The Wordsmiths: Oscar Hammerstein 2nd and Alan Jay Lerner

by Stephen Citron

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This is a twin biography of two major players in the musical theatre, Oscar Hammerstein and Alan Jay Lerner. Between them, they created the lyrics to "Show Boat", "South Pacific" and "My Fair Lady". Hammerstein's roller-coaster life with its elation and depression is presented alongside Lerner's neurotic, drug-ridden existence with eight marriages.
  • ISBN10 1856192601
  • ISBN13 9781856192606
  • Publish Date 29 April 1996 (first published 7 December 1995)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 10 August 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Vintage Publishing
  • Imprint Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 368
  • Language English