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Homer Curran

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Book Writer 1885–1952

Homer F. Curran (1885–1952) was an American theatrical producer on the West Coast of the United States during the first half of the 20th century. Born in Springfield, Missouri, he was educated at Stanford University. After graduating, he purchased and operated the Cort Theatre in San Francisco and temporarily changed its name to the Curran Theatre. In 1921, construction began on a new theatre which opened in 1922 as the Curran Theatre. This is the same theatre that operates under that name today. In 1939, he founded the San Francisco Light Opera Company which for many years worked in partnership with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. Throughout his years operating the Curran Theatre, he als…

Also credited on2 works

Magdalena
Song of Norway

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 literature2 passages

  • Musical adaptation and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, from the music of Edvard Grieg; book by Milton Lazarus from a play by Homer Curranebooks/Wright, Adrian/West End Broadway_ The Golden Age of the American Musical in London - Adrian Wright.txt
  • MAGDALENA by Heitor Villa-Lobos; Lyrics/Adaptation, Robert Wright, George Forrest; Original Book, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Homer Curran; Concert Adapta¬ tion, Evans Haile, Dona D. Vaughn; Stage Direction, Dona D. Vaughn; Presented by Evans Haile; General Manager, David Cash; Conductor, Evans Haile. CAST: Charles Damsel (Padre Jose), Fai…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1987-88 Season, v. 44 (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 — 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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