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Knickerbocker Holiday is a 1938 musical written by Kurt Weill (music) and Maxwell Anderson (book and lyrics); based loosely on Washington Irving's Knickerbocker's History of New York about life in 17th-century New Netherland (old New York).
With Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn, Constance Dowling, Ernest Cossart. It's 1650 in New Amsterdam, and Brom Broeck, a young outspoken newspaper publisher is arrested for printing advanced opinions on the undemocratic rule of Governor "Peg-Leg" Stuyvesant.
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- Comedy, History, Musical
- Harry Joe Brown
- 1944-03-17
In 1647 New Amsterdam (now known as New York) a rebellious young man, Brom, falls in love with the Town Councillor’s daughter, Tina. The Town Councillor tries to have Brom hanged but Brom is saved by the arrival of Peter Stuyvesant, the new Governor.
Knickerbocker Holiday - The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Musical comedy in two acts after Washington Irving's A History of New York by Diedrich Knickerbocker . Book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson. Duration. Full Evening, 70 minutes music. First Broadway Production.
Knickerbocker Holiday is a 1944 American musical film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn and Constance Dowling. [1] It is based on the musical play of the same title set in the 17th century colony of New Amsterdam.
Anderson and Weill envisioned Knickerbocker Holiday as an enlightened entertainment, a Mikado-like allegory about absolute political power.
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Knickerbocker Holiday tells the story of Brom Broeck, a young man who falls in love with Tina Tienhoven, the town councillor’s daughter. However, their love is challenged by the political tensions and Stuyvesant’s authoritarian rule.
