HELENE

supporting

HERR BRANDEL

supporting

FRAU BRANDEL

supporting

MAGDA

supporting

FRANZ
MIMI
PROPRIETOR
USHER
THE GREAT GASTON
OTTO
ANNA
GRANDMOTHER
ENSEMBLE

play many roles, including Shy Girl, Tennis Girl, Mountain Climbers, Girl on Horseback, Nursemaid, Anatol the Boy, Strongman, Celestina, Pas De Quatre, Photographer, Doorman, Headwaiter and Waiters

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1986
Binding Paperback
Pages 89
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573681189
ISBN-10 057368118X
LCCN 87139230
LCC ML50.S4136 H5 1986
DCC 782.81/2

The High Life is a American play written by Howard Dietz and published by Samuel French in New York (1986).

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