MASTEROFF, Joe; Jerry Bock; Sheldon Harnick.

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She Loves Me. First edition, first printing, inscribed by the writer, composer, and lyricist on the half title to Clive Hirschhorn: "Without whom...? Joe Masteroff", "Good morning, good day, Jerry Bock", "He loves us - ! Sheldon Harnick". "Good Morning, Good Day" is the opening number of the musical.Hirschhorn (b. 1940) spent decades as the film and theatre critic for the Sunday Express. His various histories of Hollywood include The Warner Bros. Story (1978) and The Hollywood Musical (1981). His ownership note is on the front pastedown, dated October 1988.She Loves Me opened at New York's Eugene O'Neill Theatre on 23 April 1963, directed by Harold Prince. Adapted from Miklos Laszlo's 1937 play Parfumerie, it won five Tony Awards and ran for 301 performances. The following year, Fiddler on the Roof premiered, for which Bock and Harnick created the music and lyrics.

• Printing: first

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