More Than You Deserve

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More Than You Deserve
Music	Jim Steinman
Lyrics	Jim Steinman
Book	Michael Weller
Productions	1973 The Public Theater

More Than You Deserve is a musical written by Jim Steinman and Michael Weller, produced by Joseph Papp and directed by Kim Friedman. It opened at The Public Theater on November 21, 1973, ran for 63 performances and closed on January 13, 1974.

1 Original Cast
2 Plot synopsis
3 Songs
4 Legacy

[edit] Original Cast

Major Michael Dillon - Fred Gwynne
Fiona Markham - Kimberly Farr
Nurse/Nin Hua - Leata Galloway
Nurse/Uncle Remus - Marybeth Hurt
Nathan/Herbie/Pilot - Stephen Collins
Dr Smith/Sgt. Price - Grahan Jarvis
Luke/Lance Moriarty - Seth Allen
Mike / Brown / Gerald Moore - Larry Marshall
Perrine / Rabbit - Meat Loaf
Wiley / Trout - Kim Milford
Owlsy / Joe - Tom Leo
Costucci / Lt. Maddox - Edward Zang
Spooky 1 / Vietnamese - Justin Ross
Spooky 2 / Vietnamese / Radio man - Eivie McGehee
Melvin - Terry Kiser
General Chet Eastacre - Ronald (Ron) Silver

[edit] Plot synopsis

The story is set in a U.S. army base in Vietnam during the war. Major Michael Dillon (Gwynne), who is impotent, falls in love with a reporter sent to cover the camp, who turns out to be a nymphomaniac when she is gang-raped by the other soldiers in the camp. However, she realizes at the end that she will be even happier giving up her new-found lust for sex to settle down with the impotent commander.

[edit] Songs

Overture;
Give Me The Simple Life;
Could She Be The One;
Where Did It Go?;
Come With Me (We Know Love);
Mama, You;d Better Watch Out For Your Daughters;
More Than You Deserve;
O, What A War;
Song Of The City Of Hope;
To Feel So Needed;
Mama, You;d Better Watch Out For Your Daughters (repriose);
Go, Go, Go, Guerillas;
What Became Of The People We Were;
If Only;
Midnight Lullabye;
Song Of The Golden Egg;
What Became Of The People We Were (reprise)

[edit] Legacy

Steinman and Meat Loaf first met during the production and would go on to make the multi-platinum album, Bat out of Hell. The title track from from show was recorded by Meat Loaf for the Dead Ringer album. He also performed the song on his VH1 Storytellers show.