Porgy and Bess
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Porgy and Bess is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and Du
Ruby Elzy as Serena in the original Broadway production of Porgy and Bess (1935)
John W. Bubbles as Sportin' Life in the original Broadway production of Porgy and Bess (1935)
Leontyne Price as Bess
Poster for the 1959 film version
Porgy (novel)
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Porgy is a novel written by the American author DuBose Heyward and published by the George H. Doran Company in 1925.
Porgy and Bess
…and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play Porgy, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy. Porgy and Bess was first performed in Boston on September 30, 1935, before it moved to Broadway in New York City. It featured a cast of classically…
Modern Library edition 1934