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David Heneker

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ComposerLyricistBook Writer 1906–2001

David William Heneker (31 March 1906 – 30 January 2001) was a writer and composer of British popular music and musicals, best known for creating the music and lyrics for Half a Sixpence.

Also credited on2 works

Irma La Douce
Half A Sixpence

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In the literature8 passages

  • [120] Cited in Tom Vallance, David Heneker obituary, The Independent , London, 8 March 2001., and in Didier C. Deutsch’s liner notes for the 1991 Original Broadway Cast CD of Irma la Douce , Sony Broadway SK 48018ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • Irma la Douce Music by Marguerite Monnot , English Book and Lyrics by Monty Norman , David Heneker and Julian More , London Cast, SEPIA CD 1120ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • After contributing with Monty Norman to the 1960 revue The Art of Living , David Heneker effectively struck out on a solo career in musicals, at once scoring a definite London and Broadway hit with an adaptation of H. G. Wells’ novel Kipps . Half a Sixpence (Cambridge Theatre, 21 March 1963; 679) bore the mark of its commissioning impresa…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • The Amazons Music by John Addison; lyrics by David Heneker; book by Michael Stewart. Nottingham Playhouse, 7 April 1971. PC: Elizabeth Counsell, Sandra Scriven, Fiona Mathieson, Robert Coleman, Joan Turner. MN: There’s Nothing Wrong with England; My Boys; The West End’s the Worst End; I’m Only Following My Instructions; Knees Up!; Whateve…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • The Biograph Girl Music by David Heneker [with Warner Brown*]; lyrics by David Heneker and Warner Brown; book by Warner Brown. Phoenix Theatre, 19 November 1980. PC: Bruce Barry, Sheila White, Sally Brelsford, Guy Siner. MN: The Moving Picture Show; Working in Flickers; That’s What I Get All Day; The Moment I Close My Eyes; Diggin’ Gold D…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Charlie Girl Music and lyrics by David Heneker and John Taylor; book by Hugh and Margaret Williams with Ray Cooney; story conceived by Ross Taylor. Adelphi Theatre, 15 December 1965. PC: Anna Neagle, Joe Brown, Derek Nimmo, Christine Holmes, Hy Hazell, Stuart Damon. MN: The Most Ancestral Home of All; Bells Will Ring; Charlie Girl; I Love…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt

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