Former musician Sidney, who earlier directed "Showboat" and "Kiss Me Kate," shows a bit less verve in this production. Based on H.G. Wells' 1905 novel, "Kipps," it sports much of the original cast from its Broadway incarnation. Edwardian orphan Steele, a cloth-dealer-in-training, comes into a large sum of money and proceeds to lose it with great dispatch. Somewhere along the way he loses his girlfriend, too, but she takes him back because musicals end happily.
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2005; 1768+ words...x2013; 89. Mrs. Peachum, The Threepenny Opera, Geary Theater, New York City, 1999. Major Tours: Ann, Half a Sixpence, U.S. cities, 1967. Daisy Gamble, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, U.S. cities, 1968. The G
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2004; 2291+ words...World — I Want to Get Off, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1963 – 1964. Arthur Kipps, Half a Sixpence (musical), Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1965. Harry, Noon and Night, American Place Theatre, New York...
Newspaper article from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers; 1/1/2001; Valentine, Fiona ; 1731+ words...Othello (Burge) 1967 Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (Quine) 1968 Half a Sixpence (Sidney); The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (McGrath); 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick); The Dance of Death (Giles...
Newspaper article from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers; 1/1/2001; McCaffrey, Donald W. ; 2398+ words...West End as a cast member of Cambridge Footlights Revue (same show given on Broadway in 1964); 1965—in Half a Sixpence on Broadway; 1966–67—wrote with Graham Chapman for and appeared on The Frost Report and At...