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Is "On The Farm" from "New Girl in Town" the first song about sexual abuse,

Posted by: PlayWiz 08:13 pm EST 01/21/15

at least on Broadway? They change a few words on the OCR-- taking out "with those vicious sons of bitches on the farm", but it's actually a pretty strong number either way, letting the audience know what Anna Christie has gone through in her past. Gwen Verdon, Thelma Ritter and company are great on the recording. It's a really fine score, btw.


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re: Is "On The Farm" from "New Girl in Town" the first song about sexual abuse,

Posted by: GatorMan 11:09 pm EST 01/21/15
In reply to: Is "On The Farm" from "New Girl in Town" the first song about sexual abuse, - PlayWiz 08:13 pm EST 01/21/15

One of my top favorite scores. The Irish Repertory Theatre did a very good revival a few seasons back.


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One of my all-time top favorite scores as well.

Posted by: reed23 12:59 am EST 01/22/15
In reply to: re: Is "On The Farm" from "New Girl in Town" the first song about sexual abuse, - GatorMan 11:09 pm EST 01/21/15

I only saw some clips of the Irish Repertory revival and they mangled the score, so unnecessarily.


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"Nanna's Lied" (Brecht, 1936)

Posted by: NeoAdamite 10:38 pm EST 01/21/15
In reply to: Is "On The Farm" from "New Girl in Town" the first song about sexual abuse, - PlayWiz 08:13 pm EST 01/21/15

Brecht's Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe has ten songs (plus incidental music) by Hans Eisler. One of them is "Nanna's Lied," a first-person account of the dehumanizing effects of working as a prostitute. I can't find a good translation online.

Weill did a new setting in 1938, here's Ute Lemper singing it.

Link Ute Lemper - Nanna's Lied

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