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Judith Ross

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Book Writer 1932–2006

Judith Ross (1932–2006) was an American writer who co-wrote the book for the Galt MacDermot science-fiction musical Via Galactica (1972), directed by Peter Hall.

Also credited on1 work

Via Galactica

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

  • VIA GALACTICA Book, Chnstopher Gore and Judith Ross; Music, Gait MacDermot; Lyncs, Christopher Gore; Conceived and Directed by Peter Hall; Designed by John Bury; Lighting, Lloyd Burlingame; Associate to Mr. Hall, Geoffrey Cauley; Musical Director and Vocal Arrangements, Joyce Brown; Directonal Assistant, Patrick Libby; Orchestrations, Hor…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt
  • World Premiere of ALMOST PERFECT PERSON by Judith Ross, with Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Schaal, George Hearn, Zoe Caldwell (Director)theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (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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