LOVE'S LABOURS musical 1959 Ian McKellen

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Mar 30, 2005 Sold Date

Mar 23, 2005 Start Date

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LOVE'S LABOURS musical 1959 Ian McKellen

Music: Clive Swift assisted by Corin Redgrave. Arranged by Jackie Thompson. Lyrics by Richard Cottrell, Clive Swift. (John Fortune was also involved in writing). Adapted from William Shakespeare's "Love's Labours Lost" Directed by John Tydeman

Cambridge (University) May Week production; London, Lyric Opera House Hammersmith, London (29 June - 5 July 1959)

"Some neat songs, and Ian McKellen showed signs of promise." -- Harold Hobson, Sunday Times 5 July 1959

Cast: Ian McKellen (Holofernes) Nathaniel (Michael Burrell) Derek Jacobi (Bertram Berowne, Esq), Corin Redgrave (Ferdinand), Roger Hammond (Charles), Richard Cottrell (Armado), Elizabeth Proud (Ada Moth)

Side 1

Misogny

Dig It

Old Stager

Country Ways

Hymn To Art

Wonderful Parties

La Vie Boheme

I Forsooth In Love

Side 2

Honorificabilitudinatibus

All Goes Well

Cool And Distant

Pretty Girl

A Maid Must Be Won To Be Wooed

Wilderness For Two

The Bona Roba

Love's Labour's Waltz

Pagent Finale

From Shakespeare to Panto Dame to X-Men to Lord Of The Rings - Sir Ian has done the lot

Please note: Only minimal information (writing credits, song lists etc) appear on the label on the record - I have taken some details from other sources including Sir Ian's web site (http://www.mckellen.com/)

Condition: Privately pressed LP (33/3 rpm) Can't see a mark on it and it still has a new "sheen" to it. Sleeve is plain white with a few light marks. Can't find this one in any discography.

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