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Sigh No More (musical)

Sigh No More
Cyril Ritchard, Madge Elliott, Joyce Grenfell and Graham Payn in "The Burchells of Battersea Rise"
MusicNoël Coward
LyricsNoël Coward
Productions1945 London
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Sigh No More is a musical revue consisting of twenty-two scenes and numbers composed, written and produced by Noël Coward, with additional items by Joyce Grenfell, Richard Addinsell and Norman Hackforth.[1] The show was Coward's first post-World War II musical and starred Cyril Ritchard, his wife Madge Elliott and Joyce Grenfell. It also featured Graham Payn, Coward's longtime partner, who sang the best-known song in the show, the wistful "Matelot".[1]

It opened at the Manchester Opera House on 11 July 1945, before transferring to London's West End, where it opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on 22 August 1945, running for 213 performances and closing on 23 February 1946.[1][2][3] Despite its indifferent success, it contained songs that endured in Coward's later cabaret act and elsewhere.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "A Noel Coward Revue", The Manchester Guardian, 12 July 1945; p. 3
  2. ^ Ivor Brown, The Observer, 26 August 1945, p. 2
  3. ^ The Times, 23 February 1946, p. 8
  4. ^ Morley, Sheridan. Coward, pp. 91–93, London: Haus, 2004. ISBN 1-904341-94-2

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