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The Good Old Bad Old Days

Playbill

Book music & lyrics by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley.

Prince of Wales Theatre - 20 December, 1972 (309 perfs)


Synopsis

A kewpie-doll named Bubba tries to persuade God not to throw in the towel and destroy the world. He does this by presenting God with a pageant of mankind through the ages.

The show consists mainly of a series of revusical scenes which takes the action from the Mayflower to the French Revolution to the American Civil War to Broadway, all accompanied by some trite philosophising, homespun homilies, some not very funny jokes, and a handful of songs.

Characters:

Bubba
Gramps
Simon
Biggs
Small Person
William
Grace
Beloved
John
Girl
Boy
plus chorus

Musical Numbers:

  1. The Good Old Bad Old Days
  2. The Fool Who Dared to Dream
  3. The Wisdom of the World
  4. Thanksgiving Day
  5. Today
  6. Tomorrow
  7. Yesterday
  8. It's A Musical World
  9. I Do Not Love You
  10. A Cotton-Pickin' Moon
  11. The Good Things In Life
  12. The People Tree
  13. We've a Cure For Everything on Broadway
  14. Finale (The Good Old Bad Old Days)