DuBarry Was a Lady

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Broadway musical musical comedy

DuBarry Was a Lady is a 1939 Broadway musical comedy with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, known for its farcical plot involving a nightclub hat-check man who dreams he is King Louis XV.

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Du Barry Was a Lady 2
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943 film) 2
DuBarry Was a Lady canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
adaptedInto DuBarry Was a Lady self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Du Barry Was a Lady (1943 film)
basedOn historical figure Madame du Barry ⓘ
bookBy Buddy DeSylva ⓘ
surface form: B.G. DeSylva

Joseph Fields ⓘ
surface form: Herbert Fields
broadwayOriginalChoreographer Robert Alton ⓘ
broadwayOriginalDirector Vinton Freedley ⓘ
broadwayOriginalOrchestrator Robert Russell Bennett ⓘ
broadwayRunLength 408 performances ⓘ
composer Cole Porter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Louis Blore ⓘ
Louis XV of France ⓘ
surface form: Louis XV

Madame du Barry ⓘ
May Daly ⓘ
filmAdaptationStars Gene Kelly ⓘ
Lucille Ball ⓘ
Red Skelton ⓘ
filmAdaptationStudio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear 1943 ⓘ
genre farce ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Cole Porter ⓘ
lyricsBy Cole Porter ⓘ
musicBy Cole Porter ⓘ
notableSong Do I Love You? ⓘ
The Friendship Theme ⓘ
surface form: Friendship

Katie Went to Haiti ⓘ
Well, Did You Evah! ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1939-12-06 ⓘ
originalLeadPerformer Bert Lahr ⓘ
Betty Grable ⓘ
Ethel Merman ⓘ
originalTheatre Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre ⓘ
surface form: 46th Street Theatre
placeOfPremiere Broadway ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
plotElement nightclub hat-check man dreams he is King Louis XV ⓘ
premiereYear 1939 ⓘ
producer Billy Rose ⓘ
Vinton Freedley ⓘ
setting New York nightclub ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
subjectMatter time travel dream to the court of Louis XV ⓘ
timePeriodOfAction 18th-century France ⓘ
contemporary 1930s America ⓘ

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Cole Porter → notableWork → DuBarry Was a Lady ⓘ
Rags Ragland → notableWork → DuBarry Was a Lady ⓘ
this entity surface form: Du Barry Was a Lady
DuBarry Was a Lady → adaptedInto → DuBarry Was a Lady self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Du Barry Was a Lady (1943 film)
musical DuBarry Was a Lady → hasAdaptation → DuBarry Was a Lady ⓘ
subject surface form: DuBarry Was a Lady
this entity surface form: Du Barry Was a Lady (1943 film)
Roy Del Ruth → notableWork → DuBarry Was a Lady ⓘ
this entity surface form: Du Barry Was a Lady