"As noted, in the original production of Oklahoma!, Jud dies by falling on his own knife. I believe that is exactly how Crown dies in Porgy and Bess."
Your memory is incorrect, that's not how Crown dies in PORGY AND BESS. I believe Porgy strangles him during a struggle when Crown comes back to Catfish Row to get Bess.
Falling on his own knife IS the way that Billy Bigelow dies in the rewritten version of his death scene that was done for the movie of CAROUSEL. |
