Stage Play: The Gypsy Baron. Opera. Book adapted by George Mead. Music by
Johann Strauss. Musical Direction by Thomas Martin and Laszlo Halasz. Original Viennese Libretto to "Der Ziegeunerbaron" by
Ignaz Schnitzer [posthumous credit]. Original Viennese Libretto based on the story "Saffi" by 'Mor Jokai' [posthumous credit]. First American Adaptation by
Sydney Rosenfeld [posthumous credit]. Staged by
William von Wymetal. Choreographed by Helen Playova. Dialogue Directed by
Jessie Royce Landis. City Center: 14 Dec 1944- 3 Dec 1944 (11 performances). Cast: Stanley Carlson (as "Zsupan"), Paul Dennis (as "Carnero"), Carlton Gauld (as "Count Homonnay"), Ruth Harris (as "Solo Dancer"), Thomas Hayward (as "Ottokar"), William Horne (as "Barinkay"), Alice Howland (as "Czipra"),
Marjorie King (as "Arsena"), Marguerite Piazza (as "Arsena/Saffi"), Emile Renan (as "Carnero [Alternate]/Zsupan"), Polyna Stoska (as "Saffi"), Tashamira (as "Solo Dancer"), Arthur Ulisse (as "Ottokar"), Elizabeth Wysor (as "Czipra"). Produced by New York City Opera.