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Donnybrook! Music Johnny Burke Lyrics Johnny Burke Book Robert E. McEnroe Basis 1952 film The Quiet Man Productions 1961 Broadway Donnybrook! is a musical from 1961, with music and lyrics by Johnny Burke and book by Robert E. McEnroe. It is based on the film The Quiet Man. It had 66 performances at Broadway's 46th Street Theatre, opening on May 18, 1961 and closing on July 15, 1961. Leading players Art Lund and Joan Fagan played the roles created by John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in the film. Broadway veterans Eddie Foy Jr. and Susan Johnson also appeared.
As in the film, the plot concerns the efforts of an Irish-American boxer, Sean Thornton, who has killed a man in the ring and vowed never to raise a hand again to anyone, to woo a tempestuous Irish village maiden who wants a man who will stand up and fight for her. The score included the ballads, "He Makes Me Feel I'm Lovely" and "I Have My Own Way", for Fagan and Lund, respectively, as well as "I Wouldn't Bet One Penny" and "Dee-lightful Is the Word" for the secondary couple, as well as a lively title song and the assertive "Sez I," which framed the show at the top of the first act and the end of the second.
References
- IBDb entry for Donnybrook!
- The Guide to Musical Theatre entry for Donnybrook!
Categories:- Musicals based on films
- 1961 musicals
- Broadway musicals
- Musical theatre stubs
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