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Kismet

Music: Robert Wright and George Forrest
Lyrics: Robert Wright and George Forrest
Book: Charles Lederer and Luther Davis
Notes: Based on the play by Edward Knoblock with Music from Alexander Borodin
Production Year: 1960
Synopsis:

The story of Hajj, a sly poet, who talks himself out of trouble on frequent occasions, and his daughter Marsinah, who is in love with the Caliph.

Cast Member

Role

Caesar Tamburino
Dervishes
Tom Urich
Third Beggar
Carl Tressler
Dervishes
Art Wallace
First Beggar
Nancy Thompson
Ayah to Samaris
Carroll Wayham
Policemen
Gene Barry
A Public Poet, Later Called Hajj
Lee Green
The Widow Yussef
Dorothy Hanning
Ayah to Zubbediya
Terry Danne
The Bangle Man
Pua Gaheton
The Princesses of Ababu
Shirley DeBurgh
Princess Zubbediya of Damascus/Street Dancers
Beverly Allyson
Marsinah
Marlene Dell
The Princess of Ababu
Wallace Acton
Jarwan
Judith Panzer
The Princesses of Ababu
Elmo Oestreich
Prosecutor/Second Beggar
James King
The Caliph
George Martin
Akbar
Michael Kermoyan
The Wazir of Police
Jerry Johnson
Policemen
Ron Lewis
Assiz
Edmund Lyndeck
Omar
Jacqueline James
Lalume
Ethel Martin
Princess Samaris of Bangalore/Street Dancers
William Kellogg
Hassan Ben/Chief Policeman