Also credited on1 work
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In the literature8 passages
- May “Imagine Me Without My You” (music by Lewis E. Gensler, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Robert Russell Bennett) is the first song published with lyrics attributed to Ira (who is credited here as “‘Ira B. Gershwin’’). Be Yourself opens at the Sam H. Harristheatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
- BITTERSWEET Probably written in 1923. Music by William Daly or Lewis E. Gensler. Lyrics by Arthur Francis. Possibly intended for unproduced Chopin show.theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
- Published September 1923. Music by Lewis E. Gensler. Lyrics by Arthur Francis. Written for Greenwich Village Follies of 1923, which opened in New York at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 20, 1923, the song was apparently dropped before the show’s New York opening.theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
- IMAGINE ME WITHOUT MY YOU Published May 1924. Music by Lewis E. Gensler. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin (credited as “Ira B. Gershwin’’) and Robert Russell Bennett; Bennett’s name does not appear in the published sheet music. Written for but not used in Top-Hole (opened in New York on Septembertheatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
- Published September 1924. Music by Lewis E. Gensler. Lyrics by Mare Connelly, George S. Kaufman, and Iratheatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
- Written in 1924. Music by Lewis E. Gensler. Intended for Dorothy Whitmore (Marjorie) in Be Yourself (1924). Dropped before the New York opening. No music is known to survive.theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
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- 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 — composer — 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.