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Reginald Lawrence

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Book Writer 1900–1967

Reginald Lawrence (1900–1967) was an American writer who co-wrote the book for Cole Porter's Out of This World (1950).

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Out of This World

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In the literature3 passages

  • Haynes Holmes and Reginald Lawrence; Paths of Glory, by Sidney Howard; and Bury the Dead, by Irwin Shaw were produced in 1935-1936 and are evidence of the growing fear of U.S. involvement in the war which seemed about to begin in Europe. See Shaw, Irwin. Two successful Broadway productions that season dealt with the experience of blacks i…theatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 1 (A-C).txt
  • Players (Tran William Rhodes, Producer) presents: OUT OF THIS WORLD with Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book, Dwight Taylor, Reginald Lawrence; Directed and Choreographed by Jeffery K. Neill; Musi-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1988-89 Season, v. 45 (Willis).txt
  • OUT OF THIS WORLD Music/Lyrics, Cole Porter; Book, Dwight Taylor and Reginald Lawrence; Adaptation, David Ives; Musical Director, Rob Fisher; Director, Mark Brokaw; Orchestration, Robert Russell Bennett; Set, John Lee Beatty; Lighting, Marc B. Weiss; Sound, Scott Lehrer; Choreography, Johntheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1994-95 Season, v. 51 (Willis).txt

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