Show Boat (Harold Prince Version)
Oscar Hammerstein
Show Boat (1927)
by Oscar Hammerstein (Ii), Edna Ferber, Jerome Kern
Synopsis
Spanning the years from 1880 to 1927, this lyrical masterpiece, centered around the Mississippi show boat Cotton Blossom , concerns the lives, loves and heartbreaks of three generations of show folk and their lifelong friends.
Show Boat follows the story of the Hawkes family, including the captain’s naive daughter Magnolia, who wants to be a performer, as she marries a gambler and moves with him to Chicago.
When his debts compound, he deserts her and their young daughter.
Magnolia's selfless best friend Julie, a performer on the Cotton Blossom , faces arrest on charges of miscegenation, which is illegal, and she spirals into despair.
The passing of time reunites Magnolia and her now-grown daughter with Magnolia's estranged husband, who returns offering a second chance at familial happiness.
Publication
Publisher Concord Theatricals
Show Boat (1927) is a play written by Oscar Hammerstein (Ii) and published by Concord Theatricals .
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