This article is about the stage musical. For the similarly titled album by Mental As Anything, see Espresso Bongo.
Expresso Bongo
Lyrics
Julian More, Monty Norman
Book
Wolf Mankowitz, Julian More
Basis
satire of the music industry
Premiere
1958: Saville Theatre, London
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Expresso Bongo is a 1958 West End musical and a satire of the music industry. It was first produced on the stage at the Saville Theatre, London, on 23 April 1958. Its book was written by Wolf Mankowitz and Julian More, with music by David Heneker and Monty Norman, also the co-lyricist with Julian More. The production starred Paul Scofield with Hy Hazell, Millicent Martin and James Kenney. Musical director was Burt Rhodes and director William Chappell.
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Pussycat, The Rumpus, Pride and Prejudice, Inadmissible Evidence, Enrico, ExpressoBongo, Sleeping Beauty, You Never Can Tell, Ned Kelly, Mother, MacBett, The...
Gascoine had taken over from Millicent Martin in a British tour of ExpressoBongo. Gascoine played one of the schoolgirls in the film The Pure Hell of...
(1978). In London, Martin starred with Paul Scofield and James Kenney in ExpressoBongo at the Saville Theatre. In 1959, she had also appeared in The Crooked...
time she played small non-speaking roles in several movies, including ExpressoBongo (1959), The Millionairess (1960), Spare the Rod (1961), The Young Ones...
Broadway Tony Award in 1961), and ExpressoBongo (which Time Out called the first rock and roll musical). ExpressoBongo, written by Wolf Mankowitz, was...
Variety Club's Film Actress of 1958. In 1959, Syms appeared in the film ExpressoBongo as Maisie King, opposite Cliff Richard. She played opposite Dirk Bogarde...
daughter of the king of France. Harvey followed it with the musical ExpressoBongo (1959), a film best remembered for introducing Cliff Richard. He did...
British movies: Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) (as a tabletop dancer), ExpressoBongo (1959), Too Hot to Handle (1960), and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold...
Spettigue. His film appearances included An Alligator Named Daisy and ExpressoBongo; two of the Carry On films: Carry On Regardless and Carry On Jack; Help...
starring roles in theatrical productions as diverse as the musical ExpressoBongo (1958) and Peter Brook's celebrated production of King Lear (1962)....
from Desdemona in Othello at the ADC Theatre in 1962 to Maisie King in ExpressoBongo. She also trained as a studio manager with the BBC. In August 1963,...
Love You" and also "A Voice in the Wilderness", lifted from his film ExpressoBongo, and "Theme for a Dream" cemented Richard's status as a mainstream pop...
provided a backdrop as well as a title for Cliff Richard's 1960 film ExpressoBongo. The first was The Moka in Frith Street, opened by Gina Lollobrigida...
Room at the Top (1959) as Elspeth Jet Storm (1959) as Mrs. Satterly ExpressoBongo (1959) as Penelope Let's Get Married (1960) as Mrs. O'Grady Midnight...
English-language plays and films, such as It Always Rains On Sunday (1947) and ExpressoBongo (1959). Meier Tzelniker was born in Hotin-Bessarabia, Romania, the son...
and Downstairs (1959) as Chinese Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited) ExpressoBongo (1959) as Soho youth (uncredited) Passport to China (1960) as Jimmy...
to see it"." Guest finally got the opportunity after the success of ExpressoBongo (1959). "I went to Steven Pallos, he said alright I'll do it," said...
(1954), Chance of a Lifetime (1950), Reach for the Sky (1956), and ExpressoBongo (1960). He also appeared in US productions, notably Moulin Rouge (1952)...
the screenplay. In 1958 he wrote the book for the West End musical ExpressoBongo which was adapted into a film starring Cliff Richard and Laurence Harvey...
Nelly the Woman at Police Station I'm All Right Jack (1959) – Spencer ExpressoBongo (1959) – Night Club Cleaner (uncredited) Inn for Trouble (1960) – Dolly...
Yesterday's Enemy (1959) with Stanley Baker. Then he made the film version of ExpressoBongo (1959) with Donlan, giving an early role to Cliff Richard. Guest returned...
by her husband. The remaining films are They Can't Hang Me (1955), ExpressoBongo (1959) with Laurence Harvey and Cliff Richard, Jigsaw (1962) with Jack...
(uncredited) I'm All Right Jack (1959) as Dai Libel (1959) as Fitch ExpressoBongo (1959) as Charlie (uncredited) Circus of Horrors (1960) as Martin A...
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) – Arriving Passenger 3 (uncredited) ExpressoBongo (1959) – Cynthia (uncredited) During One Night (1960) – Jean The Long...
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