Cast of La Veuve Joyeuse, Lewiston, Maine, 1941
Description
This photograph shows the cast of the 1941 production of La Veuve Joyeuse, performed in Lewiston. Pictured standing from left to right are: Dr. C. Victor Caron; Fernand Despins, Liliane Michaud Marcotte, Raoul Raymond, Romeo Bégin, Simone Payer. Pictured seated from left to right are: Charles Morneau, Lionel Bolduc, Jeannette M. Roy, Zépherin Gosselin. Despite being an Austrian piece (by Franz Lehar), La Veuve Joyeuse (the Merry Widow), as the French translation was known, was popular with Franco-Americans in Lewiston. It was one of many musicals performed under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Couture and the 'Club Musical Litérature.'