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A Young man (or even A Son Friend) occurs as musical by Sandy Wilson, first performed in the West End in 1954 starring a newcomer known as Julie Andrews. It opened London's Players Club in April 14 of that year, & reopened around an expanded versiin on October 13 before moving to the West End proper. It opened in Broadway the same month in September 30 with the equivalent cast.
Julie Andrews is presently directing the revival of this indicate, which get on tour across 2006.
A Swain occurs as comical pastiche of 1920s shows, with the comparatively little cast. Songs include:
"A Room in Bloomsbury"
"I Could Be Happy With You"
"It's Nicer in Nice"
A action will require place on the French Riviera during the Twenties, & is placed around the finishing school for young ladies:
the heroine, Polly Browne, though a millionaire's girl, feels left retired because she is the single one of her placed world health organization doesn't have the beau, & she needs a partner for the fancy dress ball: ("Poor little Pierrette! Where's your Pierrot?") Whenever an messenger boy arrives to deliver her costume, it is immediately attracted to of these a second, & Polly asks him to meet her at a ball.
Polly's widowed father arrives at a school, to discover that a headmistress is an old fire of his. It decide to marry. While Polly attend meet her newly beau on a promenade, he is recognised by the moneyed few world health organization come passing; once he diarrhea off, the assumption is mass produced that he occurs as stealer. At a bcompletely, all becomes clear. Polly's young human turns intent on become a missing boy of Lord & Lady Brockhurst, & all about ceases pleasantly.
Ken Russell's 1971 film version of the show, starring Twiggy and Christopher Gable, was an alternative interpretation, weaving the basic plot into a further complicated story where an amateur striking company, performing the indicate, come visited by a film maker on the super nighttime that the leading lady has to exist as replaced by her shy standby a la 42nd Street. It as well contained information to many more Busby Berkeley and MGM movie musicals of the 1930s.
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