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Franklin Lacey

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Book Writer 1917–1988

Franklin Lacey (1917–1988) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for co-authoring the story for The Music Man (1957), together with collaborator Meredith Willson, and later collaborating on the screenplay with Marion Hargrove for the 1962 film version. One of his first major works was the play Pagan in the Parlor in 1949; it was directed for the stage by Frankenstein director James Whale. He also wrote the screenplay for the film Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971), which starred Ernest Borgnine. He worked closely with the author Aldous Huxley on a musical version of his novel Brave New World, but the project was eventually shelved.

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The Music Man

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In the literature7 passages

  • New York’s rain had now turned to snow. Franklin Lacey had been in town for a week. We tramped through Central Park, snow or no snow, usually going out at five in the afternoon after I had communed with River City by myself all day, trying to reconstruct the story line without the spastic boy–I had decided he was doomed and the time was n…ebooks/Willson, Meredith/But He Doesn't Know the Territory - Meredith Willson.txt
  • Book, music and lyrics by Meredith Willson (book in association with Franklin Lacey)ebooks/Wright, Adrian/West End Broadway_ The Golden Age of the American Musical in London - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Book, Music and Lyrics, Meredith Willson; Story, Meredith Willson, Franklin Lacey; Director, John Fearnley; Scenery, Lynn Pecktal; Costumes, Robert Fletcher; Lighting, Jeremy Johnson; Musicaltheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt
  • with Franklin Lacey; Direction and Choreography, Michael Kidd; Sets, Peter Wolf; Costumes, Stanley Simmons; Lighting, Marcia Madeira; Orchestrations, Don Walker; Assistant to Mr. Kidd, Bonnie Evans; Music and Vocal Direction, Milton Rosenstock; Pre-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt
  • THE MUSIC MAN Book, Music and Lyrics, Meredith Willson; Story, Meredith Willson, Franklin Lacey; Conductor, Donald Pippin; Director, Arthur Masella; Set, David Jenkins; Costumes, Andrew Marlay; Lighting, Duane Schuler; Choreographer, Marcia Milgrom Dodge; Chorus Master, Joseph Colaneri; Assistant Stage Director, Claudia Zahn; Musical Prep…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1987-88 Season, v. 44 (Willis).txt
  • THE MUSIC MAN Book/Music/Lyrics, Meredith Willson; Story, Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey; Director, Susan Stroman; Set, Thomas Lynch; Costumes, William Ivey Long; Lighting, Peter Kaczorowski; Sound, Jonathan Deans; Production Supervisor, Steven Zweigbaum; Casting, Jay Binder; Musical Supervisiontheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2000-01 Season, v. 57 (Willis).txt

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