THE LYRIC REVUE
Composers: Noel Coward;
Richard Addinsell; Charles Zwar; Donald Swann; Graham Payn
Lyricists:
Noel Coward; Arthur Macrae; Sidney Carter; Gerard
Bryant
Opened: May 24, 1951, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London;
transferred on September 26, 1951 to the Globe Theatre
Performances:
Unknown
Don't Make Fun Of The Fair (M/L: Noel Coward):
1. 78/HMV B10119 (Noel Coward
with Norman Hackforth, piano) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward,
CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
The Youth Of The
Heart (M: Donald Swann; L: Sidney Carter):
1. 78/Parlophone R3446 (Denis
Martin)
2. 78/Decca F9909 (Duffy)
3. 78/Columbia DB3614 (Sidney McEwen)
4. 78/Parlophone R4528 (Donald Swann, piano and voice) [also 45/Parlophone
4528]
5. More Out Of The Hat, 45EP/Parlophone (M) GEP-8636 (Michael
Flanders and Donald Swann) [reissued on Tried By The Centre Court, EMI NTS-116;
The Complete Flanders & Swann, CD/EMI CDFSB 1; Hat-Trick, CD/EMI 5078012]
6. Highfield Style, Strobe STRS 130 (Donald Swann with The Chapel Choir of
Highfield School, Liphook, directed by Jonathan Butcher)
7. Speak Up For
Old Ireland, Shanachie 52016 (Barley Bree) [reissued on The Best of Barley
Bree, CD/Shanachie 52039]
8. Alphabetaphon 3, CAS/Albert House Cassettes
AHC 4 (Donald Swann, piano and voice)
9. An Evening Of Flanders &
Swann, CD/Dress Circle SMBCD01 (Stefan Bednarczyk)
10. Michael Black,
CD/Compass 74462 (Michael Black)
11. There's A Story Told, CD/Devil Dog
(Frank Emerson) (unverified)
Unrecorded
Material:
Information Desk (sketch by
Arthur Macrae) (subsequently used in THE GLOBE REVUE)
Lament In The Park
(sketch?)
Let's Ignore It (M: Charlez Zwar; L: Gerard Bryant)
Modern
Trends (M: Donald Swann; L: Arthur Macrae) (subsequently used in THE GLOBE
REVUE)
Ornamental Orientals (M: Richard Addinsell; L: Arthur Macrae)
Portrait Of A Lady (M: Richard Addinsell; L: Arthur Macrae)
Revival
(sketch by Arthur Macrae) Scoop (sketch?)
Something For The Kiddies (sketch
by Arthur Macrae) (subsequently used in THE GLOBE REVUE)
This Seems To Be
The Moment (M: Graham Payn)