The Three-Cornered Hat by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Publisher's 5½' X 8½' printed announcement laid in.

Middleton (1907-84) was an actor and singer of stage, film and television perhaps this Alarcón role helped earn him his role as innkeeper in the original 1965 stage production of 'Man of La Mancha,' the musical based on 'Don Quixote.' Middleton is very scarce in signed photographs. Handsome head-and-shoulders portrait of Middleton, undated but circa 1950, boldly signed (with 'Cordially') in a light area at lower right. This copy bears a choice autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a fine Photograph Signed of Middleton, heavy stock sepia-tone 5' X 7', n.p., n.y. Lyricist Howard Dietz and composer Arthur Schwartz wrote the musical comedy 'Revenge with Music' based on it and in 1934 it opened to some success on Broadway a radio version played on 'Colgate Comedy Hour' in 1954 starring Ray Middleton, Ilona Massey and Harpo Marx.

The original ('El sombrero de tres picos') was published in Spanish in 1874 and is often compared to 'Don Quixote' with its plot twists, pratfalls and clothing switches. Item #47422 Superb, bright and tight example of this LEC production, whose colophon at rear notes limitation of 1500 numbered copies (this #853) signed boldly by illustrator Duvoisin. The Three-Cornered Hat is a work with deep roots in literature, music and folklore. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and decorative paper over boards, slipcase. Summaries A man encounters a Spanish pirate digging a hole in his lawn.

These suites became the most commonly played version of 'Sombrero de tres picos' (The Three-Cornered Hat).Los Angeles: The Limited Editions Club, 1959. It was first performed in London’s Alambra Theatre on 22 July 1919, with Ernest Ansermet conducting and stage designs by Picasso.įollowing this premiere and its great success, Falla composed two orchestral suites with the same name, in which he removed some vocal and transition passages. The final version, longer and with more substance, came about as a result of suggestions from the ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev, who saw the need to make the work more theatrical. Falla composed a first version called 'El corregidor y la mujer del molinero' (The magistrate and the miller's wife), given its first performance in 1917 in Madrid.

Manuel de Falla found inspiration in the novel of the same name by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón to create one of the most famous ballets of the time.Ī musical ballet composed by Manuel de Falla and inspired in the novel of the same name by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.

The Three-Cornered Hat by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón