The libretto to the 1954 musical about two Americans who become lost while on a hunting trip in Scotland. They encounter a small village not on the map called Brigadoon in which people harbour a mysterious secret and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past. Paperback
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Brigadoon is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Songs from the musical such as "Almost Like Being in Love" have become standards. It tells the story of a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years though to the villagers the passing of each century seems no longer than one night. The enchantment is viewed by them as a blessing rather than a curse for it saved the village from destruction. According to their covenant with God no one from Brigadoon may ever leave or the enchantment will be broken and the site and all its inhabitants will disappear into the mist forever. Two American tourists lost in the Scottish Highlands stumble upon the village just as a wedding is about to be celebrated and their arrival has serious implications for the village's inhabitants. The original production opened on Broadway in 1947 and ran for 581 performances. Brigadoon then received a West End production opening in 1949 that ran for 685 performances and many revivals followed. A 1954 film version starred Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse. A 1966 television version starred Robert Goulet and Peter Falk.
