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Kiss Me, Kate
musical by Porter
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discussed in biography
- In Cole Porter
…Lady (1939), Panama Hattie (1940), Kiss Me, Kate (1948, based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew), Can-Can (1953), and Silk Stockings (1955). He concurrently worked on a number of motion pictures.
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role of Drake
- In Alfred Drake
…acclaim as Fred Graham in Kiss Me, Kate (1948), as Hajj in Kismet (1953), and as Honoré Lachalles in Gigi (1973). He also took on serious roles in such plays as Much Ado About Nothing (1957) and Hamlet (1964). Drake was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame (1981) and…
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