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)