| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Express Bongo', adapted from an original story by Wolf Mankowitz; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast list; includes programme with cast list and typescript dates 1958; printed flyers [1958]; magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical
Performed at The Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, 23 Apr 1958, closing performance (316th) 24 Jan 1959; presented by Oscar Lewenstein and Neil Crawford; directed by William Chappell; decor by Loudon Sainthill; costumes by Jocelyn Rickards; orchestrations by Tony Osborne; music by David Heneker and Monty Norman; lyrics by Julian More, David Heneker and Monty Norman; The Royal Theatre, Nottingham, 25 Mar 1958
On tour: 1959: The Chiswick Empire
Cast: Paul Schofield, James Kenney, Victor Spinetti, Millicent Martin, Aubrey Morris, Meier Tzelniker, Barry Cryer, John Shackelle, Hilda Fenemore, George Tovey, Rosaline Haddon, Charles Gray, Hy Hazell, Elizabeth Ashley, Susan Hampshire, Ben O'Mahony, Jan Arnold, Anne Donaghue, Carol Ann Ford, Adrienne Marsh, Julia Musgrove, Anna Sharkey, Barry Cryer, Frank Coda, Nicholas Evans, Trevor Griffiths, Geoffrey L'Cise, John Shackelle, Griffith Jones, Colin Hicks, Tristram Jellinek, Jill Gascoigne |