As a 20th anniversary wedding treat, my parents had a night out watching the movie of Guys and Dolls (had Marlon Brando as Sky and Stubbie Kaye as Nicely Nicely), which must have been 1956. Given that movies are usually a few years after the Broadway release, I’d guess the date to be about 1948.

The story, taken from Damon Runyon’s hilarious short stories, goes back even earlier, and was probably set in the 20s.

So the male/female values would reflect that. Nevertheless, the story is fun and the music is excellent.

Not to mention the Amateur Productions.

You ought to get out more often.

My guess is that the show couldnt be staged from around 1969 till sometime around now..

Well, if you call the late eighties “sometime around now”. Ricky May played Nicely Nicely in an Australian production and he died in 1988.

Nup.

Look out for a review of Lucia on Troppo next week, Colette.

Nicholas,

I hope this email address is still current.

I tried to put this link into a comment on your post on the above, but it was apparently rejected as spam.

http://stumblng.tumblr.com/post/43900835

Hope you enjoy it.

Leslie