Boys From Syracuse, The

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Music composed by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics written by Lorenz Hart. This edition of THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE contains tracks from the 1963 London cast as well as bonus tracks from the 1938 Broadway cast. Principal cast includes: Bob Monkhouse (Antipholus Of Syracuse); Ronnie Corbett (Dromio Of Syracuse); Sonny Farrar (Dromio Of Ephesus); Maggie Fitzgibbon (Luce); Lynn Kennington (Adriana); Paula Hendrix (Luciana); Pat Turner (The Courtesan); Denis Quilley (Antipholus Of Ephesus). Recorded on November 17 & 21, 1963. Originally released on Decca (4564). Includes liner notes by John Hollander. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Adam Deane, Paula Hendrix, Sonny Farrar, Bob Monkhouse, Ronnie Corbett, Maggie Fitzgibbon (vocals); Kay Fraser, Carlotta Barrow, Jill Love (dancer, background vocals); Jacqui Daryl, Jeanette Minty, Gavin Gordon, John Heawood, Rod McClennan, Ami MacDonald, April Olrich, Peter Ardran, Ben Stevenson, Jean Muir, Paul Hansard, Stanley Beard, Edward Atienza, Peggy Rowan, Robert Crane (background vocals). Liner Note Authors: John Hollander; Brian Drutman. Recording information: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (11/17/1963/11/21/1963). Ensembles: Ann Brierley; Hilda Stewart; Maurice Arthur; Anna Vincent; Wendy Bowman; Sylvia Vale; Robert Crane. It took London 25 years to get its first production of Rodgers & Hart's The Boys From Syracuse, a musical version of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, itself adapted from Plautus. The original Broadway version opened on November 23, 1938, and ran for more than six months (which was good in those days). The West End version followed on November 7, 1963, and ran less than half as long. But it did produce a cast album, which the original had not. (Of course, there were no cast albums in those days.) British comedian Bob Monkhouse starred as Antipholus of Syracuse, one of two separated twins who also have twin servants, leading to all sorts of shenanigans. That allowed Monkhouse to sing "This Can't Be Love" with Paula Hendrix, one of the show's better remembered songs. The other standard was "Falling in Love With Love," here handled by Lynn Kennington as Adriana, wife of the other Antipholus, who mistakes one for the other. But the standout performer is loud-mouthed Australian Maggie Fitzgibbon, an actress with a bellowing voice just right for the comic numbers "What Can You Do With a Man?" and "He and She." The British accents that intrude here and there (it's "This cahhn't be love" and "You have cahhst your shadow on the sea" in this version) aren't really a problem since the whole thing is supposedly set in ancient Greece anyway, and the cast has a good sense of Rodgers & Hart's comic froth, making this an excellent rendition of a score that holds up well. [The 2002 reissue, anticipating a Broadway revival, adds the six songs from a 1939 Rudy Vallee/Frances Langford album originally released to exploit the original production. They handle the material well, and it's good to have these performances back in print.] ~ William Ruhlmann
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