The show, directed by Frank Collins, opened at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, England, on 17 March 1925 and transferred to the London Pavilion, where it ran for 229 performances.[3][4] It is best remembered for Alice Delysia's singing "Poor Little Rich Girl".[5] Cochran wanted to cut the piece and had to be dissuaded by Coward. As well as Delysia, the cast included Hermione Baddeley, Ernest Thesiger, Nigel Bruce and Douglas Byng.[3] On opening night, Coward was not yet the famous name he would be by the end of the year: The Manchester Guardian review mentioned him only once, and The Times review did not mention him at all.[3][4]
The reviewer in The Sunday Times was not impressed, calling it "a curious mixture of perfect beauty and perfect drivel," with "not a good tune in the whole piece"; whereas The Times critic responded more positively, noting that "as a whole, with the dancing always preponderating, the revue [was] excellent."[7]The Era's reviewer wrote on May 9, 1925, "The most comical thing in the revue is the Vicarage Garden Party on the lines of a musical comedy, with Miss Hermione Baddeley giving a clever and cruel burlesque of Nellie, the heroine, and Mr. Ernest Thesiger and Mr. Douglas Byng, as two clergymen, singing the funniest number of the evening."[8]
Notesedit
^On with the Dance, Noelcowardmusic.com, accessed 16 March 2018
^"Appendix 3 (The Relative Popularity of Coward's Works)", The Noël Coward Music Index . Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2009., Noël Coward Music Index, accessed 16 March 2018
^Tyler, H. L. "On With The Dance", Ernestthesiger.org, accessed 16 March 2018
Referencesedit
Coward, Noël (1965). The Lyrics of Noël Coward. London: Heinemann.
Langfield, Valerie (2002). Roger Quilter: His Life and Music. Boydell Press. ISBN978-0851158716.
December 18, 2023
with, dance, musical, with, dance, 1925, musical, revue, produced, cochran, written, composed, noël, coward, philip, braham, coward, wrote, songs, while, acting, first, stage, vortex, 1925, busy, year, coward, which, produced, three, other, plays, london, feve. On with the Dance is a 1925 musical revue produced by C B Cochran written and composed by Noel Coward and Philip Braham 1 Coward wrote his songs while he was acting in his first stage hit The Vortex 1925 was a busy year for Coward in which he produced three other plays in London Hay Fever Fallen Angels and Easy Virtue 2 The show directed by Frank Collins opened at the Palace Theatre Manchester England on 17 March 1925 and transferred to the London Pavilion where it ran for 229 performances 3 4 It is best remembered for Alice Delysia s singing Poor Little Rich Girl 5 Cochran wanted to cut the piece and had to be dissuaded by Coward As well as Delysia the cast included Hermione Baddeley Ernest Thesiger Nigel Bruce and Douglas Byng 3 On opening night Coward was not yet the famous name he would be by the end of the year The Manchester Guardian review mentioned him only once and The Times review did not mention him at all 3 4 Contents 1 Songs 2 Critical reception 3 Notes 4 ReferencesSongs edit In the order listed in The Lyrics of Noel Coward pp 19 30 Cosmopolitan lady I m so in love Poor little rich girl First love Couldn t we keep on dancing Raspberry time in Runcorn Spinsters song The vicarage dance Choir boys song Even clergymen are naughty now and then Church parade Come a little closerThe Noel Coward Society drawing on performing statistics from the publishers and the Performing Rights Society ranks Poor little rich girl among Coward s ten most popular songs 6 The show also features four ballets not by Coward One of them based on William Hogarth s The Rake s Progress was composed by Roger Quilter and choreographed by Leonid Massine 3 Critical reception editThe reviewer in The Sunday Times was not impressed calling it a curious mixture of perfect beauty and perfect drivel with not a good tune in the whole piece whereas The Times critic responded more positively noting that as a whole with the dancing always preponderating the revue was excellent 7 The Era s reviewer wrote on May 9 1925 The most comical thing in the revue is the Vicarage Garden Party on the lines of a musical comedy with Miss Hermione Baddeley giving a clever and cruel burlesque of Nellie the heroine and Mr Ernest Thesiger and Mr Douglas Byng as two clergymen singing the funniest number of the evening 8 Notes edit On with the Dance Noelcowardmusic com accessed 16 March 2018 Ruhlmann William Noel Coward Biography AllMusic accessed 16 March 2018 a b c d Great Showmanship The Manchester Guardian 18 March 1925 p 11 a b On with the Dance The Times 1 May 1925 p 12 On with the Dance Library of Congress Appendix 3 The Relative Popularity of Coward s Works The Noel Coward Music Index Welcome to the Noel Coward Society Archived from the original on 5 January 2009 Retrieved 13 March 2009 Noel Coward Music Index accessed 16 March 2018 Langfield p 74 Tyler H L On With The Dance Ernestthesiger org accessed 16 March 2018References editCoward Noel 1965 The Lyrics of Noel Coward London Heinemann Langfield Valerie 2002 Roger Quilter His Life and Music Boydell Press ISBN 978 0851158716 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title On with the Dance musical amp oldid 1144509578, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
