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Irma
La
Douce
(Original
London
Cast)
1.
VALSE
MILIEU
Clive
Revill,
Elizabeth
Seal
2.
TRES
TRES
SNOB
Company
3.
THE
BRIDGE
OF
CAULAINCOURT
Elizabeth
Seal,
Keith
Michell
4.
OUR
LANGUAGE
OF
LOVE
Elizabeth
Seal,
Keith
Michell
5.
SHE'S
GOT
THE
LOT
Company
6.
DIS-DONC,
DIS-DONC
Elizabeth
Seal
7.
LE
GRISBI
IS
LE
ROOT
OF
LE
EVIL
IN
MAN
Clive
Revill,
Keith
Michell
8.
THE
WRECK
OF
A
MEC
Keith
Michell
9.
THAT'S
A
CRIME
Company
10.
FROM
A
PRISON
CELL
Keith
Michell
11.
IRMA-LA-DOUCE
Elizabeth
Seal
12.
THERE
IS
ONLY
ONE
PARIS
FOR
THAT
(introducing
THE
FREEDOM
OF
THE
SEAS
and
FEVER
DANCE)
–
Keith
Michell
and
Company
13.
OUR
LANGUAGE
OF
LOVE
(Reprise)
Elizabeth
Seal
14.
BUT
Company
15.
CHRISTMAS
CHILD
Company
BONUS
TRACKS
16.
C'EST
POLYTE
LE
MOU
Les
Quartre
Barbus
17.
ME
V'LA,
TE
V'LA
Zizi
Jeanmaire,
Roland
Petit
18.
AVEC
LES
ANGES
Colette
Renard
19.
ELLE
A
DU
CHIEN
Les
Quartre
Barbus
20.
AH!
DIS
DONC
Colette
Renard
21.
TO
BE
OR
NOT
TO
BE
Les
Quartre
Barbus
22.
LE
CAVE
A
IRMA
Roland
Petit
23.
L'AVENTURE
EST
MORTE
Luc
Davis
24.
IRMA
LA
DOUCE
Colette
Renard
25.
Y'A
QU'PARIS
POUR
ÇA
Colette
Renard
26.
IL
EST
NE
Zizi
Jeanmaire,
Roland
Petit
and
Les
Quartre
Barbus
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Title:
Irma
La
Douce
(Original London Cast) and Bonus Tracks
Artist:
Elizabeth Seal, Keith Michell
Catalogue No.:
SEPIA
1120
Barcode:
5055122111207
Release Date:
5
September
2008
"Irma La Douce" was first performed in 1956 not on Broadway or in the West End but in Paris where the "little" French show about a prostitute and her jealous lover met with such enormous success that an English adaptation was inevitable.
Londoners first saw "Irma" in the summer of 1958 with Elizabeth Seal playing the title role and Keith Michell her lover. That it was different and daring with a melodic score made the British public fall in love with "Irma" and the show achieved a run of 1512 performances. Along the way Elizabeth Seal won numerous awards for her portrayal of Irma. Although unknown to American audiences Elizabeth was chosen to reprise her role when the show opened on Broadway where she won the coveted "Tony" award for best Actress in a Musical.
15 tracks were recorded for the London cast LP including Elizabeth Seal's solo reprise of hit song "Our Language of Love" which was not recorded for the Broadway cast LP. This CD release contains all 15 tracks and for bonus tracks features two other Irmas - the original Parisian Irma Colette Renard and international star Zizi Jeanmaire performing songs from the musical in French!
The 16 page booklet includes an interview with Elizabeth Seal and photographs from the London production supplied by Elizabeth and Michael Ward who took them.
The total of 26 tracks must make this one of the most "complete" "Irma la Douce" releases.
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