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Dick Vosburgh

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LyricistBook Writer 1929–2007

Richard Kennedy Vosburgh (27 August 1929 – 18 April 2007) was an American-born Grammy and Tony-nominated comedy writer and lyricist, working chiefly in Britain.

Also credited on1 work

A Day in Hollywood/ A Night in the Ukraine

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature3 passages

  • A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE Book and Lyrics, Dick Vosburgh; Music, Frank Lazarus; Directedtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt
  • JEROME KERN GOES TO HOLLYWOOD Conceived by David Keman; Written by Dick Vosburgh; Music, Jerome Kem Director, David Keman; Lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Ira Ger shwin. Otto Harbach, Johnny Mercer, E. Y. Harburg, Jimmy McHugh, P. G Wodehouse. Buddy DeSyiva, Gus Kahn, Bernard Dougall, Herbert Reynolds; Light ing. Ken BilHngt…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1985-86 Season, v. 42 (Willis).txt
  • A SAINT SHE AIN'T Book and Lyrics by Dick Vosburgh; Music by Denis King; Director, Eric Hill; July 30-August 10, 2002; Main Stage; Cast: PJ.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2002-03 Season, v. 59 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any staging. This name appears in no production cast list we hold — 1,877 of 7,139 people are in that position, most of them writers, composers and designers rather than performers.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — lyricist, book writer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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