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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

NR·2009·158m

Summary

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Crew

Director

Francesca Zambello

Lyricist

Ira Gershwin

Novel, Theatre Play, Writer

DuBose Heyward

Theatre Play

Dorothy Heyward

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

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Keywords

opera
drug addiction
musical
south carolina
based on play or musical
cripple
poverty row
charleston
1900s
20th century
romantic drama