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madrobinsI have been reading a biography of Mary Todd Lincoln, much maligned in life and pretty after death too. One of the things I've been learning is that the storied romance between Lincoln and Ann Rutledge (and the implication that Lincoln settled for Mary later,) was exaggerated by Mary's enemies after Lincoln was assassinated.
Anyway, this called up a memory for me of a musical about Lincoln's early years that I saw when I was a kid. I've had one of the songs (the reprise of the song in which Ann Rutledge teaches Abe to dance--in the reprise she's on her last legs, dying of consumption or some other pathetic wasting disease). I have tried to search Google to find it--or some evidence of it. It was likely done in 1962 or thereabouts. If anyone out there shares thishallucination memory, please let me know...
ETA Okay, I think the song I can remember is called "You Can Dance," from the musical Young Abe Lincoln, ca. 1961. I wish I could find a video of it, but that's almost certainly asking too much of the fates. Thanks, all who weighed in (particularly![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elissaann. Alas, although it only had 20+ performances, Not Since Carrie is silent on the subject.
Anyway, this called up a memory for me of a musical about Lincoln's early years that I saw when I was a kid. I've had one of the songs (the reprise of the song in which Ann Rutledge teaches Abe to dance--in the reprise she's on her last legs, dying of consumption or some other pathetic wasting disease). I have tried to search Google to find it--or some evidence of it. It was likely done in 1962 or thereabouts. If anyone out there shares this
ETA Okay, I think the song I can remember is called "You Can Dance," from the musical Young Abe Lincoln, ca. 1961. I wish I could find a video of it, but that's almost certainly asking too much of the fates. Thanks, all who weighed in (particularly
elissaann. Alas, although it only had 20+ performances, Not Since Carrie is silent on the subject.