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A Rose for Miss Emily

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A Rose for Miss Emily

Choreography by Agnes de Mille
Music by Alan Hovhaness
Libretto Suggested by William Faulkner's story A Rose for Emily
Scenery and Costumes by Christina Giannini
Lighting by Thomas R. Skelton

World Premiere

North Carolina School of the Arts
October 22, 1970
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Cast:
Students of the North Carolina School of the Arts

ABT Premiere

December 30, 1970
City Center 55 Street Theater
New York, New York

Cast:
Sallie Wilson (Miss Emily)
Gayle Young (Her Lover)
Zhandra Rodriguez, Carol Bryan (Children of Her Youth)
Zhandra Rodriguez, Betty Chamberlain (Children of Her Old Age)