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Characters
Musical Numbers
General Themes
Links Websites providing Information including synopsis and history.
Characters
C.K. Dexter Haven III
Tracy Lord
Mike Connor - a magazine writer
Liz Imbrie - a photographer
George Kitteredge
Uncle Willie
Seth Lord
Louis Armstrong (Movie only)
Mrs. Lord
Caroline Lord
The Household Staff
Chester - House Man
Sunny - Scullery Maid
Patsy - Cook
Edmund - Major Domo
Stanley - House Boy
Polly - Downstairs Maid
Peg - Upstairs Maid
Arthur - Butler
Act I
- High Society
- Ridin' High
- Throwing A Ball Tonight
- Little One
- Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?
- I Love Paris
- She's Got That Thing
- Once Upon A Time
- True Love
Act II
- High Society (Reprise)
- Let's Misbehave
- I'm Getting Myself Ready For You
- Once Upon A Time
- Just One Of Those Things
- Well, Did You Evah!
- You're Sensational
- Say It With Gin
- Ridin' High
- It's All Right With Me
- He's A Right Guy
- I Love You, Samantha
- True Love (Reprise)
General Themes
1938 in general : set in Oyster Bay, Long Island juxtaposes the life of the "Society" set and their servants, and the fragile foundations on which reputations are built. (There have been two different versions of the stage musical, one follows the original film more closely and focusses strongly on the journalist's view of society lifestyles, the other is a more intimate depiction of the household and family of the Lords'.)
Love ; True love. Rivalry.
Gossip and secrets, Tabloid journalism. Exposes.Chicanery.
Weddings ; Brides and grooms, all the paraphernalia of a wedding, Brides' garters, bouquets of flowers, horseshoes and confetti, rings, sugared almonds, rice, wedding cake.
Links
Links to external websites giving more information on High Society such as synopsis and history. The Drama Queen's Drawers accepts no responsibilty for the accuracy or content of these websites and you are advised to be aware that you are navigating away from this site by using them.
High Society Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia has lots of pages relating to High Society with a great deal of information that may be of interest
High Society 1956 imdb website for information relating to the film version.
The Cole Porter Reference Guide gives information on Cole Porter's musicals and films
Tams-Witmark US site for full synopsis and information about performance, rights holders etc.
