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PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 21 by David Gewirtzman, Robert Viagas, Steve Luber, Anne Bradley, Sam Maher

1694 Birthday of French author François Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire (1694-1778) whose satirical novel "Candide" served as source material for the 1956 Leonard Bernstein/Lillian Hellman/Dorothy Parker musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on November 21, 2014 ☆ ⚑

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