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John Cranko

JOHN CRANKO  (1927 - 1973)

 Nationality:    South African
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John Cranko was born on 15th august 1921. His parents had an acrimonious divorce and John lived with his ballet aficionado father, Herbert. Mainly known as a choreographer, working for Sadlers Wells Ballet, among the works he choreographed were "Onegin" and "Pineapple Poll". Desperate to find the love of his life he threw himself into endless one night stands and then hit the bottle when he could not find his man. On June 26th 1973 he choked to death on a transatlantic plane after suffering an allergic reaction to a sleeping pill

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 Cranks         Keep Your Hair On         New Cranks         One To Another

Cranks

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Lyrics by John Cranko; Book by John Cranko; Music by John Addison

1st Produced:
London: New Watergate    19 Dec 1955

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Genre:
Musical

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Keep Your Hair On

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Music by John Addison; book by John Cranko

1st Produced:
apollo Theatre, London    13 Feb 1958

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Musical

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New Cranks

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Music by David Lee; lyrics And book by John Cranko

1st Produced:
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith    26 Apr 1960

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Original cast recording: HMV (CLP-1375) 1960

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Musical

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One To Another

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written by Patrick Gowers (mus, sk, lyr) And Joseph Horovitz (mus,t'sk, lyr) And Stanley Myers (mus, sk, lyr) And Humphrey Searle (mus, sk, lyr) And Charles Cansley (sk, lyr) And Robert Benchley (sk, lyr) And John Cranko (sk. lyr) And Serge Gainsbourg (sk. lyr) And Bamber Gascoigne (sk, lyr) And David Heneker (sk. lyr) And Roddy Maude-Roxby (sk, lyr) And Julian More (sk, lyr) And John Mortimer (sk, lyr) And David Nobbs (sk, lyr) And Monty Norman (sk, lyr) And Dorothy Parker (sk, lyr) And Harold Pinter (sk, lyr) And Alistair Sampson (sk, lyr) And William Sansom (sk, lyr) And N.F. Simpson (sk, lyr) And Keith Statham (mus, sk, lyr) And Brian Tester (sk, lyr).

1st Produced:
Margate: Theatre Royal    30 Jun 1959

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1960   -

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Genre:
Sketches in Revue

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - The London Stage 59.155

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