'Porgy & Bess,' London, 1952

American singer and actor William Warfield (1920-2002) as 'Porgy' dancing with children in a scene from the London production of the opera 'Porgy and Bess, ' staged at the Stoll Theatre in London, England, October 1952. The international touring production of the opera by George Gershwin, with a libretto by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, was adapted from the play 'Porgy' by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel 'Porgy'. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)