At the Drop of Another Hat

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At the Drop of Another Hat
Music Donald Swann
Lyrics Michael Flanders
Book Michael Flanders
Donald Swann

At the Drop of Another Hat is musical revue by Flanders and Swann, similar in format to its predecessor, At the Drop of a Hat. In the show, they both sang, accompanied by Swann on the piano. The songs were linked by contemporary social commentary, mostly by Flanders.

The review premiered at the Haymarket Theatre on 2 October 1963 and ran until 21 March 1964 West End return, and was revived at the Globe Theatre, London, from 29 September 1965 to 19 February 1966.

A Broadway production played at the Booth Theatre from 31 December 1966 to 9 April 1967.

Contents

[edit] Songs (includes all versions)

First half
  • "The Gasman Cometh: A Ballad of Unending Domestic Upheaval (It All Makes Work for the Working Man to Do)"
  • "Sounding Brass"
  • "From Our Bestiary"
  • "Bilbo's Last Song"
  • "By Air"
  • "Slow Train"
  • "A Sloth"
  • "Bedstead Men"
  • "Los Olividados"
  • "More Songs for Our Time"
  • "The Rat Race"
  • "Sea Fever"
  • "Old Hat (Kokoraki)"
  • "Ill Wind" - (Mozart's Horn Concerto in E flat major, rondo finale with cadenza)
  • "Ostrich Song"
  • "First and Second Law"
  • "Twice Shy"
  • "From Our Bestiary"
  • "Say Who You Are (Carter)",
Second half
  • "All Gall"
  • "Horoscope"
  • "Old Hat (Madeira M'Dear)"
  • "Wompom"
  • "Twenty Tons of TNT"
  • "Friendly Duet"
  • "In the Bath"
  • "Armadillo Idyll"
  • "Lovely War"
  • "Motor Perpetuo"
  • "Built-Up Area"
  • "In the Desert"
  • "Food for Thought"
  • "Prehistoric Complaint"
  • "Bedstead Men"
  • "Commonwealth Fair"
  • "A Song of Patriotic Prejudice"
  • "Hippo Encore"
  • "Guide to Britten"

[edit] Flanders and Swann's Bestiary

Included in the performance of A Drop of Another Hat were several songs about animals. Most of the following songs were not included in the original cast recording, but issued with additional songs on a separate disc:

  • "The Warthog"
  • "The Seahorse"
  • "The Chameleon"
  • The Whale (Mopy Dick)"
  • "The Sloth"
  • "The Rhinoceros"
  • "Twosome - Kang and Jag"
  • "Dead Ducks"
  • "The Elephant"
  • "The Armadillo"
  • "The Spider"
  • "Threesome"
    • "The Duck-Billed Platypus"
    • "The Hummingbird"
    • "The Portuguese Man-of-War"
  • "The Wild Boar"
  • "The Ostrich"
  • "The Wompom"

[edit] References

  • Angel Record #PMC1216 At the Drop of Another Hat
  • Angel Record #PMC1164 The Bestiary of Flanders and Swann
  • Information about the revue

[edit] External links

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