a famous Broadway musical play (1927) by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein . It was based on a novel (1926) by Edna Ferber about people on the Cotton Blossom , a showboat on the Mississippi River . It includes the songs Ol’ Man River and Only Make Believe . There have been three film versions (1929, 1936 and 1951).
SHOW BOAT
Meaning of SHOW BOAT in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005