Tails Up!
Tails Up! was a 1918 London revue presented by André Charlot starring Jack Buchanan. The premiere took place at the Comedy Theatre, London on 1 June 1918 with Philip Braham conducting the band, and the show ran for 467 performances.[1][2]
Songs
[edit]The main credit for the music was to Philip Braham with lyrics by Davy Burnaby and Hugh E. Wright.[citation needed] The "Book" (or script) was by John Hastings Turner. Additional songs were provided by Doris Joel, Noël Coward, and others.[3] Songs in the revue included:
- by Philip Braham[4]
- "Wild thyme"
- "The Apache rag"
- "Let's all go raving mad"
- "The twinkle in her eye"
- "The 5.35 to Brighton"
- "Gnee'ah"
- "When the curfew rings"
- "The servants' ball"
- "Tails up!
- "The old bran pie"
- "Anything I can do for you"
- by Noël Coward and Doris Joel
- [5]
- "Peter Pan" This was Coward's first publicly performed song.[6] "Peter Pan" was Coward's first lyric to be sold, though the accounts of Coward's audition with Charlot given by Coward and Charlot differ markedly.[7]
- By Al Jolson, B.G. DeSylva and Gus Kahn[citation needed]
Cast
[edit]- Jack Buchanan[8]
- Phyllis Monkman[9]
- Phyllis Titmuss[10]
- Gilbert Childs[11]
- Clifford Cobb
- Teddie Gerard
Babette Tobin
References
[edit]- ^ Carson, Lionel The Stage Year Book Carson & Comerford Limited, 1919, p. 103.
- ^ Keepingscore "Tails Up"
- ^ Seeley, Robert; Bunnett, Rex; Rust, Brian A. L.; London musical shows on record, 1889-1989: a Hundred Years General Gramophone Publications, 1989, p. 211. "TAILS UP (Comedy, 1 June 1918) Music: Philip Braham. Lyrics: Davy Burnaby and Hugh E. Wright. Book: John Hastings Turner. Additional songs by Doris Joel, Noël Coward, Al Jolson, B.G. DeSylva, Gus Kahn, et al. Comedy Theatre, London - 1 June 1918 Cast: Jack Buchanan (a), Gilbert Childs (b), Clifford Cobb (c), Teddie Gerard (d), Phyllis Monkman (e), Arthur Playfair, Phyllis Titmuss. MD: Philip Braham: Tails up; The five thirty five to Brighton; Apache rag; Gnee-ah!; The twinkle in my eye;
- ^ a b Philip, Braham. "The 5.35 to Brighton, page 5". Library of Congress. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ Bessie Jones recorded this song in 1918. See The Gramophone, Volume 56 (1979), p. 1486
- ^ Levin, Milton. Noël Coward (1989), p. 14. Coward had written the song "Forbidden Fruit" in 1915, but it was not publicly performed, apparently, until 1924".
- ^ Moore, James Ross Andre Charlot: The Genius of Intimate Musical Revue McFarland Publishing, 2005, p. 58. "This is what he had written: Peter Pan has had to do the latest dance; Wendy too thought she would like to take a chance; Captain Hook was really most disgusted; Smee and Starky seemed to look quite flustered, And pretty little Tinker Bell said to Peter Pan,..."
- ^ Cotes, Peter George Robey: "The darling of the halls" Cassell, 1972, p. 86. "Jack Buchanan, still a rather lackadaisical juvenile lead, not yet grown into his full character, was starring with Phyllis Monkman in Tails Up, a rather limp musical."
- ^ Laffey, Bruce Beatrice Lillie: the funniest woman in the world New York: Wynwood Press, 1990 p. 42. "Phyllis Monkman, then appearing with Jack Buchanan in Tails Up at the Comedy, had been seen around town a great deal with young Robert Peel."
- ^ Potter, Stephen Steps to immaturity Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959, p. 218. "I saw Jack Buchanan and Phyllis Titmuss do their songs and dances together in Tails Up. "I'm very fond of wild thyme," sang Phyllis. "I've had a wild time too," replied Jack. Sow it in your garden — won't you make a note? I'll sow it in a line ..."
- ^ Who was Who in the Theatre, 1912-1976 Gale Group, 1978, p. 438. "CHILDS, Gilbert, actor ... June, 1918, in " Tails Up "
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