London Musicals 1955-1959.pub - Over The Footlights

MARIGOLDLondon run: Savoy Theatre, May 27 th (77 performances)Transfer -Saville Theatre, July 13 thMusic: Charles ZwarBook and lyrics: Alan MelvilleDirector: Murray MacDonaldChoreographer: Malcolm GoddardMusical Director: Robert ProbstProducer: Stephen MitchellCast: Jean Kent (Madam Marly), Sally Smith (Marigold),Jeremy Brett (Captain Archie ), Sophie Stewart (Mrs Pringle),Stephen Hancock (Peter Gloag), William Dickie (James Payton)Songs: Romance at the Manse, Love Can’t Be Learned, The NewBohemian Polka, Her Majesty’s Health, Love Can't be Learned .Sally Smith, Jeremy Brettand Stephen Hancock1959Story: Madame Marly, the famous French actress, lives in aHighland manse, caring for her “secret” daughter, Marigold, whobelieves she is an orphan. Marigold goes absent, forsaking the wasp-ridden raspberry garden to see QueenVictoria's Edinburgh visit and to see a certain handsome Captain Archie Forsyth. With a comic Scottish aunt,Mrs Pringle, a text-quoting divinity student, Peter Gloag, and James Payton, a turnip loving suitor, the showfeatures such delights as the whole company executing an elaborate Scottish Reel, and a scene where CaptainForsyth and his fellow officers get progressively more and more tipsy as they sample different liquors drinkinga heath to Her Majesty.Notes: Based on the play by F.R.Pryor and L.Allen Harker, the show was moved from the Savoy after sevenweeks, because the sudden collapse of “Candide” allowed it to transfer to the Saville and fill the gap.However, it survived just another three weeks.24Photo by Angus McBeanLOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERSLondon run: Mermaid Theatre, May 28 th (330 Performances)Music: Laurie JohnsonLyrics: Lionel BartBook: Bernard MilesDirector: Peter CoeChoreographer: Gilbert VernonMusical Director: Colin BeatonCast: Stephanie Voss (Hilaret Politic), Richard Wordsworth (Squeezum),Hy Hazell (Mrs Squeezum), Frederick Jaeger (Ramble)Songs: When Does theRavishing Begin?, Red Wine and a Wench, A ProperMan, On a Sunny Sunday MorningPhoto by Michael BoysStephanie Voss, Madeleine Newbury and John SharpStory: Set in London in 1730, it’s the story of MissHilaret Politic accusing the roguish Ramble of rape,then fending off the advances of Justice Squeezum,whose wife is also gambolling with Ramble. All endshappily when Hilaret teams up with her faithfulCaptain Constant.Notes: It was the first production at the new MermaidTheatre, and ran from May – December 1959. ABroadway production was planned for 1960 withAlfred Drake directing and several of the originalEnglish cast. However, this production closed inBoston and never made it to New York.