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Leslie Bricusse

LESLIE BRICUSSE

  (1931 - )
Nationality:    English
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below is a list of Leslie Bricusse's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Beyond The Rainbow         Cyrano de Bergerac         Doctor Dolittle         Good Old Bad Old Days         Goodbye Mr Chips         Henry's Wives         Jekyll And Hyde         Kennedy the Musical         Kings and Clowns         Lady At the Wheel         Newley: the Fool Who Dared To Dream         Noah's Ark         Pickwick         Roar Of the Greasepaint - the Smell Of the Crowd         Sammy         Say Hello To Harvey         Scrooge         Sherlock Holmes - the Musical         Stop the World I Want To Get Off         Victor/Victoria         Willy Wonka         Willy Wonka Jr

Beyond The Rainbow

Synopsis:
A little Village in the Italian mountains - San Crispino. There is only one telephone and that is at the inn. One day it rings and a voice at the other end tells the innkeeper he is God and that he is going to send a second Flood but that San Crispino will be saved

Notes:
Music by Armando Trovailio; lyrics by Leslie Bricuse; book by David Forrest. Based on an Italian musical by Pietro Garinei; Iaia Piastri

1st Produced:
Adelphi Theatre, London    09 Nov 1978

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Cyrano de Bergerac

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Frank Wildhorn; lyrics and book by Leslie Bricusse. Based on the play "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Emund Rostand

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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-

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Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle
Doctor John Dolittle is accused of murder but is proved innocent. He leaves for the South Seas to find the giant pink sea snail

Notes:
Music And lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. Based on the books by Hugh Lofting

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Josef Weinberger   -

Music:
Original cast recording: First Night Cast (68) 1998

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Good Old Bad Old Days

Good Old Bad Old Days
God, the Devil, Mankind and the history of the World

Notes:
Music by Leslie Bricusse; lyrics And book by Leslie Bricusse And Anthony Newley

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: eMI (eMa 751) 1972

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Goodbye Mr Chips

Goodbye Mr Chips
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Notes:
Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; book by Roland Starke. Based on the novel "Goodbye Mr Chips" by James Hilton

1st Produced:
Chichester Festival Theatre    11 Aug 1982

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Revival cast recording: TER (1025) 1982

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Henry's Wives

Henry's Wives
The life and loves of Henry VIII

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Leslie Bricusse. Rewritten version of "Kings and Clowns" with added songs

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London   978-0573081293

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Jekyll And Hyde

Jekyll And Hyde
Glamorous, sexy and deliciously wicked in equal measures, Jekyll and Hyde is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic gothic novella. Pellow stars as the brilliant but obsessive scientist whose sadistic alter ego wreaks havoc across Victorian London in this dark tale of love, redemption and the seductive power of evil.

Notes:
Music by Frank Wildhorm; lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; book by Leslie Bricusse. Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson.

1st Produced:
Alley Theater, Houston, Texas    1990

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original Broadway cast: Atlantic (82976) 1997

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Kennedy the Musical

Kennedy the Musical
"If I told you what I really know about the assassination, it would be very dangerous to this country." J. edgar Hoover, F.B.I. This is the story of John F. Kennedy, starting in 1959 with his bid for the US presidency and following events through to his assassination in November 1963. the casting is very flexible - the original production was performed entirely by young people - and large TV screens are used around the stage to display and rear project photos, film of the Kennedys, America and the world. 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of President Kennedy.

Notes:
Book, music and lyrics by Allan Jay Friedman and Leslie Bricusse. Originally performed under the title One Shining Moment.

1st Produced:
Drury Lane Theatre, Chicago (as One Shining moment)    May 1983

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London >>>   978-057318044-6

Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  2            Other:  ensemble

Further Reference:
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Kings and Clowns

Synopsis:
The life and loves of Henry VIII

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Leslie Bricusse

1st Produced:
Phoenix Theatre, London    01 Mar 1978

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lady At the Wheel

Synopsis:
Rivalry between the British and the South American drivers at the Monte Carlo Rally

Notes:
Music by Leslie Bricusse And Robert Beaurmont; lyrics by Leslie Bricusse And Robert Beaumont; book by Lucienne Hill; book by Frederick Raphael

1st Produced:
Arts, Cambridge    09 Nov 1953

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 58.10

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Newley: the Fool Who Dared To Dream

Synopsis:
the work of actor, singer composer Anthony Newley

Notes:
book by Pete Gallagher; music And lyrics by Anthony Newley And Laslie Bricusse; based on An original idea by David Boyle; Additional material by Joan Lane

1st Produced:
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London    2008

Organisations:
Presented by exotic Fruit in association with Wild Tyme

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Noah's Ark

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Unproduced    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pickwick

Pickwick
Setting: In and around London and Rochester. 1827

Notes:
Music by Cyril Ornadel; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; Book by Wolf Mankowitz; Based on "the Pickwick Papers" by Charles Dickens

1st Produced:
Saville Theatre, London    1963

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London   978-0573080852

Music:
Original cast recording: Philips (6382070) 1963

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Roar Of the Greasepaint - the Smell Of the Crowd

Roar Of the Greasepaint - the Smell Of the Crowd
Setting: a rocky place

Notes:
Music by Leslie Bricusse And Anthony Newley; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse And Anthony Newley; Book by Leslie Bricusse And Anthony Newley

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, NY    16 May 1965

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original Broadway cast: RCa (60351-2-RG) 1965

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sammy

Synopsis:
the story of Sammy Davis Jr from a child in vaudeville to the Rat Pack

Notes:
Music, lyrics And book by Leslie Bricusse

1st Produced:
Old Globe, Santiago    40073

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Say Hello To Harvey

Synopsis:
Elwood P Dowd has an unsual friend

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Leslie Bricusse. Based on the play "Harvey" by Mary Chase

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Scrooge

Scrooge
In 1970, renowned writer-composer-lyricist Leslie Bricusse adapted the well-loved Dickens short story a Christmas Carol into the hit screen musical Scrooge. This stage version, based on the film, with the addition of six new songs. had a hugely successful national tour before a season at the Dominion theatre, London in 1996 starring Anthony Newley as the miserly ebenezer Scrooge who repents his past life when visited by three successive Chrismas spirits.

Notes:
book, music And lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. based on Charles Dickens "a Christmas Carol"

1st Produced:
alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, UK    1992

Organisations:
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1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

Further Reference:
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Sherlock Holmes - the Musical

Sherlock Holmes - the Musical
the story concerns a 1901 confrontation between Holmes and his old arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty; Moriarty's brilliant daughter BElla proves to be an even more determined (and beautiful) foe than her father.

Notes:
based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with music, lyrics and book by Leslie Bricusse

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Bertelsmann Music Group (74145) 1989

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Stop the World I Want To Get Off

Stop the World I Want To Get Off
Littlechap gets the daughter of his boss pregnant and marries her. But he is dissatisfied with his life and drifts from woman to woman. Only realising when it is almost too late that he had everything with his wife

Notes:
Music by Leslie Bricusse And Anthony Newley; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse And Anthony Newley; Book by Leslie Bricusse And Anthony Newley

1st Produced:
Queens Theatre, London    20 Jul 1961

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Best Plays 1962 - 1963" published by Dodd Mead   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Decca (820598) 1961

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Victor/Victoria

Victor/Victoria
based on the Blake Edwards film comedy. It's about a down-on-her luck singer who meets a gay impresario; together they hatch a grand fraud that wins her fame and both of them fortune: she pretends to be a Polish female impersonator with a coloratura soprano voice. Complications ensue when an American gangster falls in love with her, unaware that he is really a she
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Blake edwards (book), Leslie Bricusse (lyrics), Henry Mancini (music), Frank Wildhorn (additional music)

1st Produced:
Marquis Theatre, New York    25 Oct 1995

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original Broadway cast: Philips (446919) 1995

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  with doubling

Further Reference:
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Willy Wonka

Synopsis:
Five children win Golden Tickets for a tour of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Four are brats, the fifth the likeable Charlie Bucket

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; Anthony Newley; book by Leslie Bricusse; Timothy Allen McDonald. Based on the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl

1st Produced:
Kennedy Center, Washington D C    Nov 2004

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Willy Wonka Jr

Synopsis:
Five children win Golden Tickets for a tour of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Four are brats, the fifth the likeable Charlie Bucket

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; Anthony Newley; book by Leslie Bricusse; Timothy Allen McDonald. Based on the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Youth musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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