SLINGS AND ARROWS



Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: November 17, 1948, Comedy Theatre, London
Performances: ?


Medusa (M/L: Sandy Wilson) (dropped during the run):

1. Sandy Wilson At The Players, Ovetures OVER1001 (Sandy Wilson, piano and voice) [reissued on Call It Love, CD/Bayview RNBW004]


Music Talk (aka "Talk On Bucolosi's Music") (monologue by Hermione Gingold) (dropped during the run; originally used in RISE ABOVE IT (First and Second Editions) and subsequently used in 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)


Unrecorded Material:

"And to Hell-" (M/L: Leslie Julian Jones)
All My Own Work (M: Harry Jacobson; L: Barbara Vereker) (added during the run)
Blanchisseuse Heureuse (aka "The Happy Laundress") (M: Harry Jacobson; L: Arthur Macrae)
Bless The Show (M/L: Leslie Julian Jones)
Botticelli Angel (M: Geoffrey Beaumont; L: Simon Phipps) (added during the run)
British Way (sketch? by Kathleen Dear)
Butterfly In The Rain (M/L: Leslie Julian Jones)
Come For A Bathe At Brighton (M: Geoffrey Wright; L: Sandy Wilson)
Creeps (M: Harry Jacobson; L: Michael Bryan) (added during the run)
Flower Show (M/L: Leslie Julian Jones)
Forever England (sketch? by Barbara Vereker)
Gardeners All (M: Leslie Julian Jones; L: Caryl Brahms)
General Knowledge (M: Harry Jacobson; L: Peter Myers) (added during the run)
The Gods Look Down (sketch by Peter Myers)
Have You Seen The Crystal Place? (M/L: Leslie Julian Jones) (dropped during the run)
I Bought A Mountain (M/L: Leslie Julian Jones and Virginia Winter) (added during the run)
Late Pass (M: Norman Dannett; L: Peter Myers) (added during the run)
Lovely Day (M: Leslie Julian Jones; L: Philip Loftus) (added during the run)
Masseuse (M: Norman Dannett; L: Lionel Harris and Peter Myers) (subsequently used in IT'S ABOUT TIME)
Mediaeval Spivs (M/L: Leslie Julian Jones) (dropped during the run)
Menu (M: Harry Jacobson; L: Peter Myers) (added during the run)
Mrs. Weaver's Beaver Muff (M: Harry Jacobson; L: John Jowitt) (added during the run)
On The Through Choo-Choo To Crewe (M/L: Leslie Julian Jones) (dropped during the run)
Opening: Morning, Noon and Night (M/L: Leslie Julian Jones)
Pet Aversion (M: Jack Strachey; L: Gretchen Franklin)
Puir Wee Lass (M: Clarry Ashton; L: Anrew Crawford) (added during the run)
Rita Raven (M: Cliff Gordon and Stanley Black; L: Cliff Gordon)
Scandal on the Sabbath (M: Norman Dannett; L: Peter Myers)
Scottish Lament (M/L: Leslie Julian Jones) (dropped during the run)
Send Me Back to Naples (M/L: Leslie Julian Jones)
Shoes and Stockings (M: Harry Jacobson; L: Philip Dale) (dropped during the run)
Sit Down a Minute Medea (song? by Arthur Macrae)
Sunday Afternoon (M: Norman Dannett; L: Peter Myers)
Symphony of Love (sketch by Peter Myers) (added during the run)
Taken As Red (M/L: Sandy Wilson) (added during the run)
Thanks Mr. Rank (M/L?: Sandy Wilson)
Twilight In The Tuilleries (sketch? by George Wood)
Visitors Welcome (M: Norman Dannett; L: Peter Myers) (dropped during the run)
What Of The Night? (M/L?: Sandy Wilson) (dropped during the run)
Wolf Cubs (M: Lawrence Wright; L: Peter Myers) (parody of "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean)