Aladdin

London Stage Production

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Peter Coke
Additional Material by Denis Goodwin

Opened December 17, 1959 at the Coliseum Theatre, London
Produced by Harold Fielding
Directed and Choreographed by Robert Helpmann
Scenery and Costumes by Loudon Sainthill
Lighting by Michael Northern
Musical Direction by Bobby Howell
Orchestrations by Ronald Hanmer and Len Stevens
Choral Arrangements by Bill Shepherd

Cast

Bob Monkhouse (Aladdin), Doretta Morrow (The Princess), Ronald Shiner (Widow Twankey), Ian Wallace (The Emperor), Alan Wheatley (Abanazar), Anne Heaton (The Diamond Fairy), David Fallon (Grand Vizier), Philip Hogan (Wishee), Eddie Sargent (Washee), Jacqueline Marygold, Golda Casimir, Jessie Carron, Milton Reid, Kerry Jordan, Reginald Barratt, Mollie Hare and Geoffrey Webb

Musical Numbers

Act One

Prologue
• "Aladdin" - Chorus
Scene 1: The Main Square in Peking during the Festival of the Scarlet Dragon
• "There Must be Someone for Me" [from Mexican Hayride] - Aladdin, Wishee, Washee
• "No Wonder Taxes are High" - Aladdin and Twankey
Scene 2: The Market Place
• "Come to the Supermarket (in Old Peking)" - Aladdin and Chorus
• "Make Way for the Emperor" - Grand Vizier and Chorus
Scene 3: The Alabaster Pillared Hall of the Hammam Baths
• "Aladdin" - Princess and Chorus
Scene 4: Widow Twankey's Kitchen
• "Opportunity Knocks But Once" - Twankey and Abanazar
Scene 5: A Wild Part of the Coutnry Outside the City
Scene 6a: The Golden Caverns
Scene 6b: The Garden of the Jewelled Fruit
Scene 6c: The Golden Cavetns
Scene 7: Widow Twankey's Kitchen
Scene 8a: Hall of the Petitions in the Royal Palace
• "Wouldn't It Be Fun" - Emperor
Scene 8b: The Emperor's Jade Throne Room
• "I Adore You" Princess and Aladdin

Act Two

Scene 1: The Great Square in Front of the Emperor's Palace
• "Cherry Pies Ought to be You" [from Out of This World] - Aladdin and Princess
• "I Am Loved" [from Out of This World] - Princess and Chorus
Scene 2: A Street near Aladdin's Palace
Scene 3: The Great Square in Front of the Emperor's Palace
• "Ridin' High" [from Red, Hot and Blue] - The Hunters
• "Trust Your Destiny to a Star" - Emperor and Twankey
Scene 4a: The Princess's Room in Aladdin's Palace in Morocco
Scene 4b: The Kingdom of Cool Whiteness
Scene 5: The Princess's Room in Aladdin's Palace in Morocco
Scene 6: Widow Twankey's Laundry
Scene 7a: The Golden Staircase
Scene 7b: The Ships set sail for the Island of Betrothal

Original Cast Recording

• LP, 1960 [EMI (UK)]
• LP, 1982 [Stet DS 15027]
  Note: The front cover incorrectly reprints credits from the television production

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