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Don Gohman

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Composer 1927–1974

Don Gohman (1927–1974) was an American composer who wrote the music for the musical Ambassador (London 1971, Broadway 1972), based on Henry James's The Ambassadors; he died by suicide following the show's failure.

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Ambassador

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  • Ambassador Music by Don Gohman; lyrics by Hal Hackady; book by Don Ettlinger, based on the novel The Ambassadors by Henry James. Her Majesty’s Theatre, 19 October 1971. PC: Howard Keel, Danielle Darrieux, Isobel Stuart. MN: A Man You Can Set Your Watch By; It’s a Woman; Lambert’s Quandary; Lilas; The Right Time the Right Place; Surprise;…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Music by Don Gohman; lyrics by Hal Hackady; book by Don Ettlinger, based on the novel The Ambassadors by Henry Jamesebooks/Wright, Adrian/West End Broadway_ The Golden Age of the American Musical in London - Adrian Wright.txt
  • ANLBASS ADUUR a New Musical,” initially produced a 1971 in London Lhe by Don Gohman lyrics by Hal Hackadytheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • AMBASSADOR Book, Don Ettlinger, Anna Marie Barlow; Based on novel "The Ambassadors" by Henry James; Music, Don Gohman; Lyrics, Hal Hackady; Director,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt

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