JOYCE GRENFELL-MONOLOGUES AND SONGS

JOYCE GRENFELL: MONOLOGUES AND SONGS
(aka "Joyce Grenfell-A Miscellany")

Composer: Richard Addinsell
Lyricist: Joyce Grenfell

Opened: October 8, 1957, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London; April 7, 1958, Lyceum Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 32 (London); 24 (N.Y.C.)

Note: Only original cast performances not found on Joyce Grenfell "At Home," HMV (M) CLP-1155 (Joyce Grenfell with William Blezard, piano). The touring version called Joyce Grenfell "At Home" prior to its London run, which was called Joyce Grenfell-A Miscellany.

All Night (M/L: Trad.) (one of the "Songs My Mother Taught Me"):

1. Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure, Philips (M) BBL-7004 (Joyce Grenfell with music conducted by William Blezard) [reissued as CD/Sepia 1046]

Artist's Room (monologue):

1. Joyce Grenfell, HMV (M) CLP-1810 (Joyce Grenfell) [reissued on The Songs & Monologues of Joyce Grenfell, CD/EMI 528600]
2. George, Don't Do That, EMI (S) SRS-5199 (Joyce Grenfell) [reissued as CD/EMI]

Going Home Time (monologue) (part of the "Nursery School" spot):

1. George, Don't Do That, EMI (S) SRS-5199 (Joyce Grenfell) [reissued as CD/EMI]

Hand Me Down My Bonnet (M/L: Trad.) (one of the "Songs My Mother Taught Me"):

1. Presenting Joyce Grenfell, Elektra (M) EKL-184 (Joyce Grenfell with George Bauer, piano)
2. The New Joyce Grenfell Collection, EMI (S) DUO-128 (Joyce Grenfell with William Blezard, piano)
3. Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure, Philips (M) BBL-7004 (Joyce Grenfell with music conducted by William Blezard)

I'll Lend You My Horse (M/L: Trad.) (one of the "Songs My Mother Taught Me"):

1. The New Joyce Grenfell Collection, EMI (S) DUO-128 (Joyce Grenfell with William Blezard, piano)

I'm Gwine Away (M/L: Trad.) (one of the "Songs My Mother Taught Me"):

1. George, Don't Do That, EMI (S) SRS-5199 (Joyce Grenfell) [reissued as CD/EMI]

Piano Interlude #1 (M: George Gershwin) ("Bess, You Is My Woman Now" and "There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York" from PORGY AND BESS) :

I have not attempted to compile discological information for these standards.

Piano Interlude #2 (M: George Gershwin) ("Do It Again" from THE FRENCH DOLL and "I've Got Rhythm" from GIRL CRAZY):

1. I have not attempted to compile discological information for these standards.

Picture Postcard (aka "Keepsake"):

1. 78/Columbia DB 2918 (Joyce Grenfell with orchestra conducted by Philip Green)
2. Joyce Grenfell, HMV (M) CLP-1810 (Joyce Grenfell with William Blezard, piano) [reissued on George, Don't Do That, CD/EMI]

Since Bacon Has Gone Up (M/L: Trad.) (one of the "Songs My Mother Taught Me"):

1. Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure, Philips (M) BBL-7004 (Joyce Grenfell with music conducted by William Blezard) [reissued as CD/Sepia 1046]

Sing-Song Time (monologue) (part of the "Nursery School" spot):

1. George, Don't Do That, EMI (S) SRS-5199 (Joyce Grenfell) [reissued as CD/EMI]

Story Time (monologue) (part of the "Nursery School" spot):

1. Presenting Joyce Grenfell, Elektra (M) EKL-184 (Joyce Grenfell with George Bauer, piano)
2. George, Don't Do That, EMI (S) SRS-5199 (Joyce Grenfell) [reissued as CD/EMI]

A Thought For Today (monologue):

1. Presenting Joyce Grenfell, Elektra (M) EKL-184 (Joyce Grenfell with George Bauer, piano)

Three Brothers:

1. Joyce, Columbia (M) SCX-6362 (Joyce Grenfell with William Blezard, piano) [reissued on George, Don't Do That, CD/EMI]
2. Presenting Joyce Grenfell, Elektra (M) EKL-184 (Joyce Grenfell with George Bauer, piano)
3. Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure, Philips (M) BBL-7004 (Joyce Grenfell with music conducted by William Blezard) [reissued as CD/Sepia 1046]
4. Re: Joyce!, CD/Legacy LLCD 129 (Maureen Lipman)

Writer Of Children's Books (monologue):

1. George, Don't Do That, EMI (S) SRS-5199 (Joyce Grenfell) [reissued as CD/EMI]

The Yellow Rose Of Texas (M/L: Trad.) (one of the "Songs My Mother Taught Me"):

1. 78/Columbia DB-2947 (Joyce Grenfell with orchestra conducted by Philip Green)
2. Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure, Philips (M) BBL-7004 (Joyce Grenfell with music conducted by William Blezard) [reissued as CD/Sepia 1046]

Unrecorded Material:

Friend To Tea (monologue)
Songs Of Many Lands (monologue)
Wibberly (monologue)