Overview
Synopsis
Pickwick is based on the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens and takes place in and around London and Rochester in the Year 1827 - 1828. The show is a farce that focuses on Mr. Samuel Pickwick and Sam Weller reminiscing how they ended up in a debtor's prison.
Show Information
- Book
- Wolf Mankowitz
- Music
- Cyril Ornadel
- Lyrics
- Leslie Bricusse
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- Genres
- Farce
- Cast Size
- large
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Large Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
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Songs
- "Business is Booming" - Hot Toddy Seller, Cold Drinks Seller and Turnkey
- "Debtors Lament" - Chorus
- "Talk" - Sam Weller and Chorus
- "That's What I'd Like for Christmas" - Pickwick and Company
- "The Pickwickians" - Pickwick, Augustus Snodgrass, Tracy Tupman and Nathaniel Winkle
- "Bit of a Character" - Mr. Jingle, Augustus Snodgrass, Nathaniel Winkle and Tracy Tupman
- "Quadrille" - The Company
- "There's Something About You" - Mr. Jingle, Rachel and Company
- "Learn a Little Something" - Sam Weller and Mary
- "You Never Met a Feller Like Me" - Pickwick and Sam Weller
- "Look into Your Heart" - Pickwick and Mrs. Bardell
- "Winter Waltz" - Chorus
- "A Hell of an Election" - Chorus
- "Very" - Mr. Jingle, Pickwick and Mr. Wardle
- "If I Ruled the World" - Pickwick and Company
- "The Trouble with Women" - Tony Weller and Sam Weller
- "That's the Law" - Dodson and Fogg, Pickwick, Sam, The Pickwickians, The Clerks
- "British Justice" - Pickwick and The Company
- "Do as you Would be Done By" - Jingle, Pickwick, Sam, Mrs. Bardell and Chorus
- "Good Old Pickwick" - The Company
- "If I Ruled the World (Reprise)" - Pickwick and 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.
Monologues
Scenes
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