By Jupiter

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

By Jupiter (1942), a musical comedy by Richard Rodgers (book, music), Lorenz Hart (book, lyrics). [Shubert Theatre, 427 perf.] So long as Queen Hippolyta ( Benay Venuta) of Pontus can retain her magic strength‐giving girdle, she and her Amazons will rule over their milksop husbands. The Greeks, led by Theseus ( Ronald Graham) and Hercules ( Ralph Dumke), invade Pontus, hoping to capture the girdle and elevate the hapless consort Sapiens ( Ray Bolger) to the throne. Their swords fail them but their sexual prowess prevails and Theseus is awarded the hand of Hippolyta's sister Antiope ( Constance Moore). Notable songs: Careless Rhapsody; Everything I've Got; Nobody's Heart. Based on Julian F. Thompson's The Warrior Husband, the musical (produced by Dwight Deere Wiman and ) was Rodgers and Hart's final collaboration. When it was successfully revived Off Broadway in 1967, Variety observed that it “is still a melodious laughrouser.”

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