Original Revival London Cast: Mr Cinders, CD

Mr. Cinders is the classical musical comedy written by Vivian Ellis and Richard Myers, with a libretto by Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman. The story is an inversion of the Cinderella fairy tale with the gender roles reversed. And captures the last frantic gasps of the ‘roaring twenties’ before the gloom of the Great Depression settled in.

It was originally a smash hit success of the late 1920’s, then seemingly fell out of fashion for a number of decades before it’s revival in 1983 starring Denis Lawsonand Christina Matthews. A combination of changing tastes and the fact that pop-star Sting, took one of the musicals most well known songs, Spread A Little Happiness, into the charts, gave the musical a whole new lease of life. And once again the show was a smash hit success, running for over 500 performances in the West End. Since then the musical has been regularly revived and is now seen as a classic musical comedy.

This Jay Records recording captures that 1983 revival that once again made Mr Cinders a classic.

TRACK LISTING

Tennis
Steven Pacey, Andrea Kealy, Company
Blue Blood
Graham Hoadly, Steven Pacey, Girls
True To Two
Graham Hoadly, Girls
I Want The World To Know
Andrea Kealy, Graham Hoadly, Company
One Man Girl
Denis Lawson, Christina Matthews
True To You (Reprise)
Dian Martin, Company
On With The Dance
Diana Martin, Company
At The Ball
Denis Lawson, Graham Hoadly, Steven Pacey
Spread A Little Happiness
Denis Lawson
Spread A Little Happiness (Reprise)
Christina Matthews
Entr'acte
Michael Reed
18th Century Drag
Diana Martin, Company
She's My Lovely
Donald Douglas
Please Mr. Cinders
Christina Matthews, Company
On The Amazon
Denis Lawson
Every Little Moment
Graham Hoadly, Diana Martin
I've Got You
Denis Lawson, Christina Matthews
Honeymoon For Four
Andrea Kealy, Diana Martin, Steven Pacey, Graham Hoadly
One Man Girl (Reprise)
Denis Lawson, Christina Matthews
Finale
Company
Note: USA release of this title