She Would Be A Soldier (1974 off-Broadway tryout. Re-opened off-B'way in 1977 as "Castaways")

This rare tracking entry records the highly unusual theatrical trajectory of the historical 1974 Off-Broadway developmental world premiere tryout engagement of the musical spectacular 'She Would Be a Soldier'. Freely adapting Mordecai Manuel Noah’s classic 1819 American patriotic literature drama onto the musical stage, the narrative tracks an independent woman who disguises herself as a male soldier during the War of 1812, infamously re-engineered and re-opened Off-Broadway in 1977 under the revised title *Castaways*, preserved here.