CHIPS WITH
EVERYTHING
(Play with songs)
Music:
Various
Lyrics: Various
Opened: 1962, Royal Court
Theatre, London; October 1, 1963, Plymouth Theatre, N.Y.C. and closed on
October 4, 1964; reopened on January 6, 1964 at the Booth Theatre,
N.Y.C.
Performances: ? (London); 149 (N.Y.C.)
Note: The songs that appeared in this play were traditional English folk or music hall songs which have had numerous musical settings over the years. Only recordings of songs believed to use the particular musical setting employed in this play are noted below.
The Cutty Wren (M: Farell; L: Traditional):
1. New Sounds On Broadway, London
(S) PS 352 (Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra) [reissued on New Sounds On Broadway
& Broadway Sing-Along, CD/Vocalion CDLK 4330]
Knees Up! Mother Brown (M: Harris Weston; L: Bert
Lee):
1. 78/London 713 (The Bandits and
Alan Breeze with Billy Cotton and His Orchestra) [reissued on
2. 45/Epic
5-9430 (The Ames Brothers) [reissued on Hello Italy/Knees Up, Mother Brown,
CD/Collectables 7645]
3. 45/Victor 47-3748 (Merv Griffin and Ensemble with
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra)
4. Songs The Won The War: The White Cliffs
Of Dover, CD/ABC Classics 3809 (Guv'nor & The Boys)
5. The Very Best Of
Mrs. Mills, CD/EMI 82040 (Mrs. Mills)
Other Material:
Lyke-Wake Dirge (M/L:
Traditional)