RISE ABOVE IT (FIRST EDITION)



Composer: Leslie Julian Jones
Lyricist: Leslie Julian Jones

Opened: January 8, 1941, Q Theatre, London; moved to the Comedy Theatre on June 5, 1941
Performances: 236


How's About It (M/L: Manning Sherwin and Tommie Connor) (also used in RISE ABOVE IT (Second Edition)):

1. 78/Columbia FB2654 (Patricia Burke with orchestra conducted by Carroll Gibbons) [reissued on Lost West End Revues, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9058]


Music Talk (aka "Talk On Bucolosi's Music") (monologue by Hermione Gingold) (subsequently used in RISE ABOVE IT (Second Edition), SLINGS AND ARROWS, IT'S ABOUT TIME, STICKS AND STONES, and FROM A TO Z):

1. Live At The Café De Paris, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9010 (Hermione Gingold with Clarry Ashton, piano)


This Heart Of Mine (M/L: Manning Sherwin and Tommie Connor):

1. 78/Columbia FB2654 (Patricia Burke with orchestra conducted by Carroll Gibbons) [reissued on Lost West End Revues, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9058]


Unrecorded Material:

Boliviana (also usd in RISE ABOVE IT (Second Edition))
Butterfly In The Rain (sketch by Dennis Waldock)
English Ladies (L: Nicholas Phipps) (added during the run)
Finale (L: Michael Marden)
I'm Still In Love
The Intruder
Justifiable Homicide (sketch by Kenneth Horne)
A Letter From The Ministry Liasion Officer
(It's) Lovely Anywhere (also used in RISE ABOVE IT (Second Edition))
Lunch Ballet (sketch by Hermione Gingold)
Not Really Red
Nursery Rhymes
Office Hours
'Oomph (M/L: Val Guest)
Platitudes (sketch by Kenneth Horne) (added during the run)
QUEERries (sketch with song believed to be "On Monday I Walk Out With A Soldier")
The Rage Of Chelsea (sketch by Dennis Waldock) (also used in RISE ABOVE IT (Second Edition))
Rise Above It
She Wouldn't Give In (M/L: Val Guest)
Tapestry Piece (sketch by Anthony Beckwith) (also used in RISE ABOVE IT (Second Edition))
Truth Under Their Hats (sketch by Dennis Waldock)
War On (L: David Fairweather)
Waxworks
Wilfrid Hyde-White (performing monologues)
Winter (M/L: Joan Stevenson) (also used in RISE ABOVE IT (Second Edition))