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The Happy Prince
Sue Casson's
'Casson produces that rare thing- a well-written new musical... (her) harmonies could give
Andrew Lloyd Webber a run for his money'
The Stage
An original telling of Oscar Wilde's much-loved fable
Wilde's enduring story of a statue prince and migrating swallow working together to redeem the poverty of a city is brought imaginatively up to date with an ingenious weave of music and magic to tell the tale - and explore how a tale is told.
Workshopped at the Buxton Quest for new musicals, The Happy Prince played a Christmas season at Bristol's QEH Theatre before premiering at Oxford's Old Fire Station in 1993. A nationwide tour followed, interspersed with a Christmas season at the Georgian Theatre Richmond and concluding at London's Bridewell.
'It makes a fine evening: no sex, no violence, no reality'
Financial Times
An original cast recording featuring John Barr and Mina Anwar as the Prince and Swallow was one of the first to be released on the Dress Circle label.
'Casson's witty lyrics and soaring melodies transform a simple morality fable into a poignant meditation on the nature of poverty, generosity and the illusion of theatre'
The Big Issue
For its 20th anniversary The Happy Prince was revived for two seasons on the Edinburgh Fringe, and invited to Dublin's IDGT Festival where it was nominated for the Doric Wilson intercultural dialogue award.
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'There can be no more charming and radiant a show at the Fringe this year than English Cabaret's The Happy Prince'
A Younger Theatre
The story so far
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Launch of Kilmuir Papers
10 DECEMBER 2013
Choral settings of Rupert Brooke's War Sonnets sung by a specially assembled Freedom Choir with readings from Maxwell Fyfe's papers performed at St Matthews Westminster.
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