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Hammerstein   /hˈæmərstˌin/  /hˈæmərstˌaɪn/   Listen
Hammerstein

noun
1.
United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960).  Synonyms: Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II.





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"Hammerstein" Quotes from Famous Books



... had in examining the old "prompt book" in use during rehearsals, for the company was picked, the scenery modeled, the costumes made and the "fancy," as Allison called it, ready to be staged, when Oscar Hammerstein, who had a contract with Andrews to transfer successes to the old Victoria Theater, blew up in one of his bankruptcies. The Jinx was again monarch of all he surveyed—and Monte-Cristo-like held up four fingers! That old "prompt book" mentioned shows the wear ...
— The Dead Men's Song - Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its - Author Young Ewing Allison • Champion Ingraham Hitchcock
 
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... the one-act play at Hammerstein's Victoria vaudeville theater on that December evening was, it appeared, a wealthy young mine-owner in disguise. He was working for the "fake mine promoter" because he loved the promoter's daughter ...
— Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man • Sinclair Lewis
 
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Words linked to "Hammerstein" :   lyricist, Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, lyrist



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