THE GATE REVUE (SECOND EDITION)
Composer: Various
Lyricists: Various
Opened: 1939, Ambassadors Theatre, London, England
Performances: ?
Mr.
Phipps' Goldfish (aka "The Yodelling
Goldfish") (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Nicholas Phipps):
1. Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure, CD/Sepia
1046 (Beatrice Lillie)
2. It’s Oh So Issy, CD/Dress Circle IVR-CD-1
(Issy Van Randwyck with Martin Lowe, piano)
Only A Medium Medium (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Eric Maschwitz
and Charles Hickman) (also used in THE GATE REVUE (FIRST
EDITION)):
1. 78/Private Recording GC
5/6 (Hermione Gingold with Clarry Ashton, piano) [reissued as
Live At The Café De Paris, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9010]
Transatlantic Lullaby (M: Geoffrey
Wright; L: Diana Morgan and Robert MacDermot):
1. 78/Columbia FB-2197
(Turner Layton, piano and voice)
2. London Revue Highlights, Crescendo RSCT112521 (Sheila Parr
with the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robin
Stapleton)
3. Blah Blah Blah And Other Trifles…, CD/Hyperion CDA66289
(Sarah Walker with Roger Vignoles, piano)
Unrecorded Material:
All Smart Women Must (M:
Geoffrey Wright; L: Diana Morgan and Robert MacDermot)
(originally used in THE GATE REVUE (FIRST EDITION))
The Bare Idea (sketch by Reginald Beckwith)
Beauty, Beauty (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Hermione Gingold and
Robert MacDermot) (originally used in THE GATE REVUE (FIRST
EDITION))
Conversation Piece (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Diana Morgan and
Robert MacDermot; with dialogue by Hermione Gingold) (possibly
involving the same character used in "Mrs. Pullpleasure" in ON
WITH THE SHOW OF 1934)
Dance Macabre (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Nicholas Phipps)
(originally used in THE GATE REVUE (FIRST EDITION))
Faun in Manhattan (M: Geoffrey Wright)
Freedom of the Air (sketch by Reginald Beckwith)
The Girl in the Advertisement (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Arthur
Marshall)
Happy Ending (M: Ronnie Hill; L: Diana Morgan and Robert
MacDermot) (originally used in THE GATE REVUE (FIRST EDITION))
Holiday (sketch by Hermione Gingold) (originally used in THE
GATE REVUE (FIRST EDITION))
Kensington Girls (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Diana Morgan and Robert
MacDermot)
The Knockout (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Diana Morgan and Robert
MacDermot; dialogue by Reginald Beckwith)
Madame La Palma (M: Jack Strachey; L: Hermione Gingold and
Robert MacDermot) (subsequently used in SWEETER AND LOWER)
Miss Swinstead's Morceau (M: Charles Zwar; L: Nicholas Phipps)
My Heart is Marching (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Diana Morgan and
Robert MacDermot)
The Night Is Warm (M: Charles Zwar; L: Nicholas Phipps)
Open The Gate (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Diana Morgan and Robert
MacDermot)
Rejoice (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Nicholas Phipps and David Yates
Mason)
Seductio Ad Absurdum (sketch by Eric Maschwitz)
The Sewing Bee (M: Charles Zwar; L: Hermione Gingold and Charles
Zwar)
Sick To Death Of Love (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Gerard Bryant)
(originally used in THE GATE REVUE (FIRST EDITION))
Tatler Time (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Diana Morgan and Robert
MacDermot) (originally used in THIS WORLD OF OURS)
There Has Been A Slump (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Nicholas Phipps)
(originally used in THE GATE REVUE (FIRST EDITION))
Washing Up To Shubert (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Gerard Bryant with
dialogue by Hermione Gingold) (originally used in THE GATE REVUE
(FIRST EDITION))
You Stopped the Show (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: John Adrian Ross)