Sigh No More (musical)
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Sigh No More is a musical revue consisting of twenty-two scenes and numbers composed, written and produced by Noël Coward, with additional items by Joyce Grenfell, Richard Addinsell and Norman Hackforth.[1] The show was Coward's first post-World War II musical and starred Cyril Ritchard, his wife Madge Elliott and Joyce Grenfell. It also featured Graham Payn, Coward's longtime partner, who sang the best-known song in the show, the wistful "Matelot".[1]
Sigh No More | |
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Music | Noël Coward |
Lyrics | Noël Coward |
Productions | 1945 London |
It opened at the Manchester Opera House on 11 July 1945, before transferring to London's West End, where it opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on 22 August 1945, running for 213 performances and closing on 23 February 1946.[1][2][3] Despite its indifferent success, it contained songs that endured in Coward's later cabaret act and elsewhere.[4]