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"Evening Primrose" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American television series ABC Stage 67. The episode is a musical with a book by James Goldman and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim. It is based on a John Collier short story published in the 1951 collection Fancies and Goodnights. The story was originally published in 1940. [1]
Evening Primrose follows Charles Snell, a poet seeking to escape the confines of the world. When he hides away in a department store, he discovers that the store is inhabited by others who have also chosen to live there.
Stephen Sondheim's 1966 television musical Evening Primrose the Musical - PLOT SYNOPSIS. Poet Charles Snell takes refuge from the world by hiding out in a department store after closing ("If You Can Find Me, I'm Here"). Once there he finds a secret group who have lived in the store for years.
4 cze 2019 · Evening Primrose. Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: James Goldman. Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966) Evening Primrose is a musical that was originally written for television back in 1966. It’s about an unhappy poet who hides out in a department store after it closes.
To give you an idea of what Evening Primrose is all about, I’m going to give you a barebones summary of the plot. A poet decides that the real world has no place for him and so he decides to live...
The original source story for Evening Primrose was first published in 1940. It can be found in the John Collier collection Fancies and Goodnights [Doubleday & Co., 1951]. A radio version of the story (adapted by John Dunkel and starring Elliott Lewis) was broadcast on the CBS program Escape on November 5, 1947.
Evening Primrose is the story of Charles, a poet who has renounced the world and who has decided to live in a deprtment store and write poetry ("If You Can Find Me, I'm Here"). He soon discovers he is not alone, that there's a secret society which has lived in the store for years.
