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Irma
La
Douce
(Original
London
Cast)
1. OVERTURE – Eadie and Rack
2. RHYTHM
3. NANETTE
4. FOLK SONG CYCLE
5. WEARY OF IT ALL
6. PICCOLO MARINA
7. THERE ARE TIMES
8. PAINT
9. MAUD
10. THERE ARE FAIRIES AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR GARDEN
11. THE PARTY'S OVER NOW
12. I APOLOGISE
13. THE FAN
14. THREE LITTLE FISHIES / HOLD TIGHT, HOLD TIGHT
15. Medley: I WANT TO GO BACK TO MICHIGAN / WHERE THE BLACK-EYED SUSANS GROW / LAZY / SUSANNA'S SQUEAKING SHOES
16. WIND ROUND MY HEART
17. HE WAS A GENTLEMAN
18. TRAINS – Reginald Gardiner
19. TRAINS (Continued) – Reginald Gardiner
20. THE PARTY'S OVER NOW
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Title:
An
Evening
With
Beatrice
Lillie
Artist:
Beatrice
Lillie,
Reginald
Gardiner
Catalogue No.:
SEPIA
1123
Barcode:
5055122111238
Release Date:
11
November
2008
Beatrice
Lillie
was
an
actress
with
a
larger
than
life
personality.
Arriving
in
London
from
Canada
in
1914
Lillie
quickly
became
the
toast
of
the
West
End
appearing
in
scores
of
revues.
She
then
conquered
Broadway
becoming
a
star
on
both
sides
for
the
next
six
decades,
and
was
at
her
most
prolific
between
the
two
world
wars,
starring
in
countless
hit
productions.
She
married
into
the
peerage
and
became
known
as
Lady
Peel
but
to
her
friends
she
was
always
Bea.
Elegant,
witty
and
sophisticated,
some
would
also
describe
her
as
the
ultimate
eccentric.
An
Evening
With
Beatrice
Lillie
opened
in
New
York
in
1952
advertised
for
a
limited
season
but
instead
ran
for
275
performances.
The
evening
also
featured
Reginald
Gardiner
and
at
the
two
pianos
were
Eadie
and
Rack.
After
the
Broadway
production,
for
which
Lillie
received
a
Tony
Award,
the
show
toured
the
States
and
Canada
for
eleven
months.
In
Britain,
An
Evening
With
started
in
Liverpool
before
transferring
to
London's
Globe
Theatre
in
November
1954
where
it
ran
for
195
performances
with
Leslie
Bricusse
and
the
aforementioned
Eadie
and
Rack.
From
the
West
End
the
show
toured
the
fringes
of
London
to
Streatham
and
Golders
Green,
then
to
Brighton
and
then
on
to
Ireland
with
the
show
being
last
performed
in
Belfast.
The
recording
was
made
at
the
end
of
the
tour.
The
structure
of
An
Evening
With
gave
Lillie
the
chance
to
clown
in
sketches
in
the
first
act
and
to
give
a
solo
cabaret
performance
in
the
second.
Her
genius
at
her
stated
age
of
fifty-six
remained
intact
and
there
was
little
doubt
she
was
the
world's
most
accomplished
comedienne.
A
brief
visit
to
Hollywood
brought
a
cameo
performance
in
Round
The
World
In
80
Days
and
playing
the
white
slave
trader
in
Thoroughly
Modern
Millie.
Her
retirement
was
spent
in
Henley-on-Thames
where
she
died
in
January
1989
aged
94.
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