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King Kong - 1961 London Production Musical
"King Kong brave as a lion
King Kong hundred feet tall
King Kong champ without trying-
That's me, I'm him. King Kong".
Music by Todd Matshikizia
Lyrics by Pat Williams
Opened February 23, 1961 at the Princes Theatre, (London)
Including George Tyndale playing clarinet & saxophone.
Brief Synopsis
A musical based on the life and death of the heavyweight boxer Ezekiel Dlamini, known to his fans as “King Kong”.
Song List
Sad times - bad times
Marvellous muscles
King Kong
Kwela Kong
Back of the moon
The earth turns over
Damn him!
Be smart, be wise
Crazy kid
Tshotsholosa
Quickly in love
In the queue
It's a wedding
The wedding hymn
Death song
Info
Production Information Opening: February 23, 1961
Closing: unknown
# Performances: 201
Theatres: Prince's Theatre
Production Type: Original Production
Production Status: Closed
Run Type: Open Run
Market: West End
Intermissions: 1
Production Staff
Mackay Davashe .... Music Arrangements
Arnold Dover ......... Choreographer
Stanley Glasser ...... Musical Director
Stanley Glasser ...... Orchestrator
Leon Gluckman ....... Director
Arthur Goldreich ..... Settings/Costumes
Jack Hylton ........... Producer
Sol Klaaste ........... Music Arrangements
Kippie Moeketsi ..... Music Arrangements
All Cast
Patience Gowabe ..... Performer
Ben Masinga ........... Performer
Nathan Mdledle ....... Performer
Sophie Mgcina ........ Performer
Joseph Mogotsi ....... Performer
Stephen Moloi ......... Performer
Peggy Phango ......... Performer
Full Author Listing
Harry Bloom ................ Book writer
Todd Matshikiza ... Music
Ralph Trewhela .................. Lyrics additional
Pat Williams ........ Lyrics
LINKS:
Author: Harry Bloom (1961)
TIME MAGAZINE, 3rd March, 1961
With notes as big as thunderheads starting and falling low at the end of the lyric, South Africa's King Kong was introduced last week to the London musical stage.
Drawn from life in the shantytowns around Johannesburg, it gave its West End audiences a chance to see the result of a big event in theatrical history: a superb jazz opera written, directed and produced by South African whites, scored, sung and acted by South African...
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897695,00.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_(musical)
http://www.militantesthetix.co.uk/zappo/kingkong.htm
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