| MAZEPPA is also the title of an opera by Tchaikovsky.... |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:52 pm EDT 04/19/20 |
| In reply to: re: Hidden puns in character names? - showtunetrivia 02:27 pm EDT 04/19/20 |
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| ....based on the story of the 17th-century Ukrainian figure that you mentioned. But I suspect you're right and whoever named the character in GYPSY -- presumably Arthur Laurents -- was probably more likely thinking of the OTHER Mazeppa you cited. |
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