Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Before and After: Identifying the British Musical
- 2 Delusions of Grandeur: Ivor Novello
- 3 Mastering Operetta: Noel Coward
- 4 Pastiche and Esoteric: Sandy Wilson
- 5 Resounding Tinkles: The plein air Musicals of Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds, Geoffrey Wright and Donald Swann
- 6 Away from Home: Adopted British Musicals
- 7 Community Singing: Realism and the British Verismo Musical
- 8 Specifically British: David Heneker, Monty Norman, Julian More and Wolf Mankowitz
- 9 To Whom it May Concern: The British Biomusical
- 10 Fin de Partie: John Osborne, Lionel Bart and After
- Appendix 1 Original Productions of British Musicals
- Appendix 2 Adaptations from Other Works, 1946–78
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Musical Works
- General Index
Appendix 1 - Original Productions of British Musicals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 2023
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Before and After: Identifying the British Musical
- 2 Delusions of Grandeur: Ivor Novello
- 3 Mastering Operetta: Noel Coward
- 4 Pastiche and Esoteric: Sandy Wilson
- 5 Resounding Tinkles: The plein air Musicals of Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds, Geoffrey Wright and Donald Swann
- 6 Away from Home: Adopted British Musicals
- 7 Community Singing: Realism and the British Verismo Musical
- 8 Specifically British: David Heneker, Monty Norman, Julian More and Wolf Mankowitz
- 9 To Whom it May Concern: The British Biomusical
- 10 Fin de Partie: John Osborne, Lionel Bart and After
- Appendix 1 Original Productions of British Musicals
- Appendix 2 Adaptations from Other Works, 1946–78
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Musical Works
- General Index
Summary
This list is not intended to be comprehensive. It does, though, provide a general guide, and attempts to give as complete a list of musical numbers as possible. Musicals listed here are discussed within the main body of the book, but there are many others listed here that are not referred to in the text. Most productions listed belong to the period 1945–72, but those from other periods may be arbitrarily included.
Information given for each entry is as follows:
Title of production
Composer
Lyricist
Librettist and, where applicable, details of original work from which the musical’s book is adapted
London theatre or, where applicable, provincial theatre where work opened (some transfers are also noted)
Date of first performance in London
Dates of first performances in theatre clubs, provincial productions or outskirt London theatres which may have preceded the London opening are not necessarily included
PC = Principal cast members
MN = Main musical numbers
Where it has been possible to trace this information, all musical numbers are listed. The usual source for these lists is the original theatre programmes of the original production, and / or original scores where available. In a few cases, it has not been possible to trace a list of musical numbers from any source. Some programmes include misprinted titles, and in such cases the author has corrected any obvious errors. Titles of songs may also deviate from those by which they are generally known, but the original programme or score titles have been used in most cases. Changes in the list of musical numbers during the run are noted if known, but it has inevitably not always been possible to trace such changes.
Number of performances. Where there was no London run, this may read [Tour] or [Season].
Ace of Clubs Music, lyrics and book by Noel Coward. Cambridge Theatre, 7 July 1950. PC: Pat Kirkwood, Graham Payn, Sylvia Cecil, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Myles Eason, Jean Carson. MN: Top of the Morning; My Kind of Man; This Could Be True; Nothing Can Last Forever; Something about a Sailor; I’d Never Never Know; Three Juvenile Delinquents; Sail Away; Josephine; Would You Like to Stick a Pin in My Balloon?; In a Boat on a Lake; I Like America; Why Does Love Get in the Way?; Evening in Summer; Time for Baby’s Bottle; Chase Me, Charlie. 211 performances.
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- A Tanner's Worth of TuneRediscovering the Post-War British Musical, pp. 249 - 277Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2010