PENNY PLAIN
Composer: Richard
Addinsell
Lyricists: Nicholas Phipps; Joyce Grenfell
Opened: June 28, 1951, Saint Martin's Theatre, London
Performances: 443
Joyful Noise:
1. Joyce Grenfell At Home,
HMV CLP 1155 (Joyce Grenfell with William Blezard, piano)
[reissued on The Songs And Monologues Of Joyce Grenfell, CD/EMI
528600]
Keepsake:
1. 78/Columbia DB2918
(Joyce Grenfell with orchestra conducted by Philip Green)
[reissued on Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure, CD/Naxos]
Life And Literature (also used in JOYCE
GRENFELL REQUESTS THE PLEAUSURE):
1. Joyce Grenfell, Elektra
EKL184 (Joyce Grenfell with George Bauer, piano)
2. The New Joyce Grenfell Collection, EMI (S) DUO-128 (Joyce
Grenfell with William Blezard, piano)
Maud :
1. 78/Columbia DB2918
(Joyce Grenfell and Julian Orchard with orchestra conducted by
Philip Green) [reissued on Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure
Of Your Company, CD/Sepia 1046]
2. An Evening With Beatrice Lillie, London (M) LL.1373 (Beatrice
Lillie with Eadie and Rack at the Pianos)
3. Das Grand Tour, CD/Suzanne Petri LDP 0914 (Suzanne Perri with
musical direction by Bob Moreen)
4. An Evening With Beatrice Lillie, CD/LLP101 (Layne Littlepage
with Barney Hulse, piano)
A Moment With Tennyson:
1. Joyce Grenfell Requests
The Pleasure, CD/Naxos (Joyce Grenfell)
Prehistoric Complaint (M: Donald Swann;
L: Michael Flanders):
1. And Then We Wrote, EMI
(M) EMCM3088 (Michael Flanders and Donald Swann) [reissued on
Hat-Trick, CD/EMI 5078012]
2. Hat-Trick, CD/EMI 5078012 (Michael Flanders and Donald Swann)
Surly Girls (M: Donald Swann; L:
Michael Flanders):
1. Hat-Trick, CD/EMI
5078012 (Michael Flanders and Donald Swann)
A Thought For Today (also used in JOYCE
GRENFELL REQUESTS THE PLEAUSURE and JOYCE GRENFELL:
MONOLOGUES AND SONGS):
1. Joyce Grenfell, Elektra
EKL184 (Joyce Grenfell with George Bauer, piano)
Unrecorded Material:
Ancient And Modern (sketch
by Simon Phipps)
Feet Across The Sea (sketch by Paul Dehn; music by Richard
Addinsell)