SPREAD IT ABROAD

Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: April 1, 1936, Saville Theatre, London, England
Performances: 209

Any Place With You (M: William Walker; L: Herbert Farjeon):

1. 78/HMV BD 342 (William Walker, piano)


Dirty Songs (M: William Walker; L: Herbert Farjeon):

1. 78/Vocalion 530 (Lyle Evans with Anne de Nys, piano)
2. 78/HMV (rejected) (Lyle Evans with Anne de Nys, piano)


The Land Of What D'You Call It? (M: William Walker; L: Herbert Farjeon) (added after opening?):

1. 78/HMV (rejected) (Lyle Evans with Anne de Nys, piano)


Liberty Hall (M: William Walker; L: Herbert Farjeon):

1. 78/Vocalion 530 (Lyle Evans with Anne de Nys, piano)
2. 78/HMV (rejected) (Lyle Evans with Anne de Nys, piano)


Spread It Abroad (M: William Walker in collaboration with Bill Stanier; L: Mary Dunn and Robert MacDermot):

1. 78/HMV BD 342 (William Walker, piano)
2. 78/Gramophone B.D. 5064 (Joe Loss and His Orchestra)

These Foolish Things (M: Jack Strachey; L: Holt Marvell [Eric Maschwitz]):

I have not attempted to provide discological information for this standard.


Time We've Wasted (M: William Walker; L: Herbert Farjeon) (added after opening?):

1. 78/HMV BD 342 (William Walker, piano)


Two On A Trapeze (M: William Walker; L: Herbert Farjeon) (added after opening?):

1. 78/HMV BD 342 (William Walker, piano)


World Goes Round (M: William Walker; L: Herbert Farjeon):

1. 78/HMV BD 342 (William Walker, piano)


Unrecorded Material:

Aubade (M: William Walker; L: Diana Morgan and Robert MacDermott)
Avanti Italia (sketch by Holt Marvell)
Beards (sketch? by Herbert Farjeon)
Charge Of The Late Brigade (sketch by Herbert Farjeon)
Cycling Sketch (sketch by Hermione Gingold; part of the "News Reel" sequence) (subsequently used in SKY HIGH as "Bicycling")
Fade Away, Old Faithful (dialogue by Herbert Farjeonin collaboration with Diana Morgan)
Follow The Daughter (sketch by Herbert Farjeon)
Four Winds (M: Arthur Young; L: Helen Howard)
The Foyer (sketch by Herbert Farjeon)
The Girls (sketch by Herbert Farjeon)
Here We Are (sketch by Dorothy Parker adapted by C. Denis Freeman)
Just To Be In Love With You (M: William Walker; L: Diana Morgan and Robert MacDermott)
L'Absinthe (sketch by Herbert Farjeon)
The Little Woman Round The Corner (dialogue by Herbert Farjeonin collaboration with Diana Morgan)
Long-On Blues (M: William Walker; L: Herbert Farjeon)
Mr. Keys And Miss St. Helier At Home (sketch by Herbert Farjeon)
Newburry Race Meeting (sketch by Nelson Keys)
News Reel (sketch by John Paddy Carstairs; dialogue in collaboration with John Paddy Carstairs, Holt Marvell [Eric Maschwitz], and Hermione Gingold)
Plaid Interlude (M: Lord Berners)
Re-Union In Covent Garden (sketch by Herbert Farjeon)
Snaps Victoria (M: Eleanor Farjeon; L: Herbert Farjeon in collaboration with Eleanor Farjeon)
We've Been Waiting All Day For This (sketch by Herbert Farjeon)
What A Lot Of Time (M: Ivy St. Helier; L: Eric Blore)
Young Hayrick Or The Boy Who Befriended The Bully (sketch by Diana Morgan)