DEAREST ENEMY

Composer: Richard Rodgers
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart

Opened: September 18, 1925, Knickerbocker Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 286

Note: Only numbers not found on the 1955 television soundtrack are noted below.

Bows:

1. Dearest Enemy, CD/New World 80749-2 (Orchestra of Ireland conducted by David Brophy)

Entr'acte:

1. Dearest Enemy, CD/New World 80749-2 (Orchestra of Ireland conducted by David Brophy)

Finale Act One:

1. Dearest Enemy, CD/New World 80749-2 (James Cleverton, Annalene Beechey, Kim Criswell, Hal Cazalet, John Molloy, Joe Corbett, Philip O'Reilly, and Officers with the Orchestra of Ireland conducted by David Brophy)


Finale Ultimo:

1. Dearest Enemy, CD/New World 80749-2 (Karl Harpur, Kim Criswell, Annalene Veechey, Stephen Rea, and James Cleverton with the Orchestra of Ireland conducted by David Brophy)

Full-Blown Roses:

1. Dearest Enemy, Beginners Productions BRP-1 (Girls & Men's Chorus with musical direction by Freddy Williams) [reissued as CD/Bayview RNBW008]
2. Dearest Enemy, CD/New World 80749-2 (John Molloy, Joe Corbett, Philip O'Reilly, Kim Criswell, Girls, and Officers with the Orchestra of Ireland conducted by David Brophy)


Gavotte:

1. Dearest Enemy, CD/New World 80749-2 (Orchestra of Ireland conducted by David Brophy)


Intermezzo:

1. Dearest Enemy, CD/New World 80749-2 (Orchestra of Ireland conducted by David Brophy)

Opening Chorus (Epilogue):

1. Dearest Enemy, CD/New World 80749-2 (Christina Whyte, Aine Mulvey, Girls, and Men with the Orchestra of Ireland conducted by David Brophy)

Overture:

1. Dearest Enemy, CD/New World 80749-2 (Orchestra of Ireland conducted by David Brophy)


The Pipes Of Pansy (cut; also cut from THE GIRL FRIEND, PEGGY-ANN, and SHE'S MY BABY):

1. Dearest Enemy, CD/New World 80749-2 (Hal Cazalet and Rachel Kelly with the Orchestra of Ireland conducted by David Brophy)

Yankee Doodle (M/L: Trad.):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard.

Unrecorded Material:

Ale, Ale, Ale (cut; lyric missing)
Dear Me (cut; lyric missing)
Dearest Enemy (lyric missing)
Girls Do Not Tempt Me (cut)
How Can We Help But Miss You (lyric missing)
Oh Dear (cut; lyric missing)
Tho' We've No Authentic Reason (aka "Finale, Act I")