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The Crooked Mile (musical)

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First performance
  
1959

Lyricist
  
Peter Wildeblood

Playwright
  
Peter Wildeblood

The Crooked Mile is an avant-garde musical set in Soho, London with music by Peter Greenwell to book and lyrics by Peter Wildeblood. The play premiered at the Cambridge Theatre, London, in 1959, directed by Kenneth Alwyn and starring Millicent Martin and Elisabeth Welch. The music was orchestrated by Gordon Langford.

Contents

The show ran for 164 performances, closing prematurely on 30 January 1960, despite continuing mainly positive reviews.

The music

The cast recording was made in August 1959 and released on Top Rank UK JKP 2035 1959 EP

  1. Crooked Mile
  2. Someone Else's Baby
  3. If I Ever Fall In Love Again
  4. Lollybye
  5. Down To Earth
  6. Meet The Family
  7. Luigi
  • Sarah Brightman revived "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" on The Songs That Got Away.

    • Songs

    1Prologue - Overture
    2LollyBye
    3Going Up

    References

    The Crooked Mile (musical) Wikipedia
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