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The Promise
Music
by Peter Antony Master
Book and Lyrics by Peter Antony Master
SYNOPSIS
The Promise is a three-act musical drama that takes place in Slovenia and Britain and spans the years 1933 to 1954. It is the story of a young Slovenian girl's adherence to her dying mother's request on the verge of World War II that she not divulge her Jewish ancestry, a promise to which she remains doggedly loyal. Joanna escapes the horrors of the Holocaust by fleeing to England just before war breaks out. In London, she volunteers as a nurse and ultimately completes nursing school. She meets and marries Edward, the son of an upper-class family, who builds a pioneering water-ski business. The family grows. One day Joanna's father comes to visit, bringing her mother's oldest friend, a Jewish woman who has survived a Nazi concentration camp, and who knows Joanna's secret.
SONGS
1. Granddaughter Mine
2. How Happiness Is Won
3. Granddaughter Mine (Reprise)
4. Just Under Our Breath
5. Pressure
6. Life In Hand
7. Life In Hand (Reprise)
8. Now My Time Has Come
9. A Difficult Child
10. Upon My Own Two Feet Vocals: Patti Appel
11. Mother Earth's Design
12. She Will Be My Friend
13. Two Fine Young Women
14. She Likes Me Vocals: Dave Parrent
15. All He Wants Is Love
16. A Meeting Like This
17. The Best Man
18. I Don't Know Why They Hate Me
19. I'm a Dad
20. Keeping My Marriage Alive. Vocals: Avis Calhoun
21. Each Life Has Its Path
22. The Promise
23. The Heart I Cherish
24. For the First Time in My Life
25. Exit Music
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[Updated 07-07-11]