AFTER THE BALL
Composer: Noel
Coward
Lyricist: Noel Coward
Opened: June 10, 1954, Globe Theatre, London; December
16, 2004, Irish Repertory Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 188 (London); ? (N.Y.C.)
Note: Only recordings of songs not found on the 2004 New York revival cast album are noted below.
Crème De La Crème:
1. After The Ball,
10"/Philips 33BBL-7005 (Chorus with orchestra conducted by
Philip Martell)
London At Night (reprise):
1. After The Ball,
10"/Philips 33BBL-7005 (Chorus with orchestra conducted by
Philip Martell) [reissued on Lost West End Vintage 2, CD/Stage
Door STAGE 9056]
Oh, What A Century It's Been (reprise):
Note: The recording of
"Oh, What A Century It's Been" on the New York revival cast
album contains a highly abridged version of the lyrics to the
reprise)
1. After The Ball, 10"/Philips 33BBL-7005 (Chorus with orchestra
conducted by Philip Martell) (as "Quartette")
Unrecorded Material:
All Things Bright And
Beautiful (unused; exists in lyric form only?)
Farewell Song
Go, I Beg You, Go
Maudie Golightly (considered for but not used in the show)
Oh, What A Season This Has Been
What Can It Mean? (Mrs. Erlynne's Aria) (cut)