Adelphi Theatre
Londres - Angleterre

Construction: 1806

Topologie du théâtre

Nombre de salles actives: 1
Salle 1: (1500)    1806 - Actif

Accès

En métro: Covent Garden (Piccadilly Line), Charing Cross, Embankment and Leicester Square (District, Circle, Northern and Bakerloo Lines)
En bus: 6, 9, 11,13, 15, 23, 77A, 176
Adresse: 409 - 412 Strand, WC2R 0NS London

Evolution

Bâtiment: Ouvert: 1806 / Reconstruit en 1840 Samuel Beazley (new facade) - en 1858 T.H. Wyatt and Stephen Salter - en 1901 Ernest Runtz - en 1930 Ernest Schaufelberg
Nom: 1806: Sans Pareil - 1844: Adelphi - 1858: New Adelphi - 1901: Century Theatre - 1930: Royal Adelphi

Propriétaire(s)

Nederlander Organization
Really Usefull Group

Remarquable

Façade art déco - L'ancien building sur Maiden Lane - Le foyer et la salle avec un stule art déco angulaire - La façade de l'ancien restaurant de l'Adelphi
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1806 - Actif

Until the middle of the 16th century the Strand was an unpaved Thames-side path, bordering on one side a wider, unembanked river and on the other the gardens of grand houses. By the early 17th century those buildings had been demolished, to be replaced by smaller houses and fashionable shops; and during the 1830s the Strand's western end was remodelled by architect John Nash. But it was in the latter half of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th that the greatest transformation took place, as a comprehensive redevelopment programme removed many of the early buildings. Changes on a colossal scale, including the building of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road, altered the face of the West End, in the process providing sharp-witted entrepreneurs with an opportunity to buy or lease vacant plots upon which to build theatres.
The Adelphi was not part of this rush to secure money-making sites, as the theatre, in a variety of configurations, had been in place since 1806. It was founded by John Scott, who made his fortune with his invention of a washing blue, known as ‘Old True Blue’, which he sold along with magic lanterns in his shop in the Strand. It was Scott’s talented, stage-struck daughter, Jane Margaret, who encouraged her father to establish a ‘well-appointed house’ at the rear of his shop. Seats were not cheap: Scott asked 5 shillings for box seats and 3 shillings in the pit (though both prices were subsequently reduced by 1 shilling).
The theatre was such a great success that Scott enlarged the auditorium in 1813-14 by the purchase of adjacent plots of land, and built a columned portico on the Strand. In 1819 he sold the building to T. Willis Jones and the playwright J. T. G. Rodwell, and, renamed the Adelphi, It continued to prosper. The frontage was rebuilt in 1840 to the designs of Samuel Beazley, architect of the Royal Lyceum (1816; burnt down 1830) and the interior of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1822).
Over the ensuing years the building was remodelled. In 1834 No. 18 Maiden Lane (built around 1635) had been acquired to accommodate enlargement of the stage by the owners Frederick Yates and Daniel Terry; and additional boxes were added. In 1858 another rebuilding programme produced a three-tier auditorium with a capacity of 1,400. In 1878 restaurateurs Agostlno and Stefano Gatti bought the theatre lease from Benjamin Webster and F. B. Chatterton, also acquiring in 1885 the adjacent properties Nos. 409 and 410 Strand - where architect Spencer Chadwick built the Adelphl Theatre Restaurant, which opened in 1887 - and in 1891 No. 20 Maiden Lane, dating from c.1635; a plaque on this house records the murder by a stagehand of the famous actor William Terris on 16 December 1897.
In 1900 the lease passed to George Edwards, manager of the Gaiety in the Strand, who with architect Ernest Runtz virtually rebuilt the theatre for the production of musical comedy, at the same time enlarging the access from the Strand. The most recent rebuilding took place in 1930, when the theatre was entirely reconstructed to designs by Ernest Schaufelberg, retaining of the former structure only the flank walls and houses at Nos. 18-20 Maiden Lane, which had been refaced in 1868.
Schaufelberg’s moderne, now painted façade on the Strand is faced in grldded white faience tiles on a black base; the theatre’s name runs along the parapet In large capital letters, an addition of 1937. The Art Deco foyer is lined in black marble under a stepped angular ceiling. The straight-sided, angular auditorium, with two concrete-framed cantilevered balconies, is very much of its age, and of considerable Importance in the evolution of Art Deco In cinema and theatre design. Polished wood, marble and chromium feature in Schaufelberg’s scheme, originally highlighted by the use of gold, orange, green and dusky pink. The theatre was provided with a cinema projection room, and the Installation of a stage revolve (removed in 1993) was Initiated by C. B. Cochran, who managed the theatre from 1937, producing plays and revues until 1950, when Jack Hylton acquired the lease.
Within the theatre fragmentary remnants of former builds survive, probably of the early to mid- 19th century, in the basement workshops and in ‘lost corners’. During the late 1950s and early 1960s the theatre was threatened with redevelopment, but a wise London County Council threw out the proposals; In 1955 the site of the Adelphl Restaurant was sold to F. W. Woolworth and Co., and an abortive attempt was made to demolish the theatre in order to build a store; the attempt was repeated by City Centre Properties in 1960, but permission was again refused by the council. Today, however, the restaurant is occupied by an amusement arcade.
The mid-19th century saw a series of dramatiz¬ations of Charles Dickens’s novels staged at the Adelphi, and in 1867 No Thoroughfare, by Dickens and Wlkie Collins, had a successful run. In more recent times the magnificent Marie Tempest gave her final London performance here in Dear Octopus (1940). In 1958 Auntie Mame was followed by Blitz!, and in 1965 Charlie Girl ran for 2,000 performances. Showboat, The King and I, Me and My Girl and Chicago have added to the long list of successful productions staged at the Adelphi.

Ouvert: 1806 / Reconstruit en 1840 Samuel Beazley (new facade) - en 1858 T.H. Wyatt and Stephen Salter - en 1901 Ernest Runtz - en 1930 Ernest Schaufelberg

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The stalls
Sans conteste, le parterre (The stalls) de l’Adelphi Theatre semble très vaste, probablement du fait de sa division en deux pour la section arrière. Chaque rangée contient aux environs de 34 sièges, les plus petits et les plus grands numéros étant en bord de rangée. Les fauteuils sont relativement confortables, mais pour certains (plutôt à l’avant de la salle) la place pour les jambes est limitée.
Le premier balcon (Dress Circle) commence à surplomber le parterre au rang J, l’endroit où les sièges se divisent pour laisser un couloir central. Le premier balcon n’obstrue la vue qu’à partir du rang P, où le haut de la scène est coupé. Cela s’aggrave évidemment au fur et à mesure que l’on recule au-delà du rang P, et la tarification tient généralement compte de cela (en fonction du spectacle qui utilise plus ou moins la hauteur de scène).
Les meilleurs sièges du parterre ont tendance à se trouver vers le milieu, au centre de la rangée G. Il est intéressant d'éviter les sièges aux extrémités de rangées et de choisir d'aller plutôt plus loin que trop sur le côté pour privilégier une meilleure vue d'ensemble de la scène.

The Dress Circle
Le premier balcon semble être relativement lonitain puisqu’il ne recouvre que l’arrière des stalls mais n’est pas très élevé et donc on reste «au niveau» de l’action. Par contre, la pente est relativement faible, ce qui peut empêcher aux personnes de petite taille (et aux enfants) de bien voir la scène.
Le deuxième balcon (Upper Circle) commence à surplomber le premier balcon (Dress Circle) à partir du rang D, ce qui a un effet significatif sur la vision des sièges de l'arrière. Comme pour les stalls, le Dress Circle est divisé en deux à partir de quelques rangs. Cela permet à ceux qui veulent pouvoir étendre leur jambes de disposer de places centrales où cela est possible. Parce qu’il faut le souligner, les rangs du Dress Circle sont très serrés et donc la place pour les jambes fait cruellement défaut.
Il n'y a pas de rail de sécurité au bord du Dress Circle, donc la vue n'est pas limitée (si ce n’est à l’arrière par le second balcon). En raison de la courbe du balcon, il existe un certain nombre de places aux extrémités de chaque rangée ligne qui ne font pas face à la scène et doivent être évitée à moins d’un tarif fortement réduit.

The Upper Circle
L'Upper Circle est assez élevé et lointain, éloignant les spectateurs de l’action. Pour les grandes productions, comme les musicals, cela peut ne pas être un vrai problème, mais pour des pièces plus intimes, c'est quelque chose à prendre en compte. Ici encore, l’inclinaison est faible, empêchant parfois de voir l’action se déroulant au bord de la scène.
L’Upper Circle est séparé en deux moitiés par une allée horizontale (entre les rangées H et J). La partie avant offre une meilleure vue au centre. Les places en bout de rangées offrent une visibilité restreinte en raison de l'angle… La partie arrière de l'Upper Circle est vraiment de qualité inférieure et particulièrement décevante.

1806: Sans Pareil - 1844: Adelphi - 1858: New Adelphi - 1901: Century Theatre - 1930: Royal Adelphi

Façade art déco - L'ancien building sur Maiden Lane - Le foyer et la salle avec un stule art déco angulaire - La façade de l'ancien restaurant de l'Adelphi

Back to the Future: The Musical

[20 août 21 - Open end]

Musical
Original London

1) Back to the Future: The Musical (Original London)

Joué durant   actuellement

Première preview: ven. 20 août 2021
Première: ven. 20 août 2021
Dernière: Open end

Compositeur: Alan Silvestri •  
Parolier: Glen Ballard •  
Libettiste: Bob Gale •  
Metteur en scène: John Rando •  
Chorégraphe: Chris Bailey •  
Avec: Roger Bart (Dr Emmett Brown), Olly Dobson (Marty McFly), Hugh Coles (George McFly), Rosanna Hyland (Lorraine Baines), Cedric Neal (Goldie Wilson), Aidan Cutler (Biff Tannen), Courtney-Mae Briggs (Jennifer Parker), Will Haswell (Dave McFly), Emma Lloyd (Linda McFly), Mark Oxtoby (Strickland), Rhianne Alleyne, Amy Barker, Matt Barrow, Joshua Clemetson, Jamal Crawford, Bessy Ewa, Ryan Heenan, Cameron McAllister, Alessia McDermott, Laura Mullowney, Nic Myers, Shane O'Riordan, Katharine Pearson, Oliver Tester, Justin Thomas, Tavio Wright, Melissa Rose, Morgan Gregory 


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Musical
Revival

111) Hello, Dolly! (Revival)   

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 0 représentations
Première preview: 11 August 2020
Première: 11 August 2020
Dernière: 11 August 2020

Compositeur: Jerry Herman •  
Parolier: Jerry Herman •  
Libettiste: Michael Stewart •  
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Avec: Imelda Staunton 


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Musical
Original

110) Fermeture COVID (Original)

Joué durant  1 an 4 mois

Première preview: 16 March 2020
Première: 16 March 2020
Dernière: 19 July 2021

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Commentaire: Tous les théâtres anglais ont dû fermer dès le 16 mars 2020 suite à la pandémide de COVID…  (plus) 


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Musical
Original London

109) Waitress (Original London)

Joué durant  1 an 1 semaine

Première preview: 08 February 2019
Première: 06 March 2019
Dernière: 16 March 2020

Compositeur: Sara Bareilles •  
Parolier: Sara Bareilles •  
Libettiste: Jessie Nelson •  
Metteur en scène: Diane Paulus •  
Chorégraphe: Lorin Latarro •  
Avec: Lucie Jones (Jenna Hunterson), Sandra Marvin (Becky), Laura Baldwin (Dawn), Tamlyn Henderson (Earl), David Hunter (Dr Pomatter), Joe Sugg (Ogie), Andrew Boyer (Old Joe), Kelly Agbowu (Nurse Norma), Piers Bate (Ensemble), Cindy Belliot (Ensemble), Nathanial Morrison (Ensemble), Leanne Pinder (Swing/Dance Captain), Michael Hamway (Swing), Stephen Leask (Cal), Chris McGuigan (Ensemble), Olivia Moore (Ensemble), Sarah O'Connor (Swing), Charlotte Riby (Ensemble), Mark Willshire (Swing), Juliette Clemens-Lary (Lulu - certain performances), Annabelle Jones (Lulu - certain performances) 


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Musical
Original London

108) Kinky Boots (Original London)

Joué durant  3 ans 4 mois

Première preview: 21 August 2015
Première: 15 September 2015
Dernière: 12 January 2019

Compositeur: Cindy Lauper •  
Parolier: Cindy Lauper •  
Libettiste: Harvey Fierstein •  
Metteur en scène: Jerry Mitchell •  
Chorégraphe: Jerry Mitchell •  
Avec: Killian Donnelly (Charlie) Matt Henry (Lola) , Amy Lennox (Lauren), Jamie Baughan (Don), Amy Ross (Nicola) and Michael Hobbs (George), Gemma Atkins, Paul Ayers, Jeremy Batt, Arun Blair-Mangat, Marcus Collins, Emma Crossley, Jordan Fox, Callum Francis, Robert Grose, Gillian Hardie, Chloe Hart, Sophie Isaacs, Luke Jackson, Robert Jones, Adam Lake, Catherine Millsom, Sean Needham, Tim Prottey-Jones, Verity Quade, Javier Santos, Dominic Tribuzio, Alan Vicary, Michael Vinsen and Bleu Woodward. 


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Presse: "You could make a case against the musical as a piece of preachy uplift about sexual tolerance. But it won me over through the quality of the lead performances, the verve of its staging and its conviction, in its fetishistic worship of thigh-high boots, that there’s no business like shoe business."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

"It may at times look as colourful as a pride carnival parade, but you can hear the creak of the production-line...it might seem ungracious to give it a kicking. But a kicking I feel obliged to give it."
Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

"It's good fun but, in my view, a bit too formulaic to induce rapture. You can't deny, though, that it brings a dynamic new dimension to the idea of dragging your heels."
Paul Taylor for The Independent

"The score by Cyndi Lauper is middling US rock, by-the-yard fare. Harvey Fierstein’s script has a few jolly moments but as many cliches."
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

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Musical
Original

107) Made in Dagenham (Original)

Joué durant  5 mois

Première preview: 09 October 2014
Première: 05 November 2014
Dernière: 11 April 2015

Compositeur: David Arnold •  
Parolier: Richard Thomas •  
Libettiste: Richard Bean •  
Metteur en scène: Rupert Goold •  
Chorégraphe: Aletta Collins •  
Avec: Gemma Arterton (Rita O’Grady), Adrian Der Gregorian (Eddie), Steve Furst (Mr Tooley), Mark Hadfield (Harold Wilson), Sophie-Louise Dann (Barbara Castle), Sophie Stanton (Beryl), Heather Craney (Clare), Sophie Isaacs (Sandra), Julius D'Silva (Mr Hopkins), Naomi Frederick (Lisa), Isla Blair, David Cardy, Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Thomas Aldridge, Kate Coysten, Christopher Howell, Scott Garnham, Ian Jervis, Paul Kemble, Emma Lindars, Jo Napthine, Tracey Penn, Gemma Salter, Gareth Snook, Rachel Spurrell, Emily Squibb, Karli Vale, and Rene Zagger. 


Commentaire: Essex 1968. Like millions of other working women, each morning Rita O’Grady is just trying to get her husband out of bed, get the kids off to school and get to work at the factory on time. But life is about to change forever when it’s announced that the girls in the sewing room of Ford’s Dagenham car plant will have their pay grade dropped to ‘unskilled’. Quickly drawing on a strength she never knew she had, Rita leads her friends in a battle against the might of Ford and the corruption of the Union supposed to protect them. As the girls’ inspiring journey gets bigger than anyone could have imagined, the pressure is too much for some, but can Rita keep up the fight and the happy home she’s worked so hard for?  (plus) 


Presse: "But like the cause of equal pay itself, there’s an air of unfinished business about it all. Despite celebrating how a bunch of workers found their voice, the evening lacks a truly compelling one of its own." Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph
"This show – with its slick, catchy tunes ... infectiously demonstrates that it's a saga well worth making a song and dance about." Paul Taylor for The Independent
"Turned into a big, brassy musical, the show has mislaid the quality that made the film so good: a real heart." Michael Billington for The Guardian
"With its feel-good approach to a long-won battle for fairness, this show will win plenty of friends out for an evening’s easy entertainment." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
"... a funny, thoughtful and uplifting show that deserves to be seen." Simon Edge for The Daily Express
"Made in Dagenham is broad, occasionally crass and a little too manipulative (the final number is an especially brazen bid to get us on our feet). But it also manages to be robustly likeable — mixing passionate populism with bursts of big-budget flamboyance." Henry Hitchings for the Evening Standard

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Musical
Original

106) Bodyguard (The) (Original)

Joué durant  1 an 8 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 06 November 2012
Première: 05 December 2012
Dernière: 29 August 2014

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Metteur en scène: Thea Sharrock •  
Chorégraphe: Arthur Pita •  
Avec: Beverley Knight (Rachel Marron - At Wednesday and Saturday matinee performances the role of Rachel Marron will be played by Joelle Moses), Tristan Gemmill (Frank Farmer ), Debbie Kurup (Nicki Marron), Richard Lloyd King (Bill Devaney), Stephen Marcus (Tony), Dominic Taylor (Sy Spector), Michael Rouse (Stalker) , Stuart Reid (Ray Court). Ensemble members are Gareth Andrews, Kimball Armes, Christopher Birch, Hannah Fairclough, Robert Gill, Nicky Griffiths, Ben Harrold, Jamie Hughes-Ward, Alex Jackson, Genesis Lynea, Fergal McGoff, Sara Morley, Joelle Moses, David O’Mahoney, Stuart Rogers, Kyle Seeley, Danielle Steers, Katy Stredder, Christopher Terry. 


Commentaire: Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge; what they don’t expect is to fall in love. A romantic thriller, The Bodyguard features a multitude of Whitney Houston’s hits including Queen of the Night, So Emotional, One Moment in Time, Saving All My Love, I’m Your Baby Tonight, Run to You, I Have Nothing, How Will I Know, I Wanna Dance With Somebody and I Will Always Love You.  (plus) 


Presse: "It is performed...with such an infectious zest and wholehearted commitment that the evening is tremendously enjoyable."
Paul Taylor for The Independent

"Although the show is staged with enormous technical efficiency, it is one more example of the necrophiliac musical morbidly attracted to a cinematic corpse.."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Spectacularly and ingeniously designed by Tim Hatley, is far more enjoyable than the movie. And there is a thrilling star performance from the Trinidad-born, American-based singer and actress Heather Headley...But that is largely where the good news ends. Though Alexander Dinelaris has tweaked Lawrence Kasdan’s screenplay, the show remains trite and sentimental."
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph

"Corny but entertaining."
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"It’s spectacular, stylish and delivered with panache."
Ian Shuttleworth for The Financial Times

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Musical
Revival

105) Sweeney Todd (Revival)

Joué durant  6 mois

Première preview: 10 March 2012
Première: 20 March 2012
Dernière: 22 September 2012

Compositeur: Stephen Sondheim •  
Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •  
Libettiste: Hugh Wheeler •  
Metteur en scène: Jonathan Kent •  
Chorégraphe: Denis L. Sayers •  
Avec: Michael Ball (Sweeney Todd), Imelda Staunton (Mrs Lovett), Robert Burt (Pirelli) , John Bowe, Peter Polycarpou, Gillian Kirkpatrick, Lucy May Barker, Luke Brady, James McConville, and Simeon Truby. The ensemble includes: Valda Aviks, Will Barratt, Josie Benson, Emily Bull, John Coates, Daniel Graham, Robine Landi, Tim Morgan, Aoife Nally, Adam Pearce, Wendy Somerville, Kerry Washington and Annabelle Williams. 


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Presse: "Jonathan Kent's production, which has now transferred from Chichester, and which leaves me grasping for superlatives, has given the piece a fresh look without destroying its essential fabric."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Sondheim’s rich, pungent musical with glee, relishing its excesses yet still savouring its delicacy. It’s a dark, glinting treat."
Sarah Hemming for the Financial Times

"It is dark, nightmarish and thrilling, and packed with tremendous numbers, from the comic to the cruel (often simultaneously) and from the tender to the terrifying. Watching it, you have no doubt that this is masterpiece of nervous laughter and sudden jolting shocks."
Charles Spencer for the Daily Telegraph

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Théâtre
West End Transfer

104) One Man, Two Guvnors (West End Transfer)   

Joué durant  3 mois

Première preview: 08 November 2011
Première: 21 November 2011
Dernière: 25 February 2012

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Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe: Adam Penford •  
Avec: James Corden (Francis Henshall), Oliver Chris, Jemima Rooper, David Benson, Tom Edden, Martyn Ellis, Trevor Laird, Claire Lams, Fred Ridgeway, Daniel Rigby , Suzie Toase , Polly Conway, Derek Elroy, Paul Lancaster, Gareth Mason, Clare Thomson, Owain Arthur, David Hunter 


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Presse: "An evening of riotous delight"
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph

"Bubbles over with humour. A surefire hit. "
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

"One massive hit"
Paul Taylor for The Independent

"One of the funniest productions in the National's history."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

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Musical
Original

103) Love never dies (Original)

Joué durant  1 an 5 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 22 February 2010
Première: 09 March 2010
Dernière: 27 August 2011

Compositeur: Andrew Lloyd Webber •  
Parolier: Glenn Slater •  
Libettiste: Glenn Slater •  
Metteur en scène: Jack O'Brien •  
Chorégraphe: Jerry Mitchell •  
Avec: Ramin Karimloo (Phantom ), Sierra Boggess (Christine Daaé), Joseph Millson (Raoul), Liz Robertson (Mme Giry), Summer Strallen (Meg), Niamh Perry (Fleck), Adam Pearce (Squelch), Jami Reid-Quarrell (Gangle) 


Commentaire: The musical opened with previews on 22nd February 2010, originally directed by Jack O’Brien and with lyrics by Glenn Slater. Although it was praised for its lavish staging, and received a few excellent notices, it was generally felt to be clunky and exceptionally dark and gloomy. It was rapidly nicknamed “Paint Never Dries”. Later in the year a new version was rehearsed simultaneously with the evening performances and the show closed for four days in November 2010 for substantial re-writes. It re-opened with new direction from Bill Kenwright, new choreography from Bill Deamer, and some new lyrics by Charles Hart. The London production closed on 27 August 2011 after a disappointing run of fewer than eighteen months.  (plus) 


Presse: "There is much to enjoy in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical. The score is one of the composer's most seductive. Bob Crowley's design and Jack O'Brien's direction have a beautiful kaleidoscopic fluidity. And the performances are good. The problems lie within the book, chiefly credited to Lloyd Webber himself and Ben Elton, which lacks the weight to support the imaginative superstructure...In short, the show has much to commend it and the staging is a constant source of iridescent pleasure. But, as one of the lyrics reminds us, 'diamonds never sparkle bright unless they are set just right'. Although Lloyd Webber's score is full of gems, in the end a musical is only as good as its book. With a libretto to match the melodies, this might have been a stunner rather than simply a good night out."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Dismally implausible plot...The blogosphere has been teeming with views of Lloyd Webber’s long-awaited Phantom II. For some, Love Never Dies is 'Paint Never Dries', and for others the composer is at his musical best. I tend to agree with both factions....Bob Crowley (Designs] successfully evokes much of Phantasma, helped by projections of spooky horses on carousels. Yet that’s all rather cursory, as is the choreography, which doesn’t amount to a lot more than the inevitable bathing beauties bouncing about on the beach. "
Benedict Nightingale for The Times

"Lloyd Webber’s finest show since the original Phantom, with a score blessed with superbly haunting melodies and a yearning romanticism that sent shivers racing down my spine....The show may ultimately prove too strange, too dark, too tormented to become a massive popular hit, but I suspect its creepy allure will linger potently in the memory when frothier shows have been long forgotten. "
The Daily Telegraph

"What is in no doubt is the technical excellence of Jack O'Brien's seamlessly fluent, sumptuous (and sometimes subtle) production, or the splendour of the orchestra which pours forth Lloyd Webber's dark-hued, yearning melodies as if its life depended on them."
Paul Taylor for The Independent

"It doesn’t really smoke into life until the 20th minute and even then it splutters for a while. Finally, the singing and the ingenious staging combine to show the Lloyd Webber orchestration to its full glory, but, boy, it takes an age."
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"While Lloyd Webber’s music is at times lavishly operatic, the tone is uneven. There are no more than a couple of songs that promise to live in the memory, the duets don’t soar, and the ending is insipid. Admirers of Phantom are likely to be disappointed, and there’s not enough here to entice a new generation of fans."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

"Sets and special effects cannot be faulted, the singing is terrific...a stunning ending. But phantastic? Afraid not."
Bill Hagerty for The Sun

"Musically, it is pleasing enough...Visually, the show is stunning in places."
Matthew Hemley for The Stage

"This is an elegant and clever sequel to Phantom...It is a great night out."
Paul Callan for The Daily Express

"While lushly orchestrated (by David Cullen with Mr. Lloyd Webber), the score is, for the most part, so slow that you have time to anticipate Mr. Slater’s next leaden rhyme. Each of the songs — which range from bathing-beauty frolics to power-chord operetta ballads — spins a single tune until it loses its tread."
Ben Brantley for The New York Times

"Frequently clunky and clumsy...Lloyd Webber's score, too, seems like a rehashed parade of pastiche and throbbing crashing-chord melodies."
Mark Shenton for Entertainment Weekly

"Watching the sequel only makes you appreciate the achievement of the original."
David Benedict for Variety

"The musical is impressive and enjoyable, even with its heavy hokum and creakiest of plots."
Warwick Thompson for Bloomberg News

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Musical
Revival

102) Rat Pack (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 24 September 2009
Première: 24 September 2009
Dernière: 03 January 2010

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Metteur en scène: Mitch Sebastian •  
Chorégraphe: Mitch Sebastian •  
Avec: Louis Hoover, Stephen Rashbrook, Giles Terera, Darren Charles, Mark Adams, Nigel Casey, Sam Kane, Craig Els, Mark Haliday, Charlie Bull, Gracie Holdstock, Lizzy Hills, Lucy Holloway 


Commentaire: Le thème du spectacle change à partir du 24 novembre 2009 pour devenir 'Christmas With The Rat Pack' …  (plus) 


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Magie
Original London

101) Derren Brown: Enigma (Original London)

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 15 June 2009
Première: 17 June 2009
Dernière: 25 July 2009

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Metteur en scène: Andy Nyman •  
Chorégraphe: Aucun •  
Avec: Derren Brown 


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Presse: “Unquestionably a magical mystery tour-de-force…packed with enough fantastic feats of mental and visual wizardry to blow even the most cynical of minds”
WHAT’S ON STAGE

“Utterly baffling and completely extraordinary”
SUNDAY EXPRESS

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Musical
Revival

100) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Revival)

Joué durant  1 an 10 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 06 July 2007
Première: 17 July 2007
Dernière: 30 May 2009

Compositeur: Andrew Lloyd Webber •  
Parolier: Tim Rice •  
Libettiste:  
Metteur en scène: Steven Pimlott •  
Chorégraphe: Anthony Van Laast •  
Avec: Gareth Gates (Joseph), Jenna Lee-James (narrator not Mon/Thu eve), Fiona Reyes (narrator Mon/Thu eve), Dean Collinson (Pharaoh), Stephen Tate (Jacob/Potiphar/Guru), Stephen John Davis (Reuben), Charlotte May Davis (Reuben's Wife), Emma Harris (Reuben's Wife), Mark Oxtoby (Simeon), Sarah Meade (Simeon's Wife), Ricky Rojas (Levi), Jennifer Ashton (Levi's Wife), Nathaniel Morrison (Napthali), Charlene Ford (Napthali's Wife/Mrs Potiphar), Adam Pearce (Issachar/Baker), Emily Mascarenhas (Issacher's Wife), Derek Andrews (Asher), Fiona Reyes (Asher's Wife/Alternate Narrator), Michael Quinn (Dan), Zoe Smith (Dan's Wife), Craig Scott (Zebulun/Apache Dancer), Louise Madisoni (Zebulun's Wife/Apache Dancer), Sophia Hurdley (Zebulun's Wife/Apache Dancer), Russell Walker (Gad/Butler), Frankie Sibthorp (Gad's Wife), Tom Gillies (Benjamin), Danielle Young (Benjamin's Wife), Neal Wright (Judah), Tamlyn Platts (Judah's Wife) 


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Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "It offers a seductive blend of camp, kitsch." RHODA KOENIG for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Lee Mead ...Lacking in character and with a tendency to give out towards the end of a line, his voice is not the world's greatest...But Mead more than fulfils the requirements, with a mop of dark curls, a wholesome, sweet manner, and a way of filling a pleated loincloth that will appeal to all sexes...A Joseph virgin, I enjoyed myself far more than I thought possible at a Lloyd Webber show." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "The late Steven Pimlott's 1991 Palladium production...had a heart and soul whereas everything about this revival seems either cutesy, camp or calculated." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Lee Mead...turns out to be both talented and enthusiastic...With spoofs of country music, calypso and even Piaf added to the mix, the show is a reminder of how splendidly versatile Lloyd Webber can be. Nor has Rice written jauntier lyrics." LISA MARTLAND for THE STAGE says, "Rice and Lloyd Webber’s score remains as infectious as ever." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Lee Mead...looks good in a loin cloth, and has a powerful and expressive voice...By the end, however his vocals were beginning to sound a touch frayed."

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99) Evita (Revival)   

Joué durant  11 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 02 June 2006
Première: 21 June 2006
Dernière: 26 May 2007

Compositeur: Andrew Lloyd Webber •  
Parolier: Tim Rice •  
Libettiste: Tim Rice •  
Metteur en scène: Harold Prince •  
Chorégraphe: Rob Ashford •  
Avec: Matt Rawle (Che), Elena Roger (Evita), Philip Quast (Peron), Lorna Want (Peron’s Mistress), Gary Milner (Magaldi), Jodie Jacobs, Jackie Marks, Gary Milner 


Commentaire: This was an outstanding revival. Elena Roger (a genuine Argentinian) was acclaimed for a superb, dazzling performance; the Elena Roger tango-themed choreography was described as sizzingly erotic; the set design by Christopher Oram sumptuously re-created the architectural grandeur of Buenos Aires; Michael Grandage was hailed as one of the UK’s best directors; and, ultimately, the score was recognised as one of the very best by Andrew Lloyd Wber and Tim Rice. This was a triumph and hugely praised, and yet, for some reason, did not succeed at the box office. It closed in May 2007 after just eleven months eleven months.  (plus) 


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH du THE EVENING STANDARD: "Dynamic production."
MICHAEL BILLINGTON du THE GUARDIAN : "Decent revival...the show is certainly a great vehicle and the Argentinian Elena Roger rides it in modest triumph...although the show is pleasing to watch, it never achieves the ecstasy one looks for in a musical."
CHARLES SPENCER du THE DAILY TELEGRAPH : "Outstanding revival...Almost every song is memorable."
BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE du THE TIMES: "Riveting show."
PAUL TAYLOR du THE INDEPENDENT: "Powerful production."

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98) Chicago (Revival)   

Joué durant  8 ans 5 mois

Première preview: 27 October 1997
Première: 18 November 1997
Dernière: 22 April 2006

Fait partie de: London Run

Compositeur: John Kander •  
Parolier: Fred Ebb •  
Libettiste: Fred Ebb •  
Metteur en scène: Walter Bobbie •  
Chorégraphe: Ann Reinking •  
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97) Damn Yankees (Revival)   

Joué durant  2 mois

Nb de représentations: 77 représentations
Première preview: 29 May 1997
Première: 04 June 1997
Dernière: 09 August 1997

Compositeur: Richard Adler •  
Parolier: Jerry Ross •  
Libettiste: Douglas Wallop • George Abott •  
Metteur en scène: Jack O'Brien •  
Chorégraphe: Rob Marshall •  
Avec: Jerry Lewis (Mr Applegate), April Nixon (Lola), John-Michael Flate (Joe Hardy), Dennis Kelly (Joe Boyd), Louis D. Giovannetti, Joy Franz, Julie Prosser, Steven Seale, Mark Chmiel, Eric Leviton, Nigel Harman, Shaun Henson, Michael Duran, Ned Hannah, Bill Brassea, Christopher Windom, Richie Mastascusa, Jamie Ross, Ned Hannah, Ellen Grosso, Susan Taylor, Vickie Taylor, Karen Babcock, Julie Janney, Amelia Prentice, Karen Babcock, Susan Taylor, Vickie Taylor, Michael Duran, Julie Janney, Ned Hannah, Nigel Harman, Stephen Seale, Scott Robertson, April Nixon, Mel Allen, Ned Hannah, Mark Chmiel 


Commentaire: The star of this show was the 71 year old American comedian Jerry Lewis. A 15 minute section of the Second Act was tailored to his presence, enabling him to hi-jack the show, breaking into his nutty-professor voice, tossing canes in the air and failing to catch them, telling joke after joke in his old vaudeville act, and then just as suddenly returning to the script and the plot. Jerry Lewis fans loved it. The show itself was much praised on its first return to London after some 40 years, but it ran for just over nine weeks.

An expected transfer to the Savoy Theatre from 16 October 1997 was cancelled.  (plus) 


Presse: NICK CURTIS of the EVENING STANDARD describes the show as making “ a modest start to its London season “ and going on to describe Jerry Lewis’s performance as “ sometimes good, sometimes bad, and sometimes just plain ugly”

MICHAEL BILLINGTON of THE GUARDIAN says , “not wildly exciting but harmlessly pleasant.”.

MICHAEL COVENEY of the DAILY MAIL enjoyed the show and particularly liked the leading actors performances, saying, “Lewis is a treat, Miss Nixon a black bombshell in pink underwear”

CHARLES SPENCER of THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says “Damn Yankees is the kind of musical they don't write any more. Emerging from the theatre with a fatuous smile on my face, I wished that they did.”

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96) Sunset Boulevard (Original)

Joué durant  2 ans 11 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 19 April 1994
Première: 19 April 1994
Dernière: 05 April 1997

Fait partie de: London Run

Compositeur: Andrew Lloyd Webber •  
Parolier: Christopher Hampton • Don Black •  
Libettiste: Christopher Hampton • Don Black •  
Metteur en scène: Trevor Nunn •  
Chorégraphe: Bob Avian •  
Avec: Betty Buckley
19 avr 1994 - 14 mai 1995
(out du 29 nov 1994 - 7 jan 1995 remplacée par Elaine Page)

Elaine Paige
17 mai 1995 - 6 jan 1996
(out du 2 sept - 14 oct 1995, remplacée par Petula Clark)

Petula Clarck
9 jan 1996 - 5 avr 1997
(out du 9 sept - 2 nov 1996, remplacée par Rita Moreno) 


Commentaire: Buckley then followed Glenn Close as Norma Desmond in the second year of the Broadway production. Elaine Paige, who had filled in when Buckley was ill in 1994, took over as Norma Desmond in the West End in May 1995 before joining the Broadway production for the end of its run between 1996 and 1997. Petula Clark filled in for Paige during her holiday in September/October 1995, before taking over the role in January 1996 when Paige departed for the United States. The last "star" to take on the role of Norma Desmond in London was Rita Moreno, who filled in for a vacationing Clark in September and October 1996. John Barrowman played Joe until 1995, when he was replaced by Alexander Hanson. Graham Bickley played the role for the final year of the London run.
The show closed on 5 April 1997, running for 1,530 performances.  (plus) 


Presse: The show closed for three weeks, re-opening on 19 April 1994, revamped to follow the Los Angeles production, with a second official "opening". The revamped musical had a new song, "Every Movie's A Circus", a new set, and new stars, Betty Buckley and John Barrowman. Michael Bauer, who had played DeMille in the original production replaced Benzali as Max, a role he played until the end of the London run (and subsequently on the UK tour and the BBC concert) and Anita Louise Combe (also from the original cast, understudying the role of Betty Shaeffer for the first nine months – and subsequently went on to play Betty Schaeffer in the Canadian Premiere with Diahann Carroll). Buckley and the production garnered rave reviews. David Lister of The Independent, for example wrote: "The show looked an improvement on the one that got decidedly mixed reviews last summer."

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95) Sunset Boulevard (Original)   

Joué durant  3 ans 8 mois 4 semaines

Nb de représentations: 1529 représentations
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 12 July 1993
Dernière: 05 April 1997

Fait partie de: London Run

Compositeur: Andrew Lloyd Webber •  
Parolier: Christopher Hampton • Don Black •  
Libettiste: Christopher Hampton • Don Black •  
Metteur en scène: Trevor Nunn •  
Chorégraphe: Bob Avian •  
Avec: Version 1:
Patti LuPone
12 juil 1993 - 12 mars 1994

Version 2:
Betty Buckley
19 avr 1994 - 14 mai 1995
(out du 29 nov 1994 - 7 jan 1995 remplacée par Elaine Page)

Elaine Paige
17 mai 1995 - 6 jan 1996
(out du 2 sept - 14 oct 1995, remplacée par Petula Clark)

Petula Clarck
9 jan 1996 - 5 avr 1997
(out du 9 sept - 2 nov 1996, remplacée par Rita Moreno) 


Commentaire: A londres, Norma Desmond sera jouée successivement par Patti LuPone, Betty Buckley, Elaine Paige, Petula Clark et Rita Moreno.
Les critiques ayant été mitigée à l'ouverture, le show va fermer trois semaines et rouvrir le 19 avril 1994 avec de nombreuses modifications rapprochant cette version de celle de Los Angeles (Glenn Close) qui avait elle été très bien accueillie.

Early in 1997, Andrew Lloyd Webber announced the immediate closure of both the West End and Broadway productions, claiming it was impossible to find cast replacements of sufficiently high quality. (Later it was disclosed the whole undertaking had lost an absolute fortune and was seriously impacting on the overall finances of Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Company. The sum of money paid to Faye Dunaway for breach of contract when she was sacked from the USA version was never disclosed, but it was claimed that Patti LuPone, initially promised the Broadway run, sued Lloyd Webber and received a settlement reported to be $1 million.
According to Broadway critic Frank Rich in his book “The Hot Seat”, these lawsuits contributed to “Sunset Boulevard” setting the record for the biggest loss ever made on a musical show. The operating costs exceeded the income, and the touring companies also generated large financial losses. In spite of running for more than two years and selling over a million tickets on Broadway, Rich puts the final losses near or above $20 million.  (plus) 


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94) Sunset Boulevard (Original)   

Joué durant  8 mois

Première preview: 12 July 1993
Première: 12 July 1993
Dernière: 12 March 1994

Fait partie de: London Run

Compositeur: Andrew Lloyd Webber •  
Parolier: Christopher Hampton • Don Black •  
Libettiste: Christopher Hampton • Don Black •  
Metteur en scène: Trevor Nunn •  
Chorégraphe: Bob Avian •  
Avec: Patti LuPone (Norma Desmond), Kevin Anderson (Joe Gillis), Meredith Braun (Betty Schaefer), Daniel Benzali (Norma's ex-husband, Max) 


Commentaire: Billy Wilder and his wife Audrey were joined by Nancy Olson, who had played Betty Schaefer in the original film, at the opening night performance. Of it, Wilder observed, "The best thing they did was leave the script alone," and of Patti LuPone he exclaimed, "She's a star from the moment she walks on stage."
Reviews were mixed…
The show closed for three weeks, re-opening on 19 April 1994, revamped to follow the Los Angeles production, with a second official "opening".  (plus) 


Presse: the review by Michael Kuchwara for the AP: "Some reviewers felt Lloyd Webber took the sting out of a cynical tale. 'Wilder's bitter brew has been diluted,' wrote AP Drama Critic Michael Kuchwara. He added: 'When LuPone is off stage, the show sags.'"
Frank Rich wrote "Much of the film's plot, dialogue and horror-movie mood are preserved, not to mention clips used to illustrate those sequences in which the faded silent-film star, Norma Desmond ...and her kept young screenwriter, Joe Gillis ..., travel by car. The lyricist, Don Black ..., and the playwright, Christopher Hampton ..., smartly tailor their jokes to the original screenplay's style. At times even Lloyd Webber gets into the Wilder swing. Both acts open with joltingly angry diatribes about Hollywood, part exposition-packed recitative and part song, in which the surprisingly dark, jazz-accented music, the most interesting I've yet encountered from this composer, meshes perfectly with the cynical lyrics. Anderson makes the sardonic Wilder voice an almost physical presence in Sunset Boulevard. But that voice is too often drowned out by both LuPone's Broadway belt and by the mechanical efforts of Lloyd Webber and his director, Trevor Nunn, to stamp the proven formulas of Phantom and Les Miz on even an intimate tale. At odd moments the mammoth set advances like a glacier toward the audience or retreats or, most dramatically, rises partly up into the flies, actors in tow."

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93) Me and My Girl (UK Revival)   

Joué durant  7 ans 11 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 3303 représentations
Première preview: 12 February 1985
Première: 12 February 1985
Dernière: 16 January 1993

Compositeur: Noel Gay •  
Parolier: Arthur Rose • Douglas Furber •  
Libettiste: Arthur Rose • Douglas Furber •  
Metteur en scène: Mike Ockrent •  
Chorégraphe: Gillian Gregory •  
Avec: Robert Lindsay as Bill Snibson, Emma Thompson, and Frank Thornton. Cast changes included : Enn Reitel (as Bill Snibson) and Su Pollard (as Sally Smith) in 1986; Gary Wilmot (as Bill Snibson) and Jessica Martin (as Sally Smith) in 1989. Thornton was succeeded by Nicholas Smith. 


Commentaire: The original 1937 production the Victoria Palace starred Lupino Lane and was a shorter show with just nine songs, playing twice-nightly. It was revived twice during the war, and was twice closed down because its theatres suffered bomb damage. This revival had a new book and incorporated additional Noel Gay songs. It transferred to New York in August 1986 (with Robert Lindsay) and ran for 1420 performances. Cast changes during the 8 year London run included Lorraine Chase, Karl Howman, Louise English, David Schofield, Bonnie Langford, Gary Wilmot, Jessica Martin, Patrick Cargill, Brian Conley, Su Pollard, Bernard Bresslaw, Les Dennis, Jonathan Morris, Andrew O'Connor and Joanna Riding.  (plus) 


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92) Jungle Book ()

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 04 December 1984
Première: 04 December 1984
Dernière: 12 January 1985

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
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91) Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music ()

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 06 August 1984
Première: 06 August 1984
Dernière: 29 September 1984

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90) Poppy (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 97 représentations
Première preview: 14 November 1983
Première: 22 November 1983
Dernière: 04 February 1984

Compositeur: Monty Norman •  
Parolier: Peter Nichols •  
Libettiste: Peter Nichols •  
Metteur en scène: Terry Hands • Ian Judge •  
Chorégraphe: Aucun •  
Avec: Cherry the Mare ·Andrea Chance
Cherry the Mare · Samantha Hughes / Chinese Dancer · Samantha Hughes / Chorus · Andrea Chance / Chorus · Andrew Thomas James
Chorus · Julie Kirk / Chorus · Julia Lintott / Chorus · Katie Randall / Chorus · Diane Simmons / Chorus · Donald Waugh / Clerk · Leo Andrew / Clerk · Jimmy Cassidy / Clerk · Stewart Mackintosh / Clerk ·Tano Rea / Dick Whittington · Antonio Ellis / Elephant; Chorus · Antony Simons / Elephant; Chorus · Mark White / Jack Idle · David Firth / Lady Dodo · Geoffrey Hutchings / Lin Tse-Tsii · John Watts / Lord Palmerston · Mark White / Obadiah Upward · Alfred Marks / Queen Victoria · Nichola McAuliffe / Randy the Horse · Christopher Hurst / Randy the Horse · Andrew Thomas James / Sally Forth · Janet Shaw / Swing · Wayne Aspinall / Swing · Jan Revere / Tao-Kuan · Ken Wynne / Teng Tin Chen · David Bacon / Tiger; Chorus · Philip Tsaras /
Yo-Yo; Chorus · Sarah Lam 


Commentaire: This was a revised and re-staged version of the original production at the Barbican, September 1982. It had undergone rather a lot of changes - possibly to make it more acceptable for a planned Broadway transfer - but this time round it received a critical drubbing, including: “It collapses amidst the stuffing and garnishing of a cumbersome, shamefully under-rehearsed and embarrassingly under-cast production”  (plus) 


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89) Marilyn! (Original)

Joué durant  4 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 17 March 1983
Dernière: 30 July 1983

Compositeur: Mort Garson •  
Parolier: Jacques Wilson •  
Libettiste: Jacques Wilson •  
Metteur en scène: Larry Fuller •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Stephanie Lawrence (Norma-Jean/Marilyn), Clive Carter (Jim Dougherty), Stanley Fleet (Harry Cohn), Chuck Julian (Daryl Zanuck), Margaret Burton (Louella Parsons), Marie Lorraine (Hedda Hopper), Stuart Milligan (Joe Di Maggio), David Firth (Arthur Miller), John Bennett (Lee Strasberg) 


Commentaire: Rather waspishly described by Ned Sherrin as: “ an undiscovered recitation of all the well-known landmarks of Monroe’s life, inelegantly expressed to halting, derivative musak” - the foster home, the nude modelling, the “agent who had faith”, vulgar Hollywood moguls, mother’s madness, husbands DiMaggio and Miller, and finally death with telephone dangling.
Notes: Stephanie Lawrence was praised for making the best of a
bad job.  (plus) 


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88) Annie (UK Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 20 December 1982
Dernière: 12 February 1983

Compositeur: Charles Strouse •  
Parolier: Martin Charnin •  
Libettiste: Thomas Meehan •  
Metteur en scène: Peter Walker •  
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Avec: Ursula Smith (Miss Hannigan), Charles West (Oliver War bucks), Peter Honri, Lorrain Grey, Neil Fitzwilliam, Petra Siniawski. 


Commentaire: This production has been on a UK tour and had played Bristol Hippodrome instead of a pantomime in 1981/2  (plus) 


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87) American Dance Machine (The) ()

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 20 October 1982
Dernière: 11 December 1982

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Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: Lee Becker Theodore •  
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86) D'Oyly Carte Season (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 11 November 1981
Dernière: 27 February 1982

Compositeur: Arthur Sullivan •  
Parolier: W.S. Gilbert •  
Libettiste: W.S. Gilbert •  
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85) My Fair Lady (UK Revival)

Joué durant  2 ans 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 891 représentations
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 25 October 1979
Dernière: 31 October 1981

Compositeur: Frederik Loewe •  
Parolier: Alan Jay Lerner •  
Libettiste: Alan Jay Lerner •  
Metteur en scène: Robin Midgley •  
Chorégraphe: Gillian Lynne •  
Avec: Tony Britton (Henry Higgins), Liz Robertson (Eliza Doolittle), Peter Bayliss (Alfred P. Doolittle), Richard Caldicott (Colonel Pickering), Anna Neagle (Mrs Higgins), Peter Land (Freddy Eynsford-Hill) 


Commentaire: This production was created at Leicester Haymarket under the management of Cameron Mackintosh who, with Arts Council support, was determined to created regional touring product of the highest quality—so that “West End shows” would be available to provincial theatres with no drop in standards. When the show arrived in the West End the critics felt it was equally as good as first time round.  (plus) 


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84) Beyond the rainbow (Original London)

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 238 représentations
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 09 November 1978
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Armando Trovaioli •  
Parolier: Leslie Bricusse •  
Libettiste: David Forrest •  
Metteur en scène: Pietro Garinei •  
Chorégraphe: Gino Landi •  
Avec: Johnny Dorelli (Father Silvestro), Roy Kinnear (Mayor Enrico), Lesley Duff (Clementina), Geoffrey Burridge (Toto), Janet Mahoney (Consolation), Dorothy Vernon, Franco Ricchio 


Commentaire: This was adapted from the English novel “After Me the Deluge” by David Forrest (the pseudonym used by Robert Forrest-Webb and David Eliades). The adaptors, Garinei and Giovannini had a previous production entitled “When in Rome” at the Adelphi in 1959, and they also wrote popular songs including "Volare" and "Arriverderci Roma!"  (plus) 


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83) Irene (Revival)

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 974 représentations
Première preview: 15 June 1976
Première: 15 June 1976
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Harry Tierney •  
Parolier: Joseph McCarthy •  
Libettiste: James Montgomery •  
Metteur en scène: Freddie Carpenter •  
Chorégraphe: Norman Maen •  
Avec: Julie Anthony (Irene Dare), Eric Flynn (Donald Marshall), Jon Pertwee (Mme Lucy), Jessie Evans (Mrs O’Dare), Jenny Logan (Helen) 


Commentaire: La production originale londonienne a été présentée à l'Empire Theatre le 7 avril 1920, avec Edith Day, qui avait également joué dans la première de Broadway l’année précédente. Le spectacle est relancé aux Etats-Unis en 1973 avec Debbie Reynolds et est d’abord dirigé par Sir John Gielgud qui est remplacé en répétition par Gower Champion. Gower Champion lui-même a été remplacé lorsqu’il a refusé de désigner Jane Powell comme remplaçante de Debbie Reynolds.  (plus) 


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82) A Little Night Music (Original London)

Joué durant  11 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 406 représentations
Première preview: 15 April 1975
Première: 15 April 1975
Dernière: 03 April 1976

Compositeur: Stephen Sondheim •  
Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •  
Libettiste: Hugh Wheeler •  
Metteur en scène: Harold Prince •  
Chorégraphe: Patricia Birch •  
Avec: Mr. Lindquist - John J. Moore / Mrs. Nordstrom - Chris Melville / Mrs. Anderssen - Liz Robertson / Mr. Erlanson - David Bexon / Mrs. Segstrom - Jacquey Chappell / Fredrika Armfeldt - Christine McKenna / Madame Armfeldt - Hermione Gingold [replaced by Angela Baddeley] / Frid, her butler - Michael Harbour / Henrik Egerman - Terry Mitchell / Anne Egerman - Veronica Page / Fredrik Egerman - Joss Ackland / Petra - Diane Langton / Desiree Armfeldt - Jean Simmons [replaced by Virginia McKenna] / Bertrand, a page - Christopher Beeching / Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm - David Kernan / Countess Charlotte Malcolm - Maria Aitken / Osa - Penelope Potter 


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81) King and I (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  7 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 260 représentations
Première preview: 10 October 1973
Première: 10 October 1973
Dernière: 25 May 1974

Compositeur: Richard Rodgers •  
Parolier: Oscar Hammerstein II •  
Libettiste: Oscar Hammerstein II •  
Metteur en scène: Roger Redfarn •  
Chorégraphe: Sheila O'Neill •  
Avec: Peter Wyngarde (King), Sally-Ann Howes (Anna), Moyna Cope (Lady Thiang), Pauline Antony (Tuptim), Valentine Palmer (Lun Tha), Stephen Grover (Louis), David Morris (Chululongkorn), David Davenport (The Kralahome) 


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80) Show Boat (Revival)

Joué durant  2 ans 2 mois

Nb de représentations: 910 représentations
Première preview: 09 July 1971
Première: 29 July 1971
Dernière: 29 September 1973

Compositeur: Jerome Kern •  
Parolier: Oscar Hammerstein II •  
Libettiste: Oscar Hammerstein II •  
Metteur en scène: Wendy Toye •  
Chorégraphe: Wendy Toye •  
Avec: Cleo Laine (Julie), Andre Jobin (Ravenal), Lorna Dallas (Magnolia), Thomas Carey (Joe), Kenneth Nelson, Derek Royles, Pearl Hackney, Jan Hunt, Ena Cabayo, John Larsen 


Commentaire: The first London production featured Edith Day, Cedric Hardwicke and Paul Robeson. The first revival in London was in 1943 with Gwyneth Lascelles and Bruce Carfax. This second revival was the longest running of them all so far.  (plus) 


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79) Charlie Girl (Original)

Joué durant  5 ans 3 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 2202 représentations
Première preview: 15 December 1965
Première: 15 December 1965
Dernière: 27 March 1971

Compositeur: David Heneker • John Taylor •  
Parolier: David Heneker • John Taylor •  
Libettiste: Hugh Williams • Margaret Williams • Ray Cooney •  
Metteur en scène: Wallace Douglas •  
Chorégraphe: Alfred Rodrigues •  
Avec: Anna Neagle (Lady Hadwell), Joe Brown (Joe Studholme),
Derek Nimmo (Nicholas Wainwright), Christine Holmes (Charlie),
Hy Hazell (Kay Connor), Stuart Damon (Jack Connor) 


Commentaire: This show was expected to have wide appeal, with Anna Neagle making a musical come-back to the West End after 12 years, and the stage debut of the young pop-star, Joe Brown. The critics hated it, and it opened to what were described as “the worst notices since Judas Iscariot”. In spite of universal damnation, the show caught on with the public, and went on to run for over 2,000 triumphant performances. Except for holiday cover, when Evelyn Laye took over temporarily, Anna Neagle stayed with the show throughout its long run.  (plus) 


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78) Maggie May (Original)

Joué durant  

Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 22 September 1964
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Lionel Bart •  
Parolier: Lionel Bart •  
Libettiste: Alun Owen •  
Metteur en scène: Ted Kotcheff •  
Chorégraphe: Paddy Stone •  
Avec: A Balladeer ... Barry Humphries / Young Priest ... Stephen Taylor / Mrs. O'Brien ... Janette Gail / Mrs. Casey ... Margo Cunningham / Mother Monica ... Charlotte Howard / Maggie May (as a child) ... Margaret Howe / Sister Mary ... Janet Webb / Patrick Casey (as a child) ... Malcolm Collingham / Mrs. Nugent ... Marie Conmee / Parish Priest ... Vernon Rees / Willie Morgan ... Andrew Keir / Margaret Mary Duffy (Maggie May) ... Rachel Roberts (i) / Maureen O'Neill ... Diana Quiseekay / 1st Chinese Sailor ... Vincent Mansi / 2nd Chinese Sailor ... Stanley Fleet / Milkman ... Fred Evans / Children ... Carol Bird, Jacqueline Lewis, Terry Brooks, Peter Newton / Old Dooley ... Paul Farrell / Eric Dooley ... John Junkin / Cogger Johnston ... Michael Forrest / T.C. (Terry Collins) ... Billy Boyle / Gene Kiernan ... Geoffrey Hughes / Patrick Casey ... Kenneth Haigh / Stevedore ... Joe Sealy / Crane Driver ... Geof L'Cise / Nora Mulqueen ... Marie Conmee / Ned ... Stanley Fleet / Miss Singleton ... Paula Bell / Police Sergeant ... Shaun Curry / The Nocturns ... David Wilcox, David Foley, David Elias (i), Francis Sloan, Keith Draper / Police Inspector ... Vernon Rees / Sergeant Corporal ... Vincent Mansi 


Commentaire: This was another success for Lionel Bart, who by this time was riding high as one of the most successful musical theatre composers of his generation. The run itself was beset with difficulties, many stemming from Rachel Robert’s personal traumas and alcohol problems. Her young understudy, Julia McKenzie, took over on several occasions. The leading role was later taken by Georgia Brown and then Judith Bruce.  (plus) 


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77) Exercises de Style et Pantomimes de Bip ()

Joué durant  

Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 1964
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène:  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Marcel Marceau, Pierry Verry 


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76) Six of One (Original)

Joué durant  

Première preview: 26 September 1963
Première: 26 September 1963
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: William Chappell •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Dora Bryan 


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75) Blitz (Original)

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 568 représentations
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 08 May 1962
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Lionel Bart •  
Parolier: Lionel Bart •  
Libettiste: Joan Maitland • Lionel Bart •  
Metteur en scène: Lionel Bart •  
Chorégraphe: Peter Wright •  
Avec: Amelia Bayntun (Mrs Blitzstein), Grazina Frame (Carol Blitzstein),
Tom Kempinski (Harry Blitzstein), Bob Grant (Alfred Locke),
Graham James (Georgie Locke), Toni Palmer (Elsie), Anna Tzelniker,
Kaplan Kaye, Rose Hill, Julie Cohen. 


Commentaire: Because of Sean Kenny's scenery, the show was spectacular and much praised. Noel Coward described it as “twice as long and twice as loud as the real thing”. It was another hit for Lionel Bart. One scene featured a “radio broadcast” with Vera Lynn singing “The Day After Tomorrow” - which she specially recorded for the show.  (plus) 


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74) Scapa (Original)   

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Nb de représentations: 44 représentations
Première preview: 08 March 1962
Première: 08 March 1962
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: George Carden •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: David Hughes (Dusty), Edward Woodward (Haggis), Pete Murray (Badger), Timothy Gray (Sprog), Leon Peers (Herbert) 


Commentaire: Based on Hugh Hasting’s play “Seagulls Over Sorrento”, none of the critics seemed to pick up on an underlying gay theme – even though the sailors go into drag and cavort about at the end of Act 1 in a number called “Bella”. The original play was an enormous success and made a great deal of money. Hugh Hastings invested it all in this musical version and ended up seriously out of pocket.  (plus) 


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73) Music Man (The) (Original London)

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 395 représentations
Première preview: 16 March 1961
Première: 16 March 1961
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Meredith Willson •  
Parolier: Meredith Willson •  
Libettiste: Meredith Willson •  
Metteur en scène: Robert Merriman •  
Chorégraphe: Onna White •  
Avec: Van Johnson (Harold Hill), Patricia Lambert (Marian Paroo), C. Denier Warren (Mayor Shinn), Ruth Kettlewell (Mrs Paroo), Bernard Spear (Marcellus Washburn), Denis Waterman (Winthrop Paroo) 


Commentaire: This was a very early West End appearance for Denis Waterman in a juvenile role.  (plus) 


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72) Once Upon a Mattress (Original London)

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 38 représentations
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 20 September 1960
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Mary Rodgers •  
Parolier: Marshall Barer •  
Libettiste: Dean Fuller • Jay Thompson • Marshall Barer •  
Metteur en scène: George Abbott •  
Chorégraphe: Joe Layton •  
Avec: Jane Connell / Peter Grant / Robin Hunter / Bill Kerr / Patricia Lambert / Bill Newman / Thelma Ruby / Max Wall 


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71) When in Rome (Original)

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 298 représentations
Première preview: 26 December 1959
Première: 26 December 1959
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: "Kramer" •  
Parolier: Pietro Garinei • Sandro Giovannini •  
Libettiste: Ken Ferrey • Ted Willis •  
Metteur en scène: Harold French •  
Chorégraphe: ???? ???? •  
Avec: Dickie Henderson (Andy Persichetti), June Laverick (Nicky), Frank Leighton (Andy’s Father), Eleanor Summerfield (Nicky’s Mother) 


Commentaire: Described as entertainment for the tired businessman it managed a ten month run.  (plus) 


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70) French Mistress (The) ()

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Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 1959
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Joan Riley •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Richard Bird, Rosamond Burne, Peter Gray, Scot Finch, Michael Meacham, Marie-Claire Verlene, Pearson Dodd, Richard Fox, Peter Greenspan, David Lord, Hugh Wakefield 


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69) Simply Heavenly (Original London)   

Joué durant  1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 16 représentations
Première preview: 20 May 1958
Première: 20 May 1958
Dernière: 31 May 1958

Compositeur: Margaret Martin •  
Parolier: Langston Hughes •  
Libettiste: Langston Hughes •  
Metteur en scène: Joshua Shelley •  
Chorégraphe: ???? ???? •  
Avec: Bertice Reading (Miss Mamie) , Ilene Day (Zara), Melvin Stewart (Simple), Marpessa Dawn (Joyce Lane) 


Commentaire: The problem with a poor show called “Simply Heavenly” is that it clearly invited critical headlines like "Simply Isn't" and "Simply Awful".
It duly received such a press.  (plus) 


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68) Auntie Mame ()

Joué durant  

Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 1958
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène:  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Natalie Kent, John Hall, John A. Tinn, Brenda Duncan, Florence Desmond, John Ireland Wood, Tom Gill, Barrington Hunt, Gerald Welch, Beatrice Lillie, Michael Browning, David Bird, Peter Carlisle, Barrington Hunt, Allan Casley, Joan Peart, Nicholas Stevenson, Bruce Morton, Raymond Lennox, Joan Peart, Martin Pierce, John Ireland Wood, Geoffrey Toone, Michael Browning, Rosemary Davis, Peter Carlisle, Helen Horton, Martin Pierce, Natalie Lynn, John Ireland Wood, Nicholas Stevenson, Bruce Morton, Barrington Hunt, Dinsdale Landen, Rosamund Greenwood, Patrick Holt, Jacqueline Ellis, Pamela Simpson, Donald Stewart, Jill Melford, Ronald Raymond 


Commentaire: Beatrice Lillie, billed as ‘the funniest woman in the world’, grew up in Toronto and made her West End debut in 1914. She appeared in revue, on radio, and in television, films, and one-woman shows, and won an international reputation for her vivacity, wit, and use of parody.  (plus) 


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67) Country Wife (The) ()

Joué durant  

Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 1957
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: George Devine •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Stephen Dartnell, Esme Percy, Diana Churchill, Sheila Ballantine, Alan Bates, Frederick Treves, John Moffatt, George Devine, Joan Plowright, Maureen Quinney, Moyra Fraser, Margaret Ashcroft, Margery Caldicott, Brian Hankins, Skippo 


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66) United Notions (Original)

Joué durant  

Première preview: 28 November 1956
Première: 28 November 1956
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Arthur Lesser •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Pinky Lee, Patachou, George Tapps, Tommy Trinder 


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65) ** Hors DB Spectacle ()

Joué durant  

Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 28 October 1956
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène:  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Andre Bellac, Georges Bellac, Francois Soubeyran, Paul Tourenne, Pierre Philippe (pianist). 


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64) Such Is Life (Original)

Joué durant  

Première preview: 14 December 1955
Première: 14 December 1955
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Jo Davies • Alec Shanks •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Al Read, Jack Tripp, Shirley Bassey, Aud Johansen, Odette Crystal, Pat Hill and Lenny Delma, Bob and Marion Konyot, Allen Christie, Richard Lancaster, The John Tiller GIrls and the George Mitchell Chorus 


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63) Talk of the Town (The) (Original)

Joué durant  

Première preview: 16 November 1954
Première: 16 November 1954
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Jo Davies • Alec Shanks •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Jimmy Edwards, Tony Hancock, Joan Turner, The Trio Bassi, Page and Bray, Lucienne and Astor, The John Tiller Girls, Kathryn Moore, Billy McCormack, Reg O'List, Charles Holford, Denver Thornton, Ted Hyde, Glen Blake. 


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62) Lovebirds (The) ()

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Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 20 April 1954
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Wallace Douglas •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Dora Bryan, Jean Aubrey, John Scott, Billie Hill, James Sharkey and Dorothy Blythe. 


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61) You'll Be Lucky (Original)

Joué durant  

Première preview: 25 February 1954
Première: 25 February 1954
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Jo Davies • Alec Shanks •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Al Read. Sally Barnes, Lauri Lupino Lune. George Truzzi, Josephine Anne. Ann Tyrell, Josephine Blake, John Oxley. Trevor Griffiths, Peter Gilmore, John McCulloch, The Regency Singers. The John Tiller Girls, The Lucky Lovelies and The Berkeley Dancers 


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60) You'll Be Lucky (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 436 représentations
Première preview: 25 February 1954
Première: 25 February 1954
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène:  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: AL READ, SHANI WALLIS, LAURI LUPINO LANE, GEORGE TRUZZI, ANN TYRELL, JOSEPHINE BLAKE, MARIAN LANE,, TREVOR GRIFFITHS, JOHN OXLEY, PETER GILMORE, JOHN McCULLOCH, GEORGE GILES, BRYAN MARLEY, MICHAEL MILLER and DAVID SPURLING . 


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59) London Laughs (Original)

Joué durant  1 an 10 mois

Première preview: 12 April 1952
Première: 12 April 1952
Dernière: 06 February 1954

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène:  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Jimmy Edwards, Vera Lynn, Tony Hancock, The Jack Billings Trio, Natalie Raine, Erica York, The Hppy-Go-Lovelies, Derek Rosen, Jane Shorem The Cavendish Singers, the John Tiller Girls, Pauline Johnson, The Bedini Troupe, Michael Dalton, The Adelphi Theatre Orchestra 


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58) Moment of Truth (The) (Original)

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Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 1951
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: John Fernald •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Anthony Marlowe, Donald Eccles, Charles Goldner, Josephine Griffin, Noel Hood, Eric Portman, Brian Wilde, Cyril Luckham, Harry Gwyn-Davies 


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57) Take It From Us (Original)

Joué durant  

Première preview: 30 October 1950
Première: 30 October 1950
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène:  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Jimmy Edwards, Joy Nichols, Dick Bently, Wallas Eaton, Harry Dawson, Patricia Hartley, Maurice St. Clair and Gloria Day, The Costello Twins, Count le Roy, Annettes 16 Dancettes, The Strand Steppers, Donald Craig, John Vicars, John Fothergill and Frank Brown 


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56) Golden City (Original)

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 140 représentations
Première preview: 15 June 1950
Première: 15 June 1950
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: John Toré •  
Parolier: John Toré •  
Libettiste: John Toré •  
Metteur en scène: Michael Benthall •  
Chorégraphe: Robert Helpmann •  
Avec: Moyra Fraser, Julia Shelley (Sarie van Seim), Judith Whitaker (Anna) Eleanor Summerfield (Mabel Page), Muriel Brunskill (Tante de Villiers) , Norman Lawrence (Danny Martin), Ray Buckingham (Dirk), Edmund Purdom, Mako Hlubi 


Commentaire: The composer, John Toré, was a 30 year old Rhodesian. In June 1959 his second musical “Charlie Boy”, about Kentish hop-pickers, was about to go into production when he suddenly died at the age of 35. The show was abandoned…  (plus) 


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55) Castle in the Air ()

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Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 07 December 1949
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Roy Rich •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Ewan Roberts, Coral Browne, Jack Buchanan, William Kendall, Irene Manning 


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54) Tough at the Top (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 154 représentations
Première preview: 15 July 1949
Première: 15 July 1949
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Vivian Ellis •  
Parolier: A.P. Herbert •  
Libettiste: A.P. Herbert •  
Metteur en scène: Wendy Toye •  
Chorégraphe: Wendy Toye •  
Avec: Berly Kaye, Jean Telfer, Kyle Adair, Keith Beckett, Peter Darrell, Clive Stock, Felix Kent, Peter Morton, Geoffrey Bayldon, Maria D'Attili, Carol Raye, Pearl Newman, Gwen Nelson, Brian Reece, George Tozzi, Eddie Byrne, Stanley Rose, Peter Morton, Richard Dunn, Vincent Charles, Peter Lupino, Tommy Linden, Alex Dignam, Paddy Ryan, Joe Powell, Queenie Taylor, Anita Bolster. The ballet: Beryl Kaye, Tommy Linden, Claudine Goodfellow, Tamara Kirova, Barbara Pearce, Mary Reynolds, Margaret Tate, Keith Beckett, Maurice Boyle, Peter Darrell, Edward Elders, Donald Gillies. Singers: June Bishop, Phyllis Bridgwater, Dorothy Caston, Muriel Cooke, Janet Crawford, Hilary Gordon, Leonie Hodge, Joan Kaye, Mimi Piper, Joan Ryan, Queenie Taylor, Mary Turner, Sheila Williams, Richard Aubrey, Day Buckingham, Vincent Charles, Andrew Cole, Gil Cornwall, Richard Dunn, Herbert Garry, Philip Livesey, Walter Myerson, Terence O'Donohue, Brian Tebbit, Cyril Turnidge, Ridgway West. 


Commentaire: Charles Cochran imported Maria d’Attili from Bolivia and George Tozzi from New York to head his latest Vivian Ellis production. This was intended to top the glory of “Bless the Bride” - but it was too long, too unexciting, and too improbable, despite its magnificent Edwardian costumes and lavish settings. Sadly it would be the last of C. B Cochran’s West End shows. He died in January 1951, aged 78, having been a major force in British theatre since the 1920s.  (plus) 


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53) Bless the Bride (Original)   

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Nb de représentations: 886 représentations
Première preview: 26 April 1947
Première: 26 April 1947
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Vivian Ellis •  
Parolier: A.P. Herbert •  
Libettiste: A.P. Herbert •  
Metteur en scène: Wendy Toye •  
Chorégraphe: Wendy Toye •  
Avec: Lizbeth Welch (Lucy Veracity Willow), Georges Guetary (Pierre Fontaine), Brian Reece (Thomas Trout), Betty Paul (Suzanne Valois) 


Commentaire: This was Lizbeth Welch’s first leading role, and the show itself the very best of the series of collaborations between Vivian Ellis, A.P. Herbert and the producer C.B. Cochran. In spite of the huge success of the “new” American shows like “Oklahoma” and “Annie Get Your Gun”, “Bless the Bride” became a great favourite, running for two years.  (plus) 


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52) Big Ben (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 172 représentations
Première preview: 17 July 1946
Première: 17 July 1946
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Vivian Ellis •  
Parolier: A.P. Herbert •  
Libettiste: A.P. Herbert •  
Metteur en scène: Wendy Toye •  
Chorégraphe: Wendy Toye •  
Avec: Carole Lynne (Grace Green), Trefor Jones (Henry Hope), Eric Palmer (George Hume), David Davies (Benjamin Green), Gabrielle Brune (Juniper Joy), Lizbeth Webb (Miss Sylvester) 


Commentaire: This was a very competent and well-written combination of political humour and a dose of patriotism for a Britain that had survived the war with its democracy and its spirit intact. However its “preachy” quality tended to overwhelm the comedy and fun. It managed a five month run. Shortly after opening Carole Lynne (Mrs Bernard Delfont) dropped out of the show due to pregnancy, and was replaced by Lizbeth Webb. Then Gabrielle Brune dropped out for the same reason, replaced by Noele Gordon.  (plus) 


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51) Can-Can (version Max Catto) (Original)

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 76 représentations
Première preview: 08 May 1946
Première: 08 May 1946
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Jacques Offenbach •  
Parolier: Fred F. Tysh •  
Libettiste: Max Catto •  
Metteur en scène: William Mollison •  
Chorégraphe: Pauline Grant •  
Avec: Clifford Mollison (Paul Latour), Elizabeth French (Angela), Charles Doming (Count Simon), Leo Franklyn (Alphonse), Noel Morris (Due de Chambreau), Margaret Davison (Colette), Doreen Duke (Lolita), William March (Alfred), John Marquand (Claude) 


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50) Sweet Yesterday (Original)

Joué durant  5 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 196 représentations
Première preview: 21 June 1945
Première: 21 June 1945
Dernière: 08 December 1945

Compositeur: Kenneth Leslie Smith •  
Parolier: James Dyrenforth • Max Kester • Philip Leaver •  
Libettiste: Philip Leaver •  
Metteur en scène: Jack Hulbert •  
Chorégraphe: Frank Staff • Cleo Nordi •  
Avec: Reginald Tate (Sir John Manders), Anne Ziegler (Louise Varennes), Doris Hare (Madame Sans-Gene), Webster Booth (Captain Labouchere), Mark Daly (Cabouchon) 


Commentaire: This began life as a 1941 radio play as a war propaganda exercise, and was expanded into a musical to showcase the enormously popular husband and wife singing team, Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth. It was an unhappy show from the start of its pre-London tour in Edinburgh. The experienced director Esmé Church was new to musicals, whilst the choreographer, Frank Staff was expert at ballet but not at dances for actor-singers. After a series of complaints from the stars, Jack Hulbert was brought in as replacement director, and Cleo Nordi was added to the choreography team. Then Hugh Morton, the original Sir John, was replaced with Reginald Tate, causing Ziegler and Booth to announce they were walking out in protest. However, the producer Lee Ephraim, told them this would be a breach of contract and he would be prepared to sue. In this really unhappy atmosphere the show opened in London to mixed notices. However, the star names meant the show was extremely successful at the box office and ran six months up to December, when the Adelphi was pre-booked for the pantomime season. Lee Ephraim wanted to arrange a transfer to another theatre, but this required the agreement of Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth. They did not agree, and took
the opportunity to leave the show. Without its stars there was no realistic prospect of it continuing.  (plus) 


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49) Love Racket (The) (Original)

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 36 représentations
Première preview: 23 December 1944
Première: 23 December 1944
Dernière: Inconnu

Fait partie de: London Run

Compositeur: Noel Gay •  
Parolier: Barbara Gordon • Basil Thomas • Frank Eyton • Leslie Gibbs •  
Libettiste: Stanley Lupino •  
Metteur en scène: William Mollison •  
Chorégraphe: Freddie Carpenter •  
Avec: Harry Milton (Johnnie Stanton), Carol Raye (Jane Denver), Roy Royston (Jimmie), Valerie Tandy (Minnie), Arthur Askey (Tony Merrick), Peggy Carlisle (Bonnie), Finlay Currie (Samuel T. Kelly), Hugh Morton (The Stranger) 


Commentaire: Se jouera au Victoria Palace Theatre, au Princes Theatre puis à l'Adelphi Theatre.  (plus) 


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48) Dancing Years (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 ans 3 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 969 représentations
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 14 March 1942
Dernière: 08 July 1944

Compositeur: Ivor Novello •  
Parolier: Christopher Hassall •  
Libettiste: Ivor Novello •  
Metteur en scène: Leontine Sagan •  
Chorégraphe: Freddie Carpenter •  
Avec: Ivor Novello (Rudi Kleber), Muriel Barron (Maria Zeigler), Roma Beaumont (Grete Schöne), Olive Gilbert (Cäcile Kurt), Peter Graves (Franzi), Victor Bogetti (Prince Charles Metternich) 


Commentaire: This first revival followed its long provincial tour, after it was forced to leave London because of the outbreak of war. This time it ran for 969 performances, again forced to close in July 1944 because of increased bombing activity.
Earlier in 1944 Ivor Novello had to leave the show, having been sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment.  (plus) 


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47) Bobby get your Gun (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 92 représentations
Première preview: 07 October 1938
Première: 07 October 1938
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Jack Waller • Joseph Tunbridge •  
Parolier: Bert Lee • Clifford Grey • Desmond Carter •  
Libettiste: Bert Lee • Fred Thompson • Guy Bolton •  
Metteur en scène: William Mollison •  
Chorégraphe: Freddie Carpenter •  
Avec: Bobby Howes (Bobby Lockwood), Wylie Watson (Pettick), Bertha Belmore (Aunt Prunella), Gertrude Niesen (Lupe), Diana Churchill (Rita), David Bums (Flash Tomkins), Max Oldaker, Carl Bernard, The Four Franks. 


Commentaire: It was possible that by now the tried-and-tested formula of the Howes-Watson-Belmore partnership was beginning to run out of steam. Although the performers themselves were welcomed back into the West End, the material itself came in for criticism, and the show came off on New Year’s Eve, less than three months.  (plus) 


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46) Happy Returns ()

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Première preview: 19 May 1938
Première: 19 May 1938
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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45) Balalaika (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 569 représentations
Première preview: 19 February 1938
Première: 19 February 1938
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Eric Maschwitz •  
Parolier: Bernard Grun • George Posford •  
Libettiste: Bernard Grun • George Posford •  
Metteur en scène: Leontine Sagan •  
Chorégraphe: Joan Davis •  
Avec: Eric Marshall (Colonel Balakirev), Dorothy Seacombe (Mrs Morrison), Bennett O’Loughlan (Randall P. Morrison), Roger Treville (Peter Karagin), Muriel Angelus (Lydia Marakova), Jerrold Robertshaw (Prince Karagin), Arthur Hardy (Marakov), Clifford Mollinson (Nicki), Betty Warren (Masha) 


Commentaire: This is a revised version of the 1933 play “The Great Hussar”. With gipsy songs and dances, a major ballet performance, dramatic revolution scenes, and Cossack dancing it was a great critical and popular success.
An MGM film version was made in 1939 starring Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey using a new score made up of songs by Sigmund Romberg. Only one song, “At the Balalaika” remained from the original stage show.

London Run: Adelphi Theatre 22/12/1936 - Transferred to His Majesty's 6/2/1937 - Transferred to Adelphi 19/2/1938.  (plus) 


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44) Laughing Cavalier (The) (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 38 représentations
Première preview: 19 October 1937
Première: 19 October 1937
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Wainwright Morgan •  
Parolier: Reginald Arkell • Stafford Byrne •  
Libettiste: Reginald Arkell • Stafford Byrne •  
Metteur en scène: William Mollison •  
Chorégraphe: Hedley Briggs •  
Avec: Arthur Margetson (Don Juan), John Garrick (Franz Hals), Irene Eisinger (Lysbeth), Nora Swinburne (Maryka), Charles Heslop (Burgomaster), Viola Tree (Burgomaster’s wife). 


Commentaire: With some beautiful scenes re-creating Flemish paintings, Dutch songs, Dutch dances, dancing cavaliers, and even lute solos, this was a lavish treat for the eye and ear, but with such a thin plot that it failed to hold an audience and came off within five weeks.  (plus) 


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43) Home and Beauty (Original)

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Première preview: 02 February 1937
Première: 02 February 1937
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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Avec: Miss Minnie Hale, Mr. Nelson Keys 


Commentaire: THE CORONATION REVUE
H0ME AND BFAUTY at the Adelphi, is a revue which contains Miss Minnie Hale and Mr. Nelson Keys; therefore it is a good revue. It has been written by Mr. A. O. Herbert, with music by Mr. Brodzky, which means that the words and tunes are always worth hearing, if late-comers. coughers, and conversationalists will give you a chance. Mr. Herbert's wit is apt to be a bit too good for the theatre, especially for a musical show, whose patrons may easily miss the neatness of the verbal play amid the general hurly-burly.  (plus) 


Presse: "H0ME AND BFAUTY at the Adelphi, is a revue which contains Miss Minnie Hale and Mr. Nelson Keys; therefore it is a good revue. It has been written by Mr. A. P. Herbert, with music by Mr. Brodzky, which means that the words and tunes are always worth hearing, if late-comers, coughers, and conversationalists will give you a chance. Mr. Herbert's wit is apt to be a bit too good for the theatre, especially for a musical show, whose patrons may easily miss the neatness of the verbal play amid the general hurly-burly.
However, so Iong as the patrons like paying for the wit that goes over their hearts and Mr Herbert draws the appropriate proceeds, there seems to be no cause for grumbling. Perhaps Mr. Herbert will note, for future use, that jokes about the Stock Exchange and trousers coming down appeal a great deal more than does clever allusion to political and psycho-analytical detail. Certainly the funniest sketch in the show was that in which Mr Nelson Keys, as a multi-millionaire who had collected a repulsive cold and had also lost his braces, continued to "play the market” and support his menaced trousers single-handed. This was superbly done.
“Home" in this revue is represented by baronial halls to which all and very sundry come for a week-end. For beauty there art numerous "lovelies," one or two enchantmgly lit scenes of ballet, costume, and fantasy, and the top-notes of Miss Citta Alpar, who brings an operatic virtuosity to enliven the stately homes of England. Miss Binnie Hale manages to be admirably everything and everywhere when fun is wanted; while Mr. Nelson Keys gets in and out of hunting pink, farmer's brown, and plumber's blue, sharing Miss Hale's magnificent ability to be everything by turns and nothing long. The stately home is well supported bv Mr. Norman Williams and Miss Xorah Howard, as owners or lessees: it is nice to think that anybody in these days can support so many footmen and other menials without having to be a multiple-store owner in order to keep them in buttons and boot polish.
Mr. John Murray Anderson has devised and staged this Coronation Revue for Mr. Cochran, and has done it with great efficiency. It is now the business of the revue not to fade out before the Coronation, which means lasting three-and-a-half months. That does not seem very much to ask of a Cochran-Herbert-Hale-Keys entertainment. But the second half of the show seemed to me to go a bit limp on the first night. Might not the sketch about the modern children go? Though its idea is good it somehow jarred a bit, and the show is amply long enough, anyway. The Coronation is saluted with a royal toast and there are occasional symptoms of Cavalcadish sentiment. But the transition from loyalty to laughter is usually quick and tactful. Mr. Brodzky has given us one tune about love which will be loved by everybody in the land. This 'll make us whistle.
" BKHIN'D YOUR BACK." by Mr diaries I-andstone. now on view at the Strand Theatre, belongs to a class of play which usually interests me—that is to say. the type which Polonius might have called " industnal-comical ” or “ industnal-comical-tragical,” for. prudently, there is pathos as well as satire; it is always wise to lace your laughter with a little grief. The recipe here is to take a form of commerce or industry and. without bothering too much about a plot, to reveal the trade’s daily or even hourly troubles, follies, relaxations, and crises of all kinds. Arnold Bennett used to do this sort of thing in novel form with the utmost fascination : luxury catering was his special industry. Then Mr. and Mrs. Stuart in " Nine Till Six ” made a most popular piece about the dressmaking trade ; while Miss Dodie Smith, in “Service,” took us round a great store. Mr. I .andstone knows the theatre, especially as a " front-of-the-house ” manager, and his play shows us the adventures or tribulations of those who work there in a managerial or humbler capacity.
Of course, in order to get theatrical shape, the dramatist has to condense into a single evening a series of love* affairs and minor calamities which might happen to various people over the course of a year. You may conclude that all this could not possibly occur during a couple of hours in a dress-circle bar. But surely that is not an objection which need worry us to any considerable extent. What matters is that the people concerned should be likely, their affairs plausible, and their dialogue and actions vivid, significant and true to life. Here Mr. I.andstonc has succeeded amply, and Mr Shiner's light and nimble production of his piece successfully wards off any sensation of monotony.
The obvious remark to make is that, if life “ behind one’s back “ is so dramatic, why remain in the dress-circle to watch the actors ? Let us turn backward to the bar and sample real life in the much-vexed company of the manager. Certainly Mr. Landstone has created some excellent types for our entertainment, not least the bar manageress (Miss Kathleen Boutall) and the harassed manager (Mr. Jack Melford). The cream of the jest, however, is the appearance of Mr. Esm4 Percy as a demonstrative actor-manager who comes to everybody's rescue in the hour of failure His performance is a grand piece of mischief, burlesqueing all the flamboyance and the fudge of a second-rate mummer.
To anyone also who knows the theatre from inside, the desperate efforts to keep a failing play on its legs and the menace of unemployment which a failure involves are really moving. It is not only a case of “ Laugh, clown, laugh'". Let us remember that a programme-girl may have visions of to-morrow's hunger as she serves the tea and cake of the final matinee. We think only of broken-hearted author and of actors who have toiled in vain ; but a "flop“ scatters distress far wider afield than that. It is well for playgoers to be reminded." Ivo Brown - The Sketch - 10/2/1937

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42) Balalaika (Original)

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 569 représentations
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 22 December 1936
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Eric Maschwitz •  
Parolier: Bernard Grun • George Posford •  
Libettiste: Bernard Grun • George Posford •  
Metteur en scène: Leontine Sagan •  
Chorégraphe: Joan Davis •  
Avec: Eric Marshall (Colonel Balakirev), Dorothy Seacombe (Mrs Morrison), Bennett O’Loughlan (Randall P. Morrison), Roger Treville (Peter Karagin), Muriel Angelus (Lydia Marakova), Jerrold Robertshaw (Prince Karagin), Arthur Hardy (Marakov), Clifford Mollinson (Nicki), Betty Warren (Masha) 


Commentaire: This is a revised version of the 1933 play “The Great Hussar”. With gipsy songs and dances, a major ballet performance, dramatic revolution scenes, and Cossack dancing it was a great critical and popular success.
An MGM film version was made in 1939 starring Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey using a new score made up of songs by Sigmund Romberg. Only one song, “At the Balalaika” remained from the original stage show.

London Run: Adelphi Theatre 22/12/1936 - Transferred to His Majesty's 6/2/1937 - Transferred to Adelphi 19/2/1938.  (plus) 


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41) Blackbirds of 1936 (Original)

Joué durant  2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 23 représentations
Première preview: 09 November 1936
Première: 09 November 1936
Dernière: 26 November 1936

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Avec: Batie and Foster, Emmett Wallace, Emery Smith, Nicholas Brothers, Tim Moore, Aland, Danny, Gelli Smith, Tiny Ray, Gus Simmons, Attles, McDaniels, James Skelton, Johnson, White, John Garth, Simons, Gordon, Rogers. Lavaida Carter, Eunice Wilson, Fela Sowande, Gallie de Gaston, Anise, Edith, Katie Hall, Mildred Marshall, Famous J. Rosamond Johnson Choir, Blackbirds Beauty Chorus, Hall, Marshall, King, Ross, Sade McGill, Marie Robbinson, Wicks, Cue, Ellis, Cooper. 


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40) Transatlantic Rhythm (Original)

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Première preview: 01 October 1936
Première: 01 October 1936
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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Avec: Lupe Velez, Lou Holtz, Ruth Etting 


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39) Follow the Sun (Original)

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Première preview: 04 February 1936
Première: 04 February 1936
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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Commentaire: Programme complet disponible dans la version longue de ce commentaire.  (plus) 


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38) Fritzi (Original)

Joué durant  

Première preview: 20 December 1935
Première: 20 December 1935
Dernière: Inconnu

Fait partie de: London Run

Compositeur: Karl Tucker •  
Parolier: Arthur Stanley •  
Libettiste: Edward Royce • Sydney Blow •  
Metteur en scène: John Wyse •  
Chorégraphe: Marianne Sergei • Peter Sergei •  
Avec: Rosalinde Fuller (Fritzi), Ivan Wilmot (André Sorbier), Madeleine Seymour (Paulette Leclaire), Alfred Wellesley (Gendarme Chief), Leslie French Charles), Betty Frankis (Desirée), Bruce Winston (Paul DuPortal) 


Commentaire: Se crée puis se joue à l'Adelphi Theatre à partir du 20 décembre 1935
Transféré au Prince's Theatre (Shaftesbury actuel) à partir du 13 janvier 1936.

Carl Tucker (the composer) was heavily promoted as being “from Vienna”, and the leading lady, Rosalinde Fuller, a well known classical actress, was promoted as having begun her career at the Folies Bergère. It was this mish-mash of musical styles that made the show heavy-going - dance sequences such as “South Sea Idyll” and a Valse Scena, acrobats and a mouth-organ speciality didn’t really fit alongside its romantic story. It ran its contracted month at the Adelphi and then transferred for a further six weeks at the Prince’s Theatre (Shaftesbury) - but never really caught on. (When Rosalinde Fuller died in 1982, aged 90, it was discovered that she had had an affair in 1920 with the author F.Scott Fitzgerald and was the inspiration for the chorus girl character in his novel “Head and Shoulders”)  (plus) 


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37) Mr Whittington (Original)

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Première preview: 17 September 1934
Première: 17 September 1934
Dernière: Inconnu

Fait partie de: London Run

Compositeur: Jack Waller • John W. Green • Joseph Tunbridge •  
Parolier: Jack Waller • John W. Green • Joseph Tunbridge •  
Libettiste: Clifford Grey • Douglas Furber • Greatrex Newman •  
Metteur en scène: Jack Buchanan •  
Chorégraphe: Jack Buchanan •  
Avec: Jack Buchanan (Dick Whittington), Elsie Randolph (Betty Trotter), Alfred Drayton (Sir Timothy Hawkins), Kathleen Gibson (Ena Hawkins), Fred Emney (Lord Leatherhead), Richard Harris (Emperor of Morocco), William Kendall. 


Commentaire: Créé au London Hippodrome le 1er février 1934
Transféré à l’Adelphi Theatre le 17 septembre 1934  (plus) 


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36) She loves me not ()

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Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 1934
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
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Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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Avec: Vera Marshe, Victor Kilian, Howard Phillips, Betty Field, Roberta Beatty, Geoffrey Bryant, George Dillon, Broderick Crawford, Clinton Sundberg, Edmund Dalby, Wilma Vanne, Arthur Finn, Molly Johns, Zvee Scooler, Edward H. Robins, William Harrigan, Elizabeth Love, Jessie Belmore, Edward Fielding, Peter Mather, Will Lansdowne, Robert Sears, Joshua Logan, Eric Bass 


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35) Nymph Errant (Original)

Joué durant  4 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 154 représentations
Première preview: 06 October 1933
Première: 06 October 1933
Dernière: 17 February 1934

Compositeur: Cole Porter •  
Parolier: Cole Porter •  
Libettiste: Romney Brent •  
Metteur en scène: Romney Brent •  
Chorégraphe: Agnès de Mille •  
Avec: Gertrude Lawrence (Evangeline Edwards), Iris Ashley (Madeleine), Doris Carson (Henrietta Bamberg), Walter Crisham (Ben Winthrop), Austin Trevor (Andre de Croissant), David Burns (Constantine), Elisabeth Welch (Haidee Robinson), Queenie Leonard (Clarissa Parks), Moya Nugent (Miss Pratt), Ralph Roberts (Dr. Sandford, Kassim), Alexander Ivo (Alexei), Morton Selten (Count Hohenadelborn-Mantalini), Edward Underdown (Joe the gardener), Hella Kurty (Bertha), Norah Howard (Joyce Arbuthnot-Palmer), Margaret Emden (Aunt Ermyntrude), Winifred Oughton (Edith Sandford), Wilfred Caithness (Reverend Pither), May Agate (Mme. Arthur), Jean Davaut (Hercule), Jessie Busley (Mrs. Bamberg), Bruce Winston (The Eunuch), Betty Hare, Gerald Nodin, Annabel Gibson, and Kenneth Ware (Tourists) 


Commentaire: Pre-London try-out: à l'Opera House de Manchester à partir du 11 septembre 1933 prendant trois semaines, produit par C. B. Cochran  (plus) 


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34) Words and Music (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 164 représentations
Première preview: 16 September 1932
Première: 16 September 1932
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Noël Coward •  
Parolier: Noël Coward •  
Libettiste: Noël Coward •  
Metteur en scène: ???? ???? •  
Chorégraphe: ???? ???? •  
Avec: Ivy St Helier, Phyllis Harding, Betty Hare, Moya Nugent, Ann Coddrington, Naomi Waters, Steffi Duna, Doris Hare, John Mills, Joyce Barbour, Thea Camacho, Eileen Clifton, Elizabeth Corcoran, Dorothy Cooper, Elizabeth Jenns, Eileen Moore, Clifford Seagrave, Edward Underdown, Kenneth Carten, Norah Howard, Effie Atherton, Millie Sim, Gerald Nodin, Romney Brent, Rita Lyle, Joy Spring, Jack Spurgeon, Graham Payn, Gladys Lincoln, Elizabeth Jenns, Cyril Butcher, Bill Ham, Leslie Roberts, Tony Hulley, Jack Beaumont, Tom Rees, Frank Evans, Betty Wedgewood, Clifford Seagrave, Cyril Wells, Peter Crawford, Jimmy Carney, Kenneth Carten, Eddie Latimer, Edward Britten, Warren Dalmayne, Tommy Hayes plus a girsl and boys chorus. 


Commentaire: A revue written by Noël and starring Ivy St. Helier, John Mills and Joyce Barbour. The film below, shot by Coward, records parts of the show and gives a rare glimpse of Noël's hands writing and playing at the piano. Charles B. Cochran first presented this revue at the Opera House, Manchester on 25 August 1932 - it ran until 10 September. It transferred to the Adelphi Theatre, London on the 16 September, 1932 and ran for 164 performances.  (plus) 


Presse: The Manchester Guardian wrote of the show: "Mr. Coward has never sharpened his quill to better purpose than here. In many of the numbers his neatly polished libretto has more than mere verbal ingenuity, and his musical score, though by this time its conventions are familiar, shows a wide and diverting range both in parody and in construction... an acid Anglo-Indian scene with a chorus of sahibs declaiming that 'no matter how much we sozzle and souse, the sun never sets upon Government House', leads to a swinging mock-heroic number with the refrain 'But mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun' that has a true Gilbertian flavour."

The Times wrote: "Mr. Coward has the gift of attack... he had the audience cheering before the opening chorus was spent.... Mr. Coward has, above all else, the gift of satire, and this revue, being primarily satirical, is his best work in the musical kind... the active fierceness which is the distinction between genuine satire and empty sneering." The paper thought "Something to do with Spring" the only failure in the show, praised "Mad About the Boy", "Midnight Matinée" and the parodies of Casanova and Journey's End, and was undecided about "Let's Say Goodbye." It praised the performances of St Helier, Brent, Hare, Barbour, Steffi Duna and Nora Howard.[4] The Daily Mirror commented, Words and Music "bears the stamp of genius.... 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' is another song that goes with such snap and sparkle that it is bound to be heard wherever there are gramophones and pianos.... Words and Music has nothing in common with the average revue. Mr Coward, indeed, lifts it far above the ordinary".

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33) Helen! (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 194 représentations
Première preview: 30 January 1932
Première: 30 January 1932
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Jacques Offenbach •  
Parolier: Henri Meilhac • Ludovic Halévy •  
Libettiste: Henri Meilhac • Ludovic Halévy •  
Metteur en scène: Max Reinhardt •  
Chorégraphe: Leonide Massine •  
Avec: Helen (Evelyn Laye), George Robey (Menelaus), Bruce Carfax (Paris), W.H. Berry (Calchas), Winifred Davis (June), Shirley Dale (Minerva), Desiree Ellinger (Orestes), Joy Spring (Pylades), Hay Petrie (Mercury), Roy Russell (Achilles), Leslie Jones (Agamemnon) 


Commentaire: This was an updated revision of Offenbach’s “La Belle Helene" first performed in Paris in 1864 and in London in 1866. The re-written version was a parody of the original, which was itself a parody of Homer’s poem. As such it did not please everyone, with some finding it “too silly for words”. However, all agreed it had spectacular scenery and costumes and superb dancing - though some felt it was more a variety show and revue rather than a musical comedy.  (plus) 


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32) Grand Hotel (Baum) ()

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Première preview: Inconnu
Première: September 1931
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Raymond Massey •  
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Avec: Lisaveta Andrejewna Grusinskaja (Elena Miramova), Ursula Jeans (Christine Flamm), Ivor Barnard (Otto Kringelein), Hugh Williams (Baron von Gaigern), Lyn Harding (Director Preysing), Ernest Milton (Doctor Otternschlag), Marjorie Gabain (Suzanne), Harold Scott (Witte), George Merritt (Meierheim), Griffith Humphries (Zinnowitz), Cyril Fairlie (Gerstenkorn), Philip Brandon (Schweimann), Leonard Shepherd (Doctor Waitz), Basil Loder (Reception Clerk), Reginald Atkinson (Assistant Reception Clerk), Vincent Holman (Senf (Hotel Porter)), Gerald Case (Assistant Porter), Betty Lynne (Anne (Chambermaid)), Edward Dagnall (Professor Krauss), Everley Gregg (Telephone Girl), Betty Freeman (Telephone Girl), Drelincourt Odlum (Valet), Tom Woods (Head Waiter), Alexander Sarner (Chauffeur), David Homan (Journalist) 


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31) Ever Green (Original London)

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Nb de représentations: 254 représentations
Première preview: 03 December 1930
Première: 03 December 1930
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Richard Rodgers •  
Parolier: Lorenz M. Hart •  
Libettiste: Benn Levy •  
Metteur en scène: Frank Collins •  
Chorégraphe: Buddy Bradley • Billy Pierce •  
Avec: It starred dancer Jessie Matthews (who played both the mother and the daughter) and comedian Sonnie Hale, who married her the following year. It also featured Joyce Barbour and Jean Cadell. 


Commentaire: C'est avec ce spectacle que le nouveau théâtre Adelphi (quatrième du nom) a ouvert sur le Strand.  (plus) 


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30) House that Jack built (The) (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 270 représentations
Première preview: 08 November 1929
Première: 08 November 1929
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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29) Mr Cinders (Original)

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Première preview: 11 February 1929
Première: 11 February 1929
Dernière: Inconnu

Fait partie de: LondonOvertureRun

Compositeur: Richard Myers • Vivian Ellis •  
Parolier: Clifford Grey • Greatrex Newman •  
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Metteur en scène: George D. Parker •  
Chorégraphe: Max Rivers •  
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Commentaire: After a tryout in Blackpool in September 1928 and three-month provincial tour, the musical opened in London at the Adelphi Theatre on 11 February 1929 and moved to the London Hippodrome on 15 July 1929. It ran for 528 performances.  (plus) 


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28) Clowns in Clover (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 508 représentations
Première preview: 01 December 1927
Première: 01 December 1927
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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Avec: Bobbie Comber, Cicely Courtneidge, Dennis Cowles, Chick Endor, Jack Hulbert, June, Irene Russell, Jack Wright 


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27) Up With the Lark (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 92 représentations
Première preview: 25 August 1927
Première: 25 August 1927
Dernière: 12 November 1927

Compositeur: Philip Braham •  
Parolier: Douglas Furber •  
Libettiste: Douglas Furber • Hartley Carrick •  
Metteur en scène: George Grossmith •  
Chorégraphe: Max Rivers • Ethel Heliwell •  
Avec: Leslie Sarony, Adrienne Ash, Henry Wenman, Diana Wilson, Billie Hill, Austin Melford, Allen Kearns, Anita Elson, Robert Michaelis, W.A. Haines, Charles King et Harry Pringle. 


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26) Broadway ()

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 252 représentations
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 1927
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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Avec: Walter Armin, Roy Lloyd, Eleanor Hicks, Olga Hanson, Ben Welden, Josephine Evans, Olive Blakeney, Karen Peterson, Lilian Lyndon, Bunty O'Nolan, Violet Dunn, Bernard J. Nedell, Carlo De Angelo, Joseph Crehan, Gerald Lundegard, Hartley Power, Victor Tremaïne, Cliffman Jewell, Alec Harford 


Commentaire: It was Abbott's first big hit on his way to becoming "the most famous play doctor of all time" after he "rejiggered" Dunning's play. The crime drama used "contemporary street slang and a hard-boiled, realistic atmosphere" to depict the New York City underworld during Prohibition. It opened on September 16, 1926, at the Broadhurst Theatre and was one of the venue's greatest hits, running for 603 performances.  (plus) 


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25) Merely Molly (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 85 représentations
Première preview: 22 September 1926
Première: 22 September 1926
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
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24) Betty in Mayfair (Original)

Joué durant  5 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 182 représentations
Première preview: 11 November 1925
Première: 11 November 1925
Dernière: 24 April 1926

Compositeur: Harold Fraser-Simon •  
Parolier: Harry Graham •  
Libettiste: John Hastings Turner •  
Metteur en scène: Fred J. Blackman •  
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Avec: Evelyn Laye (Betty), Mary Leigh (Kitty), Leslie Faber (The Rev. John Head), Lillian Mason (Mrs Brooke Walter), Arthur Margetson (Barnaby Haddon) Jack Hobbs (Bryan Ropes) 


Commentaire: Adelphi Theatre: 11 Nov 1925 - 27 Mars 1926
Transféré au Shaftesbury Theatre: 3 Avril - 24 Avril 1926  (plus) 


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23) Love's Prisoner (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 26 représentations
Première preview: 28 February 1925
Première: 28 February 1925
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
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Avec: Russell Macaulay, Fred Withers, Albert Hayzen, Kathleen Beldon, Dorothy Lane, Fred Vigay, Betty Faire, Ewart Scott, Helen Gilliland, James Lindsay, Harry Welchman, Dimitre Vetter 


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22) ** Hors DB Spectacle (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 26 représentations
Première preview: 28 February 1925
Première: 28 February 1925
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
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Avec: Russell Macaulay, Fred Withers, Albert Hayzen, Kathleen Beldon, Dorothy Lane, Fred Vigay, Betty Faire, Ewart Scott, Helen Gilliland, James Lindsay, Harry Welchman, Dimitre Vetter 


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21) Green Hat (The) ()

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Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 1925
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nigel Playfair •  
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Avec: Beatrix Lehman, Ronald Sinclair, Herman De Lange, Frederick Leister, Eric Maturin, Leonard Upton, Norman McKinnel, Julian Royce, Tallulah Bankhead, Barbara Dillon, Geoffrey Wincott, Harold Anstruther, Beryl Freeman, Mignon O’Doherty, Beryl Freeman, J. W. Mason, Cyril Nash 


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Presse: The Green Hat vexed the critics. Ralph Wright, reviewing it for the New Statesman, found Michael Arlen ‘an irritating writer’. Wright was particularly irritated by the ‘smart and thin style’ of Arlen’s prose, the boastful parade of knowledge about modern literature, and, last but not least, by the self-assurance of the man-about-town on matters related to women and sex:
There is a sort of epigrammatic cocksureness on all the details of love-making that I find particularly unpleasant: an assumption that love has something to do with silk underclothing at one moment and at the next a rhetoric outburst on almost Wellsian lines of optimism. I do wish he [Arlen] would be a little more modest and show a little better taste when dealing with the subject.1

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20) Head Over Heels (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 113 représentations
Première preview: 08 September 1923
Première: 08 September 1923
Dernière: 15 December 1923

Compositeur: Harold Fraser-Simon •  
Parolier: Adrian Ross • Harry Graham •  
Libettiste: Seymour Hicks •  
Metteur en scène: Seymour Hicks •  
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Avec: W.H. Berry (Alf Wigg), Alfred Beers (Gisardi), Marston Garsia (Chevalier Sanguinetti), Arthur Pusey (Dick Bythesea), Mary Ellis (Jenny), Mabel Sealby (Little Bounce) 


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19) Island King (The) (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 160 représentations
Première preview: 10 October 1922
Première: 10 October 1922
Dernière: Inconnu

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18) Golden Moth (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 281 représentations
Première preview: 05 October 1921
Première: 05 October 1921
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
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17) Naughty Princess (The) (Original)

Joué durant  7 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 280 représentations
Première preview: 07 October 1920
Première: 07 October 1920
Dernière: 28 May 1921

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
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Commentaire: The piece, adapted from the 1912 opéra bouffe "La reine joyeuse" (also known as La reine s'amuse) by Cuvillier and André Barde, was presented under the management of George Grossmith, Jr. and Edward Laurillard at the Adelphi Theatre, London, on 7 October 1920, and ran until 28 May 1921,[2] 280 performances.
A production toured Australia in 1922, under the J.C. Williamson management.  (plus) 


Presse: The Observer praised Grossmith's subtlety of performance, but thought "Mr. Cuvillier's music will make the play go, Mr. Berry's humour will make the play go, Miss Lily St. John's clear voice, and her delightful embarrassment at the applause she gets, will make the play go – and the setting and the costumes were thought tremendously fine." The Times praised the production: "As a riot of fantastic colour it was one of the most exhilarating that we have seen on the London stage for a long time." Of the music, the paper commented, "The official label of The Naughty Princess is opéra bouffe. Now and again certainly Cuvillier's music seemed to justify the description. … The waltz song and its Egyptian splendours will carry it far."[6]

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16) Who's Hooper? (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 349 représentations
Première preview: 13 September 1919
Première: 13 September 1919
Dernière: Inconnu

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15) Who's Hooper? (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 349 représentations
Première preview: 13 September 1919
Première: 13 September 1919
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
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Avec: W.H. Berry (Horatio Meebles), Maisie Gay (Millicent Meebles), Donald Calthrop (Hughie Cavanagh), Nellie Taylor (Diana Fairlie), C.M. Lowne (Colonel Bagot), Heather Thatcher (Katie Muirhead), W.H. Rawlins (Mr. Burridge), André Randall (Juniori Fratti), T. Del Lungo (Napoleon), George Elton (Mr. Honeyball), F. Russell (Inspector Eason), W. Matthews (Sergeant Dix), George Wilson (Constable Styles), Eddie Garr (Cash), Dorothy Munroe (Turner), R.G. Sydney (Cuthbert Sutton), H.B. Lane (Lyall Hewson-Galway), Marie Clavering (P. Madgewick), Gwen Hughes (Doris Cuddley), Dora Fraser (Winnie Sweet), Betty Blake (Principal Dancers), 


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14) Boy (The) (Original)   

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Nb de représentations: 801 représentations
Première preview: 14 September 1917
Première: 14 September 1917
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Howard Talbot • Lionel Monckton •  
Parolier: Adrian Ross • Percy Greenbank •  
Libettiste: Fred Thompson • Percy Greenbank •  
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Avec: W.H. Berry (Horatio Meebles), Maisie Gay (Millicent Meebles), Donald Calthrop (Hughie Cavanagh), Nellie Taylor (Diana Fairlie), C.M. Lowne (Colonel Bagot), Peter Gawthorne (Albany Pope), Heather Thatcher (Katie Muirhead), W.H. Rawlins (Mr. Burridge), André Randall (Juniori Fratti), T. Del Lungo (Napoleon), George Elton (Mr. Honeyball), F. Russell (Inspector Eason), W. Matthews (Sergeant Dix), George Wilson (Constable Styles), Eddie Garr (Cash), Dorothy Munroe (Turner), R.G. Sydney (Cuthbert Sutton), H.B. Lane (Lyall Hewson-Galway), Marie Clavering (P. Madgewick), Gwen Hughes (Doris Cuddley), Dora Fraser (Winnie Sweet), Betty Blake (Principal Dancers) 


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13) High Jinks (Original London)

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Première preview: 24 August 1916
Première: 24 August 1916
Dernière: Inconnu

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12) Tina (Original)

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Première preview: 02 November 1915
Première: 02 November 1915
Dernière: Inconnu

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Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Phyllida Lloyd •  
Chorégraphe: Anthony Van Laast •  
Avec: Mr. Godfrey Tearle, Mr. Fred Wright, Mr. Ben Osbome, Mr. Rohan Clensy, Mr. Harry Drummond, Mr. J an Oyra, M. T. Del Lungo, Mr. Martin King, M. Leon, M. Lion, Mr. W. H. Berry, Miss Mabel Sealby, Miss Yvonne Reynolds, Miss Luna Love, Miss Dorothy Waring, Miss Chloe O'Hara, Miss Jessie Fraser, Miss Rosie Campbell, Miss Dolly Balfe, Miss Claire Lynch, Miss Gracie Sinclaire, Miss Connie Stuart, Miss Phyllis Dare 


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11) Belle of Bond Street (The) (Original London)

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Première preview: 08 June 1914
Première: 08 June 1914
Dernière: Inconnu

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Commentaire: Créé à Broadway : Shubert Theatre, (30/3/1914 - 9/5/1914), 48 représentations  (plus) 


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10) Girl from Utah (The) (Original)

Joué durant  6 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 18 October 1913
Première: 18 October 1913
Dernière: 09 May 1914

Compositeur: Paul Rubens • Sidney Jones •  
Parolier: Adrian Ross • Percy Greenbank •  
Libettiste: James T. Tanner •  
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9) Dancing Mistress (The) (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 242 représentations
Première preview: 19 October 1912
Première: 19 October 1912
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Lionel Monckton •  
Parolier: Adrian Ross • Percy Greenbank •  
Libettiste: James T. Tanner •  
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Avec: James Blakeley (Widdicombe (butler at "Down House")), F. Pope Stamper (Lord Lyndale (otherwise Mr. Viner)), D. J. Williams (Dubois (an adventurer financing the Baron)), G. Carvey (Baron Montalba), Ivan Berlyn (Berchili (manager of Grand Hôtel des Alpes)), Ernest A. Douglas (M. Rosemblum (a Banker)), Joseph Coyne (Teddy Cavanagh (an aeroplanist)), Gracie Leigh (Jeanie McTavish ("tuckwoman" at "Down House")), Mlle. M. Caumont (Mlle. Virginie Touchet (French mistress at "Down House")), Elsie Spain (Bella Peach (daughter of an Argentine millionaire)), Agnes Thomas (Miss Pindrop (Principal of "Down House")), Maud Cressall (Lady Margrave), Gina Palerme (Lili (a Parisienne)), Gertie Millar (Nancy Joyce (dancing mistress of "Down House")) 


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8) ** Hors DB Musical (Original)

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Première preview: 25 May 1912
Première: 25 May 1912
Dernière: Inconnu

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7) Quaker Girl (The) (Original)   

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Nb de représentations: 536 représentations
Première preview: 05 November 1910
Première: 05 November 1910
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Lionel Monckton •  
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Metteur en scène: J.A.E. Malone •  
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6) Virgin Goddess (The) ()

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Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 23 October 1906
Dernière: Inconnu

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Avec: Mr. Alfred Brydone, Miss Lily Brayton, Miss Geneviève Ward, Mr. Oscar Asche, Mr. Charles Rock, Miss Madge McIntosh, Mr. G. Kay Souper, Mr. H. R. Hignett, Miss Florence Gretton, Mr. Walter Hampden, Miss Agnes Brayton. 


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5) Under Which King? ()

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Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 1905
Dernière: Inconnu

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Avec: Oscar Asche, Walter Hampden, E. Lyall Swete, Alfred Brydone, Charles Rock, Mrs. Edward Saker, Lily Brayton. 


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4) Earl and the Girl (The) (Original)

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Première preview: 10 December 1903
Première: 10 December 1903
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Ivan Caryll •  
Parolier: Percy Greenbank •  
Libettiste: Seymour Hicks •  
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Avec: Walter Passmore, Henry Lytton, Robert Evett, M. R. Morand, Reginald Crompton, Powis Pinder, Charles Childerstone, Alec Fraser, Ernest Torrence, Rudolph Lewis, Agnes Fraser, and Louie Pounds.
The original London cast included a number of performers who had recently appeared in productions of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, which was no longer performing at the Savoy Theatre at the time of the premiere of The Earl and the Girl. 


Commentaire: It opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London on 10 December 1903. It transferred to the Lyric Theatre on 12 September 1904, running for a total of 371 performances.  (plus) 


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3) Cox and Box (Original)

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Nb de représentations: 300 représentations
Première preview: 11 May 1867
Première: 11 May 1867
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Arthur Sullivan •  
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Avec: du Maurier (Box), Quintin Twiss (Cox), Arthur Cecil (Bouncer) 


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2) Belle Hélène (La) (Revival)

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Première preview: 30 June 1866
Première: 30 June 1866
Dernière: Inconnu

Compositeur: Jacques Offenbach •  
Parolier: Henri Meilhac • Ludovic Halévy •  
Libettiste: Henri Meilhac • Ludovic Halévy •  
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1) Charley's Aunt (Revival)

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Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Inconnu
Dernière: Inconnu

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Commentaire: Lors de sa création en 1892, la pièce a battu tous les records de Londres avec 1466 représentations  (plus) 


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