WORDS & MUSIC
An Evening with Benny Green & Denis King
First performed at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, 27 February 1983
“Compared to the wedding of composer and lyricist, ordinary matrimony is a breeze. Why this is so remains a mystery, but ever since W.S. Gilbert discovered that Sir Arthur Sullivan was less congenial than Mrs. Gilbert, or indeed anybody, it has been clear that collaboration between songwriter and lyricist has been fraught with danger. The problem was neatly sidestepped by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Noel Coward, and, in the prime of his life by Frank Loesser, all of whom hit on the convenient device of collaborating with themselves, although there still remained a serious danger that one half of the partnership might take issue with the other, as occurred on one famous occasion when Irving walked out on Berlin. For the rest it was a case of making do with a partner, and it is from this unsatisfactory arrangement that many of the tensions and most of the laughs have arisen, and from which much of this evening’s material has been drawn.” Benny Green 1983
CAST
Benny Green, Denis King, Elaine Delmar, Toni Kanal
Musicians: Denis King, Lennie Bush, Bobby Orr
KINGS’ COMMENTS:



Fact of the Day
The first song Denis ever wrote, music and lyrics, he called himself Andy Prince--for reasons he is now unable to recall--but it was recorded by Doris Day.

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