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University of Nebraska - Lincoln

1996

Opera

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The Divine Madness, Randall Snyder Jan 1996

The Divine Madness, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

The Divine Madness, a comedic theater piece for six players in five scenes by Randall Snyder (1996) the players (in order of appearance) a middle-aged composer, dressed in 19th century costume an impresario, speaks with W.C.Fields accent, dressed in a Dickensian style the cast (chorus) of the Willy-Nilly Traveling Opera-Circus Troupe: a flamboyant soprano, an aging diva, colorfully dressed an alto, a timid musicologist, dressed as a college co-ed a tenor, a jazzer, dressed in a pin-striped zoot suit, wearing sun-glasses a bass, a bitter old man, speaks with a German accent, wearing shabby clothes stage audience including a critic, …