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Sweet Bye and Bye. Two signed items from Hirschfeld's ill-fated (and only) foray into theatrical writing. Sheet music for the song '"Round About," 12x9 inches. Signed by Hirschfeld in ink on front cover.* "The Playgoer" playbill for the Forrest Theater in Philadelphia for the week beginning October 21, 1946. Signed in ink by Hirschfeld on the cast page. "Philadelphia is where New York used to send its landfill before they discovered Staten Island. Sweet Bye and Bye is a case in point. It all began with a telephone call from S.J. Perelman in the early Forties. He suggested we collaborate in the writing of the book for a musical. . . Our collaboration eventually included lyricist Ogden Nash and composer Vernon Duke. The four of us labored a couple of years on this foolproof, tightly knit extravaganza - and whelped the piece of idiocy title Sweet Bye and Bye." HOL/94
