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Ragged Child, The (Original London Cast Recording)

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Original London Cast recording by The National Youth Music Theatre; cast includes Jude Law.


1. In The Devil's Acre
2. Opening Sentence/Botany Bay
3. The Ballad Of Joe Cooper
4. Ain't That A Bloomin' Shame
5. There'll Come A Day
6. Banquet Scene
7. The Sores Of London
8. Cholery
9. Let Them Starve
10. Up And Be Doing/There's A Friend For Little Children
11. Work, Boys, Work
12. London Town
13. There's A Friend For Little Children
14. Here's To The Bootblacks
15. Australia
16. Home Sweet Home
17. The Voyage
18. The Final Verdict



The Ragged Child
Music by David Nield
Book & Lyrics by Jeremy James Taylor & Frank Whately

A stark and moving account of child deprivation in London in the 1850s which won the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Award, The Ragged Child is about the plight of the poor and destitute, mirrored in the tragic lives of Joe Cooper and his sister Annie. We see Lord Shaftesbury fighting for the education of the poor in the House of Lords, and, from an inauspicious beginning, the 'Ragged Schools' are founded with Lord Shaftesbury as President - but it is too late for Joe and Annie.1

This production opened at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 20th January 1988.

Directed by Jeremy James Taylor & Frank Whately
Designed by Christopher Richardson
Lighting by Peter Walters
Costumes by Sheila Darlington

Cast:
Joe Cooper - Jonny Miller
Annie Cooper - Victoria Hayes
Earl of Shaftesbury - Charles Edwards
Thomas Leary - David Bliss
Tommy, A Crossing Sweeper - Neil Rutherford
Alice Smith - Kate Jackson
John Giles - Jason Denvir

and members of the National Youth Music Theatre Company:
Lisa Abery, Greg Aird*, David Armes*, Donna Blatt, David Boa*, Sharon Byatt, Stacey Carter, Emma Cooper, Gary Davis, Lindsay Dowden, Clemmie Grigg*, Martin House, Allie Howlett, Louise Howlett, John Killoran, Adrian Laugee, Jude Law, Adam Laycock, Peter Leonard*, Adam Makepeace, Jamie Mitchell*, Lucy Morgans, Stephen Nellist, David Notman-Watt, Elizabeth Price, Scott Ransome, Nigel Seeley, Meg Shorey, Vicky Shuttleworth, Julian Spurrier, Paul Tarling, Julie-Ann Wisker

Stage Band: Cast members marked *
Pit Band: Charlotte Burke, Tony Burke, Rachel Gledhill, Bernie La Fontaine, Mike Pagett, Jonathan Vaughan, Stephen Westrop

Music Direction by David Nield
Recording produced by Grant Hossack


References:

1. http://www.josef-weinberger.com/jwthindex.html Accessed 17/07/2009

THE RAGGED CHILD is published by Josef Weinberger Ltd.







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