Me & My Girl - 2008
CAST LIST
Bill Snibson - Simon Pugh
Sally Smith - Georgia Evans
Sir John Tremayne - Chris Frost
Maria,Duchess of Dene - Brenda Arnold
The Honourable Gerald Bolingbroke - Dave Hayward
Lady Jaqueline Carstone - Linda Bloxham
Mr Parchester - Mac Hammond
Charles, The Butler - Greg Yates
Sir Jasper Tring - Eric Page
Lord Battersby - Les Middleton
Lady Battersby - Adelle Morgan
Mrs Brown - Viv Brown
Synopsis
Tells the tale of Bill Snibson, a Cockney bloke who suddenly becomes heir to an earldom.
The Hareford clan, a group of insufferable aristocrats, are clinging to their blue-blooded ways by the tips of their well-manicured fingers. The family?s precarious financial situation can only be remedied by locating a legitimate heir to the earldom of Hareford. In due course an heir is found, but, unfortunately for the haughty Harefords, he turns out to be the decidedly non-noble Bill Snibson, a swaggering Cockney from Lambeth. (It seems the late 13th Earl of Hareford had enjoyed at least one brief period of amorous slumming, secretly wedding a woman beneath his station.) The Earl?s will specifically states that the heir must be deemed a fit and proper person by the two very fit and proper executors, Maria, Duchess of Dene, and Sir John Tremayne. A good-hearted woman beneath all her jewelry, the duchess is determined to make the best of the situation by transforming Snibson into a proper gentleman. To complicate matters further, Snibson is madly in love with a girl he refuses to leave behind, fellow Cockney Sally Smith.
The Hareford clan, a group of insufferable aristocrats, are clinging to their blue-blooded ways by the tips of their well-manicured fingers. The family?s precarious financial situation can only be remedied by locating a legitimate heir to the earldom of Hareford. In due course an heir is found, but, unfortunately for the haughty Harefords, he turns out to be the decidedly non-noble Bill Snibson, a swaggering Cockney from Lambeth. (It seems the late 13th Earl of Hareford had enjoyed at least one brief period of amorous slumming, secretly wedding a woman beneath his station.) The Earl?s will specifically states that the heir must be deemed a fit and proper person by the two very fit and proper executors, Maria, Duchess of Dene, and Sir John Tremayne. A good-hearted woman beneath all her jewelry, the duchess is determined to make the best of the situation by transforming Snibson into a proper gentleman. To complicate matters further, Snibson is madly in love with a girl he refuses to leave behind, fellow Cockney Sally Smith.
Info
The 1985 British musical revival took five Drama Desk awards. Me and My Girl was a revival of an almost 50 year old English comedy, once thought to be "too British" for Broadway audiences. In 1986 Me and My Girl went on to earn eleven Tony Award nominations, and win three, including Actor (Musical), Actress (Musical), and Choreography.
Me and My Girl was an immense hit in its original incarnation on the London stage in 1937. It ran for two years and almost 1,700 performances. It spawned toys, an international dance craze, and a movie. Then the show fell into near-total obscurity -- until its successful resuscitation in the mid-1980s. In fact, it took producer Richard Armitage -- the son of the show?s composer, the pseudonymous Noel Gay -- years to track down the original score and script.
Me and My Girl was an immense hit in its original incarnation on the London stage in 1937. It ran for two years and almost 1,700 performances. It spawned toys, an international dance craze, and a movie. Then the show fell into near-total obscurity -- until its successful resuscitation in the mid-1980s. In fact, it took producer Richard Armitage -- the son of the show?s composer, the pseudonymous Noel Gay -- years to track down the original score and script.
