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Musical / 16m, 9f "The founding fathers got their own musical with 1776, so why not Abe?" - Playbill.com Abe is a new musical about the early life of Abraham Lincoln. The show explores his youth as a flatboat pilot on the Mississippi, his early love for Ann Rutledge, his troubled marriage to the difficult and mentally fragile Mary Todd, and his attempt to be a good father to his sons. The story follows Abe from his earliest attempts at self-improvement through the 1860 election which made him the 16th president of an already fracturing United States. The score is fully orchestrated and uses bold, melodic and traditional musical theatre styles that embrace the story's period and Americana roots. It can be produced fully staged or as a concert performance. The musical features a large cast and requires strong singers: baritone, soprano, mezzo-soprano, 3 adult male singing roles, 3 male children singing roles, male/female chorus with many speaking roles.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Plays, playscripts

• Full title: Abe
• Author: Lee Goldsmith
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92
• EAN: 9780573696442
• ISBN: 9780573696442
• ID: 07344442
• Publisher: Samuel French Inc
• Weight: 101 g
• Dimensions: 203 × 127 × 4 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. March 2009

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