Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh
Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Mar 16th, 2026. Artwork published in
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Man of La Mancha is a 1965 musical adaptation of Don Quixote, with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion, and music by Mitch Leigh. The libretto was published by Random House in 1966, featuring an illustratin by Al Hirschfeld and Caruso Roxy for the title. Its amorphous glyphs allowed the jacket designer to knead the words into place, squeezing the second M down to x-height so that the two lines fit snug together.
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Detail from the inner flap of the book jacket, with credits in Bodoni
