Me and My Girl

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 678 words | Copyright

Me and My Girl (1937). This musical tale about a cockney lad who inherits an earldom had book and lyrics by L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber, and music by Noel Gay. Its original London production in 1937 ran four years; an enlarged, revised version began an even longer run in 1985. The musical was not seen in America until that West End production opened the new Marquis Theatre on Broadway in 1986 with its London star, Robert Lindsay. Its catchy songs, particularly “The Lambeth Walk,” and its outrageous clowning marked a refreshing change from the solemnity of many contemporary musicals, and audiences kept it on the boards for 1,420 performances.

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