A Study Guide for Frank Loesser/Abe Burrows/Jo Swerling's "Guys and Dolls"
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Guys and Dolls
Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows and Frank Loesser
1950
Introduction
Guys and Dolls is a work of musical theater that premiered in 1950. Inspired by short stories by Damon Runyon that were published in 1932 under the same title, Guys and Dolls was adapted for the stage by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Frank Loesser wrote the music and lyrics.
Set in New York City, the play does not specify its time frame, but references in the story suggest that the play's writers updated the setting to make the play contemporary with its 1950 production. The story explores the world of illegal gambling and betting, and its action is generated by a bet between Nathan Detroit, who is seeking a location for an illegal dice game but needs money to pay a bribe, and Sky Masterson, a worldly and wealthy gambler known for taking on bizarre bets. Nathan bets Sky that Sky cannot get Sarah, the prim and devout Christian of the Save-a-Soul Mission, to go to Havana, Cuba, with him. Sky takes the bet, setting off a chain of events that leads through improbable maneuvering to a happy ending. Throughout the play, the notion of romantic love is at once the source of derision and the butt of jokes but also an ideal for which the main characters all strive.
The Guys and Dolls Book, which contains the full text of the play as well as the lyrics to all of the songs, was published in 1982. The play won five Tony Awards in 1951, including Best Musical.
Author Biography
Abe Burrows
Burrows adapted Swerling's draft of the script for the theatrical version of Guys and Dolls around Loesser's songs, and he is credited with writing the bulk of the playbook. Burrows was born on December 18, 1910, in New York. After writing for radio and television, he began writing for the stage in his debut effort, Guys and Dolls, revising and completing the script begun by Jo Swerling. Following the successful run of Guys and Dolls, Burrows continued to work as both a playwright and director, writing and directing his first post–Guys and Dolls effort, Can-Can, in 1954. By the mid-1960s, Burrows focused on directing. Burrows died of pneumonia on May 17, 1985.
Frank Loesser
Loesser wrote the music and lyrics to Guys and Dolls. According to Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin, who wrote a biographical essay on Loesser for The Guys and Dolls Book, It was Loesser who threw out Swerling's original book, but perversely he still wrote his score around it.
Loesser was born on June 29, 1910, in New York. In the early portion of his career, Loesser wrote lyrics and sketches for both radio and live vaudeville productions. He collaborated with a number of other songwriters for screen and stage. Loesser wrote the music and lyrics for Guys and Dolls, working with Burrows, who wrote the final version of the playbook begun by