
01 Jan 1991

Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs
Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.
GALE STORM sings "OH, BROTHER"
A struggling young singer falls for a nightclub owner whose father, a millionaire, is trying to shut it down.
Carol Lawrence
Danny Warren
Moe
Larry
Curly
Herself
Himself
Moose
Marie Finch
Daniel Warren Sr.
Bascomb
Pete
Process Server
Alice Greene
Nightclub Patron
Windy the Sound Effects Mimic
01 Jan 1991
Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.
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