Adelaide’s Lament
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Adelaide’s Lament is a comic show tune from the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, sung by the character Miss Adelaide as she humorously reflects on her psychosomatic cold and long-delayed engagement.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | show tune ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Frank Loesser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacterRelationship | Miss Adelaide and Nathan Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Miss Adelaide’s psychosomatic cold ⓘ |
| composer | Frank Loesser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstBroadwayProductionYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceMedium | Broadway musical ⓘ |
| genre |
comic song
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDomain | Broadway theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | solo character song ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
self-deprecating humor
ⓘ
situational comedy ⓘ |
| hasMood |
comic
ⓘ
wistful ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
character-driven lyrics
ⓘ
comic use of psychosomatic symptoms ⓘ integration of spoken-style patter and melody ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
engagement anxiety
ⓘ
psychology and illness ⓘ romantic commitment ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyIncludedIn |
cabaret programs
ⓘ
musical theatre audition repertoire ⓘ |
| isNumberInAct | Act I (typical staging) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
humorous self-analysis
ⓘ
long-delayed engagement ⓘ psychosomatic illness ⓘ romantic frustration ⓘ |
| lyricist | Frank Loesser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical ⓘ |
| musicalWorkFrom | Guys and Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originallyProducedInCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProduction | Guys and Dolls (1950 Broadway production) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Guys and Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | solo female vocal ⓘ |
| setInContextOf | New York gamblers milieu ⓘ |
| sungByCharacter | Miss Adelaide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | early 1950s ⓘ |
| vocalType | mezzo-soprano (typical casting) ⓘ |
| writtenForCharacter | Miss Adelaide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Broadway Album