Ajter the publisher was unable to place Street Scene in European opera houses.
I have some more interesting ideas for shows. One of them is to do a musical based on “It happened one night.” I am seeing Leland Hayward tomorrow to find out if he can get the rights for me. Also I havent given up my idea of an Oedipus opera for Robesoneven if Max doesnt write it. ”All at once” doesnt seem to go so as well as we hoped. I have a strong suspicion ? hollywood, palestine, hollywood: io Copyrighted material that some dirty game is going on at Chappells againand if I find that out it will be definitely the end of my relations with Max Dreyfus. Last night I went with the Revys to a performance of “Volpone,” mostly by Group theatre actors. It was very nice, terribly overplayed, but full of good ideas and very refreshing. And what a wonderful play! This weekend I go to see the Milhauds if I get a reservation. Just for one day. And next week Ill be on the train homehurray! Ill let you know as soon as I know exactly what day Im leaving. Did you ever see the Spring issue of a magazine called “Stage”? It has a very nice picturc of you. Ill bring it. Now I have to run. Byebye, my little Duchie and loads of love, Kurt . Possibly Richard Griffith $, who had worked with Frank Capra on the wartime documentary Why Wc Fight. He went on to become curator oj the New York Museum of Modern Art. . Frank Capras It Happened One Night starred Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. Leland Hayward was a prominent agent aru l producer married to the actress Margaret Sullavan ; he went on to produce the Broadway productions of Mister Roberts, Gypsy, and The Sound of Music. . All at Once” was the ballad sung by FredMacMurray in the opening moments o”Where Do We Go from Here? Weill had long felt neglected by Chappells “standards” department. Ajter the publisher was unable to place Street Scene in European opera houses, Weill became more arul more dissatisfied, eventually giving Down in the Valley to Schirmcr. After Weills return to South Mountain Road in June , it was nearly two years before he left home again for any extended period of time; thus there is no correspondence with Lenya during a highly intense period of compositional activity. In the first half of the decade Weill had seemed to focus on establishing a successful career in both New York and Hollywood.
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