CRANKS/WILD GROWS THE HEATHER - MCSR 3037

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One of the wittiest and most original intimate revues of the 1950s, written by a new enfant terrible of British theatre (the choreographer John Cranko), Cranks has an atmospheric score by John Addison, and brought two new stars to the attention of London audiences – Anthony Newley and Annie Ross. With its haunting amalgam of jazz and blues, this really is a show with a feel all of its own. It was British revue’s contribution to surrealism, now restored to new life in Alan Bunting’s audio restoration. The 1956 musical Wild Grows the Heather is a colourfully Scots romance based on J M Barrie’s play The Little Minister, with rich choral and orchestral passages. Och aye!

With: Anthony Newley, Annie Ross, Hugh Bryant