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Julian More

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LyricistBook Writer 1928–2010

Julian Bensley More (15 June 1928 – 15 January 2010) was a British writer, best known for book and lyrics to musicals Grab Me a Gondola, Expresso Bongo, Songbook and the English-language version of Irma La Douce. More was born in Wales and educated at Stowe and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he wrote and performed with the Cambridge Footlights. He wrote script translation and lyrics for the English-language film version of The Young Girls of Rochefort (Les demoiselles de Rochefort). He also wrote English lyrics for many French popular song hits, include some by Françoise Hardy. His screenwriting credits include the films Chanel Solitaire (1981), The Catamount Killing (1974) and Incense fo…

Also credited on2 works

Irma La Douce
Roza

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  • 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
  • Other original Broadway book musicals: Roza, book and lyrics by Julian More, music by Gilbert Becaud; Late Nite Comic, book by Allan Knee, music and lyrics by Brian Gari; Mail, book and lyrics by Jerry Colker, music by Michael Rupert.ebooks/Singer, Barry/Ever After_ The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond - Barry Singer.txt
  • Enough here to tell us that this is no ordinary piece, not a work that strains for popularity. Those words are not the product of a Julian More or a Dorothy Reynolds; they don’t belong in a British musical at all, or should not. Logue had no qualifications as a lyricist for musicals, only as a poet, another Angry Young Man who had spent t…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Four years later, reunited with Julian More, with whom he shared all credits, Norman at last had another success with Songbook (Globe Theatre, 25 July 1979; 208). This ‘new musical’ chamber piece had the explanatory subtitle ‘a tribute to Moony Shapiro’, presented by its five performers, one of them Mr Shapiro himself. It was a good idea,…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Bordello Music by Al Frisch; book by Julian More; lyrics by Julian More and Bernard Spiro. Queen’s Theatre, 18 April 1974. PC: Henry Woolf, Stella Moray, Angela Easterling. MN: A Place Like This; Bordello; Yourself; A Country Bride; Apache Dance; Morality; Business Tango; Simple Pleasures; Art Should Be Art / Can-Can; Family Life; If You…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Expresso Bongo Music by David Heneker and Monty Norman; lyrics by Julian More, Monty Norman and David Heneker; book by Wolf Mankowitz and Julian More. Saville Theatre, 23 April 1958. PC: Paul Scofield, Millicent Martin, Hy Hazell, James Kenney, Meier Tzelniker. MN: Don’t You Sell Me Down the River; Expresso Party; Nausea; Spoil the Child;…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt

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