Lock Up Your Daughters
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Lock Up Your Daughters is a musical by Lionel Bart. It was based on an 18th century comedy, Rape Upon Rape, by Henry Fielding and adapted by Bernard Miles. The lyrics were written by Lionel Bart and the music by Laurie Johnson. It was first produced at the Mermaid Theatre in London in 1959.
In 1969, it was made into a movie starring Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, and Glynis Johns.
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[edit] Plot summary
Licentious London, 1735. The age of the coffee-house politician, the corrupt Justice, and the young gallant whose principal delight is the ravishing of virtuous maidens. Unversed in the wicked ways of the world young Hilaret sallies forth from the over-protective walls of Papa's house resolved to elope with her beloved Captain Constant. Separated from her maid, Cloris, during a street scuffle, she finds herself in a deuced dangerous situation with a distinctly virile young gentleman named Ramble. Her cries for assistance only lead her into further peril, for she and Ramble are both hauled on trumped-up charges before that rogue of rogues, Mr Justice Squeezum. Once in custody, Hilaret becomes the latest apple of the Justice's ever-wandering eye, while Ramble is "rescued" by the bountifully amorous Mrs Squeezum. That Constant, too, happens at that moment to be in jail is just one of the lucky circumstances that eventually resolve this rumbustious story.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Singing Principals
- Hilaret.
- Mrs Squeezum.
- Cloris.
- Justice Squeezum.
- Ramble.
- Sotmore, his drunken friend.
- Constant.
- Politic, Hilaret's father.
- Dabble, his coffee- house friend.
[edit] Straight Role
- Justice Worthy, an honest man.
[edit] Smaller Roles
- Quill, Squeezum's clerk.
- Staff, a constable.
- Faithful, Politic's servant.
- Brazencourt, an innkeeper.
- A night-watchman.
- A gallant.
- A servant.
- A serving wench.
[edit] The Scenes
A single composite setting is suggested which becomes in turn a street scene, Justice Squeezum's courtroom, Mrs Squeezum's boudoir, a tavern bar-room, Politic's parlour, Hilaret's bedroom, a prison cell, an upstairs room at the tavern, and Justice Worthy's courtroom
[edit] Songs
- All's Well
- The Gentle Art of Seduction
- If I'd Known You
- I'll Be There
- Is This the Happy Ending?
- It Must Be True
- Kind Fate
- Lock Up Your Daughters
- Lovely Lover
- Mister Jones
- On the Side
- A Proper Man
- Red Wine and a Wench
- Sunny Sunday Morning
- There's A Plot Afoot
- 'Tis Plain To See
- When Does the Ravishing Begin?
[edit] Film
Directed by Peter Coe and has been described as 'one of the funniest movies ever' Filmed in Kilkenny Ireland by Domino Films in 1969 it ran for 102 minutes - Originally given an X certificate (over 18's) by the UK Censor it was reduced to a '15' on video. Christopher Plummer is hilarious as a dandy. The ribaldry is unsurpassed, its unfortunate that it wqas deemed an X certificate and the subsequent video releases have never captured the magic of the movie on their synopsis pages.
[edit] Film Cast
- Christopher Plummer - Lord Foppington
- Susannah York - Hilaret
- Glynis Johns - Mrs Squeezum
- Ian Bannen - Ramble
- Tom Bell - Shaftoe
- Elaine Taylor - Cloris
- Jim Dale - Lusty
- Kathleen Harrison - Lady Clumsey
- Roy Kinnear - Sir Tunbelly Clumsey
- Georgia Brown - Nell
- Vannessa Howard - Hoyden
- Roy Dotrice - Gossip
- Fenella Fielding - Lady Eager
- Paul Dawkins - Lord Eager
- Peter Bayliss - Mr Justice Squeezum
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