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Letter from Jerome Robbins, October 18, 1955. Letter from Jerome Robbins, October 18, 1955. Page 1

Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents

 The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
New York, United States

Jerome Robbins wrote this thoughtful and detailed reaction to Arthur Laurents’s Romeo synopsis. Notable among Robbins’s responses are: his argument for a two-act division (p. 1, par.3); his suggested changes to Anita’s character (p. 1, par. 5); his expressed concerns about the “wedding scene” (p. 2, par. 3); his overall philosophy regarding what the work needs to convey (p. 3, par. 2); and his thoughts on casting and the use of dance in the show (p. 3, par. 3). The annotations in the margins, mostly in agreement, are in Leonard Bernstein’s hand.

Details

  • Title: Letter from Jerome Robbins, October 18, 1955. Letter from Jerome Robbins, October 18, 1955. Page 1
  • Creator: Jerome Robbins to Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents, with annotations by Leonard Bernstein
  • Date Created: 1955-10-18
  • Type: Typescript letter, Typescript letter
  • Original Source: Library of Congress, Library of Congress
  • Rights: Jerome Robbins Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation
  • Medium: Manuscript, mixed material, Manuscript, mixed material

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