Overview
Synopsis
After a mediocre music-hall artiste (Belle Elmore) disappears, her husband “ the mild and charming Doctor Crippen “ becomes the prime suspect. He is eventually caught on board the S.S. Montrose off the coast of Canada with his lover and secretary, Ethel le Neve. Finally, Dr. Crippen is executed for his crime though questions remain about the true facts from the night of the murder.
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- Book
- Wolf Mankowitz
- Music
- Monty Norman
- Lyrics
- Monty Norman
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- First Produced
- 1961
- Genres
- Cast Size
- large
- Ideal For
- Mostly Female Cast, Large Cast
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Songs
- The Ballad of Doctor Crippen
- Fifty Years Ago - Lasher and Company
- Mister Lasherwood and Might Mick
- Bird of Paradise - Belle
- Meet Me at the Strand - Jenny and Company
- You Are Mine - Ethel
- Colonies - Belle and Ladies
- The Devil's Bandsman - Mick and Company
- The Ballad of Doctor Crippen II - Lasher
- Pills. Pills, Pills - Ethel, Mick
- Ain't It a Shame? - Mick
- Song of Our Future - Ethel and Crippen
- Belle - Lasher, Jenny, Mick and Company
- Lovely London - Ethel, Crippen and Company
- The Bravest of Men Company
- A Pint of Wallop - Rosemary
- Fairy Godmother - Mick and Jenny
- Waltzing With You - Ethel and Company
- I Can't Stop Singing - Ethel
- Coldwater, Michigan - Crippen and Mark
- Don't Ever Leave Me - Ethel
- The Policeman's Song - Mick, Lasher, Jenny, Primrose and Petunia
- The Ballad of Doctor Crippen III - Lasher
- The Dit-Dit Song - Lasher, Crippen, Ethel, Nick &, Company
- The Minstrel Show S.S. Montrose Minstrels
- The Ballad of Doctor Crippen IV - Lasher
- The Dit-Dit Sing (Reprise) - Ethel and Company
- The Ballad of Doctor Crippen V - Lasher
- The Bravest of Men (Reprise) - Company
- You Can't Beat a British Crime - Company
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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