Lionel Bart's TWANG 1966 RARE UK UA STEREO OC LP JAMES BOOTH BARBARA WINDSOR
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TWANG!
RARE VINTAGE VINYL 33 RPM LP STEREO RECORD
BRITISH ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING
By LIONEL BART
The Original London Cast Of Twang!! ?– Lionel Bart's Twang
Label: United Artists Records ?– SULP 1116 STEREO
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 1966
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Musical
Tracklist
A1 Welcome To Sherwood Forest
A2 What Makes A Star
A3 Make An Honest Woman Of Me
A4 To The Woods
A5 Roger The Ugly
A6 Dream Child
A7 With Bells On
B1 Twang!!
B2 Unseen Hands
B3 Sighs
B4 You Can't Catch Me
B5 Follow The Leader
B6 Wander
B7 Whose Little Girl Are You?
B8 I'll Be Hanged
VINYL = EX, RARE STEREO COPY
LABELS = EXCOVER IS VERY GOOD WITH MILD WEAR. THE TYPICAL BRITISH LAMINATE COVER HAS A FEW TINY BUBBLE LIFTS IN THE LAMINATE ON THE EDGES. THE EDGES AND CORNER TIPS HAVE A LITTLE WEAR. BACK IS TANNING FROM AGE . NO SEAM SPLIT, WRITING, TAGS OR CUT-OUT MARKS. SEE PHOTOS.
Twang!! is a musical with music and lyrics written by Lionel Bart and a book by Bart and Harvey Orkin, with assistance from Burt Shevelove. The piece was a spoof of the character and legend of the outlaw Robin Hood. It was a disastrous box-office failure and cost Bart his personal fortune.
After a preview in Manchester, Twang opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End on 20 December 1965 and closed on 29 January 1966 after just 43 performances, receiving scathing reviews and playing to mostly empty houses.[1] Bart produced it with Bernard Delfont and John Bryan, and Joan Littlewood directed but quit before it opened. She was replaced by Shevelove and Bart.[2] Twang!! is remembered as "the most expensive flop" in West End history up to that time.[3]
Synopsis
Robin Hood and his Merry Men attempt to break into Nottingham Castle, in a variety of preposterous disguises, in order to prevent a marriage between the nymphomaniac "court tart" Delphina and the hairy Scots laird Roger the Ugly, arranged for the purpose of securing the loan of Scottish troops for bad Prince John.[4]
Roles and principal cast[edit]
Alan-a-Dale – Elric Hooper
Sir Guy of Gisborne – Howard Goorney
Mystery Voice in "Unseen Hands" – Long John Baldry
Mutch – Kent Baker
Robin Hood – James Booth
Little John – Bernard Bresslaw
Will Scarlett – Ronnie Corbett
Friar Tuck – Will Stampe
Sheriff of Nottingham – Bob Grant
Maid Marian – Toni Eden
Prince John – Maxwell Shaw
Delphina – Barbara Windsor
Roger the Ugly – Philip Newman
Production
The cast included the strongest players from Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, including Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Windsor and James Booth. But Twang!! ran into difficulty from the start. The script was weak, especially the part of Robin Hood, which was badly underwritten.[5] When Booth expressed his concerns, he was repeatedly assured that the part would be expanded to a starring role.[5] Littlewood demanded a rewrite, but constant, confusing revisions failed to improve the script. Littlewood, the choreographer Paddy Stone, the designer Oliver Messel, and the writers failed to work together.[3] Rehearsals were disorganised and fraught with tension; Bart was drinking; Littlewood threatened to walk out. At a rehearsal, Littlewood accused Bart of failing to fulfill his creative responsibilities because he was too strung-out on LSD.[6] Bart, in turn, accused Littlewood of ruining the piece.[7]
A Birmingham tryout was scheduled and cancelled. A Manchester preview opened on 3 November 1965 at the Palace Theatre with a script that was unfinished. Word of the disaster leaked to the tabloids.[3] Littlewood quit the company, and a script doctor, American Burt Shevelove, was brought in to fix the script and score, leading to more confusing changes, but nothing helped.[6] The scenes had no relation to the songs, and Twang!! transferred to London preceded by continued bad press.[8] The show opened in disarray at London's Shaftesbury Theatre on 20 December 1965. Still, Bart thought he could save the show.[3] On opening night, the musical director, Ken Moule, collapsed of exhaustion and still had failed to orchestrate the second act. Two songs were cut in the hours before the curtain rose, and the piece was played for camp, even adding some transvestism.[9] The house lights kept going up and down throughout the performance, and vicious arguments were overheard backstage.[10] Twang!! garnered scornful and derisive reviews. The critics noted the lack of heroics and the pseudo-pantomime delivery,[11] although there were some effective musical sequences, including a scene around a gallows that became a morris dance around a maypole.[12] Windsor also came in for some praise.[7]
The show had been intended as a romp that poked fun at the Crusades, the attitude of the Church and the human flaw of wanting to turn an outlaw into a hero.[2] Orkin believed the show failed because they failed to establish the exact butt of that satire; it was too vague and inconsequential.[4] Bart lost his personal fortune in Twang!!. He was devastated by the failure of the show.[13] So was Booth, who made no money for a year while preparing for Twang!!.[14] For Ronnie Corbett, however, the failure of Twang!! was a lucky break – it meant he was free to participate in The Frost Report, his breakthrough in television.[15]
Songs
Act I
May a Man Be Merry – Alan-a-Dale
Welcome to Sherwood Forest – Robin, Mutch, Little John, Will, Friar Tuck, Alan-a-Dale
Wander – Robin, Marian
What Makes a Star? – Prince John, Heralds and Company
Make an Honest Woman [of Me] – Delphina, Crusaders' Wives
Roger the Ugly – Prince John, Sir Guy, Sheriff
To the Woods – Marian, Delphina
Dreamchild – Marian
With Bells On – Robin and Company
Sighs – Little John, Delphina, Alan-a-Dale
You Can't Catch Me! – Robin, Marian
Act II
Living a Legend – Robin
Unseen Hands – Mystery Voice
Writing on the Wall – Delphina
Wander (reprise) – Marian, Robin
Roger the Ugly (reprise) – Prince John, Sir Guy, Sheriff, Sir Roger
Whose Little Girl Are You? – Delphina
Follow the Leader – Little John, Will, Alan-a-Dale, Mutch, Friar Tuck
I'll Be Hanged – Robin, Company
Tan-Ta-Ra! – Robin, Marian, Company[16]Credits
Directed By – Burt Shevelove
Directed By, Orchestrated By – Kenneth Moule*
Executive-Producer – John Yap
Lighting – Michael Northen
Producer – George Martin
Set Designer – Oliver Messel
Stage Manager – Paddy Stone
Vocals – Long John Baldry (tracks: B2)
Vocals, Performer – Barbara Windsor (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A7, B7, B8), Ben Aris (tracks: A2, A7, B8), Bernard Bresslaw (tracks: A1, A2, A7, B3, B5, B8), Bob Grant (3) (tracks: A2, A5, A7, B8), Clive Barker (2) (tracks: A2, A7, B8), Elric Hooper (tracks: A1, A2, A7, B3, B4, B5, B8), Elwyn Hughes (tracks: A2, A7, B8), Frank Coda (tracks: A2, A7, B8), Glenn Willcox (tracks: A2, A7, B8), Howard Goorney (tracks: A2, A5, A7, B8), James Booth (2) (tracks: A1, A2, A7, B4, B8), Jamie Fraser (2) (tracks: A2, A7, B8), Kent Baker (tracks: A2, A7, B8), Maxwell Shaw (tracks: A2, A7, B8), Philip Newman (tracks: A2, A5, A7, B8), Ronnie Corbett (tracks: A1, A2, A7, B5, B8), Toni Eden (tracks: A2, A4, A6, A7, B4, B6, B8), Will Stampe (tracks: A1, A2, A7, B5, B8)
Written-By – Lionel Bart
Notes
Original London Cast recording of Lionel Barts Musical.
Opened Shaftesbury Theatre, London 20th December 1965,and ran for three weeks.
Cast:
Alan-a-Dale [Elric Hooper]
Guy of Gisborne [Howard Goorney]
Lieutenant Carruthers, Seer [Frank Coda]
Mystery Voice in "Unseen Hands" [Long John Baldry]
Mutch [Kent Baker]
Robin Hood [James Booth]
Little John [Bernard Bresslaw]
Will Scarlett [Ronnie Corbett]
Friar Tuck [Will Stampe]
Sheriff Of Nottingham [Bob Grant]
Maid Marian [Toni Eden]
Heralds [Jamie Fraser]
Heralds [Elwyn Hughes]
Heralds [Glenn Willcox]
Seer , Scots, Richard [Ben Aris]
Seer , Scots [Clive Barker]
Prince John [Maxwell Shaw]
Delphina [Barbara Windsor]
Roger The Ugly [Philip Newman]
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