Scarlett (musical)
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Scarlett is a 1970 musical with a score by Harold Rome. The original 1966 Japanese book is by Kazuo Kikuta, and was translated to English by Horton Foote. Based on Margaret Mitchell's 1936 bestseller Gone with the Wind, it traces the fate of self-centered Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara and her passionately turbulent relationship with dashing blockade runner Rhett Butler from the days prior to the American Civil War through the war itself and the following period of Reconstruction.
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Scarlett | |
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Gone With The Wind | |
Music | Harold Rome |
Lyrics | Harold Rome |
Book | Kazuo Kikuta Horton Foote (English translation) |
Basis | Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell |
Productions | 1970 Tokyo 1972 West End |
The Tokyo production was directed by American director/choreographer Joe Layton, who later directed a production in the London West End. London producer Harold Fielding cancelled his plans for a 1974 Broadway production, and the musical has never been performed on Broadway.