The Gate Revue
Revue devised by Diana Morgan and Robert McDermott with contributions from Nicholas Phipps, Gerard Bryant, Arthur Marshall, Hermione Gingold, Reginald Beckwith, Dion Titheradge, David Yates Mason : Music: Geoffrey Wright. Lyrics: Diana Morgan and Robert McDermott.
Ambassadors Theatre, London - 9 March 1939 (449 perfs)
The Cast included:
- Reginald Beckwith
- Gabrielle Brune
- Walter Crisham
- Derek Farr
- Joan Swinstead
- Jack McNaughton
- David Evans
- Kay Young
- Michael Wilding
- Eve Robertson
- Walter Crisham
- Carole Lynne
- Hermione Gingold
- Michael Morice
Programme
- Open the Show - (Words by Nicholas Phipps; music by Geoffrey Wright) - The Company
- Musical Snobs - (Words by Peter Dion Titheradge; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Joan Swinstead, Jack McNaughton, David Evans
- The Guardsman - (Words by Diana Morgan & Peter Dion Titheradge; music by Geoffrey Wright) - The Singer - Kay Young; The Ouida Guardsman - Michael Wilding: Meadows - Jack McNaughton; Lady Dolly - Joan Swinstead
- Sick to Death of Love - (Words by Gerard Bryant; music by Geoffrey Wright)
- The Power of the Press - (Words by Gerard Bryant; music by Geoffrey Wright) - The Company
- Happy Ending - (Words by Diana Morgan & Robert MacDermot; music by Ronnie Hill) - Miss Brown - Joan Swinstead: Miss Jones - Kay Young; Mr. Smith - Walter Crisham
- Beauty, Beauty- (Words by Hermione Gingold and Robert MacDermot; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Hermione Gingold
- Interview with the President - (Words by Nicholas Phipps; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Walter Crisham
- Washing up to Shoobert - (Lyric by Gerard Bryant; music by Geoffrey Wright; dialogue by Hermione Gingold) - Lily - Kay Young; Doris - Carole Lynne; Bert - David Evans
- Royal Occasion - (Reginald Beckwith) - Joan Swinstead, Walter Crisham
- A Smack at the Blacks - (Arthur Marshall & Charles Hughes; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Sentries - (Michael Wilding, David Evans); General Wellington Boote - (Jack McNaughton); Lieut. Roy Rightabout - (Walter Crisham); Blanche - (Hermione Gingold); Seedi Ben Nevis - (Michael Morice)
- We've Got You Taped - (Words by Peter Dion Titheradge; music by Geoffrey Wright) - - Hermione Gingold, Carole Lynne, Walter Crisham, Michael Wilding
- The Bitzner - (Reginald Beckwith) - Joan Swinstead
- Wet Week-end - (Words by Diana Morgan & Robert MacDermot; music by Ronnie Hill) - Host - Jack McNaughton: Hostess - Kay Young; The Guests - Michael Wilding, Carole Lynne
- Spin - (Words by Nicholas Phipps & Hermione Gingold; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Hermione Gingold
- There Has Been a Slump - (Words by Nicholas Phipps; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Walter Crisham
- The Village Inn - (Words by Diana Morgan & Robert MacDermot; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Giles - Michael Wilding; George - Jack McNaughton; Polly - Carole Lynne; Percival - David Evans; Belinda (old style) - Muriel Byck
- All Smart Women Must - ( Words by Diana Morgan & Robert MacDermot; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Hermione Gingold, Walter Crisham, Michael Wilding
- The Stage Family Robinson - (Words by Gerard Bryant; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Joan Swinstead, Jack McNaughton, Kay Young, Carole Lynne, David Evans
- The Snowman - (Reginald Beckwith) - David Evans, Michael Wilding, Jack McNaughton
- The Busy Streets of London - (Words by Nicholas Phipps; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Kay Young
- Epilogue in Vienna - (Music by Geoffrey Wright) - Walter Crisham, Carole Lynne
- Lost Property - (Words by Nicholas Phipps; music by Geoffrey Wright) - The Attendant - David Evans; The Caller - Jack McNaughton
- Holiday - (Hermione Gingold) - The Dressmaker - Joan Swinstead; The Manicurist - Hermione Gingold; The Salesman - Michael Wilding; The Waitress - Carole Lynne; The Fortune Teller - Jack McNaughton
- Dance Macabre - (Nicholas Phipps; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Walter Crisham
- Only a Medium Medium - (Words by Eric Maschwitz & Charles Hickman; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Hermione Gingold, Michael Wilding
- A Tune to Take Away - (Words by David Yates Mason; music by Geoffrey Wright) - Kay Young and the Company