J. Cheever Goodwin
J. Cheever Goodwin
John Cheever Goodwin (1850 – December 1912) was an American musical theatre librettist, lyricist and producer. Goodwin was born in
opera bouffe into English for performance by her company.[1] He often worked with composers Edward E. Rice and Woolson Morse. Goodwin was one of the earliest American writers dedicated to musical theatre librettos and lyrics. His first successful libretto was Evangeline in 1874, and his last new work was produced in 1903.[2]
Goodwin's works included a much-revived musical adaptation, or
John J. Braham; The Cadet Girl (1900), with music by Ludwig Engländer; The Monks of Malabar (1900), composed by Engländer; The Rogers Brothers in Central Park (1900–01), with music by Maurice Levi; The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast (1901–02), with music by Frederick Solomon
; and Mr. Bluebeard (1903), with music by Solomon.
Of Lost, Strayed or Stolen, a critic commented: "Cheever Goodwin, clever at adaptation, at times a most dexterous manipulator in stagecraft, has been singularly successful in this latest venture. Starting of a delightfully humorous set of complications, woven logically together, he has made an honest translation and obtained a genuinely absurd farce which he carries through four acts, sustaining the interest to the end."[5]
References
- ^ Gänzl, Kurt. The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre, Schirmer Books; 2nd edition (May 2001)
- ^ ISBN 0810844400
- ISBN 0793577500
- ^ "Miss D’Arville’s New Opera", The New York Times, May 28, 1895, p. 5, accessed June 28, 2012
- ^ "Lost, Strayed or Stolen", The Illustrated American, November 14, 1896, p. 662
Further reading
- Bordman, Gerald and Thomas S. Hischak. "Goodwin, J. Cheever (1850–1912)", The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, Oxford University Press (3rd ed., 2004)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to J. Cheever Goodwin.
- J. Cheever Goodwin at the Internet Broadway Database
- Photos from Evangeline
- Musical score of Evangeline
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