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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.〔"A Noel Coward Revue", ''The Manchester Guardian'', 12 July 1945; p. 3〕 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".〔 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.〔〔Ivor Brown, ''The Observer'', 26 August 1945, p. 2〕〔''The Times'', 23 February 1946, p. 8〕 Despite its indifferent success, it contained songs that endured in Coward's later cabaret act and elsewhere.〔Morley, Sheridan. ''Coward'', pp. 91–93, London: Haus, 2004. ISBN 1-904341-94-2〕 ==Musical numbers== ;Part 1 *Sigh No More – Harlequin and Singing Silphides (Payne and ladies) *DuMaurier – Society Lady (Grenfell; music by Richard Addinsell; lyrics by Grenfell) *The Parting of the Ways – Lenora and Michael (Elliott and Ritchard) *Mother and Daughter – The Mother and the Daughter (Gwen Bateman and Joy O'Neill) *I Wonder What Happened to Him? – Indian Army Officer (Ritchard) *Music Hath Charms – Miss Lawson and others (Elliott and others; music & lyrics by Norman Hackforth) *Never Again – The Singer and Extras (Payn and ensemble) *This Is the End of the News – (Grenfell) *Loch Lomond – (Gail Kendal; arrangement by Hackforth) *Pageant – Company ;Part 2 *Willy – Willy, Good Angel and Bad Angel (Tom Linden, Elliott and Ritchard) *Wait a Bit, Joe – Payn *Travelling Broadens the Mind – Grenfell (written by her) *Nina (from Argentina) (parodying "Begin the Beguine") – Gigolo, Nina and Singer (Linden, Kendal and Ritchard) *The Merry Wives of Windsor – Mrs. Macadoo, Ladies and Private Niven (Elliott, Ladies and Ritchard) *Matelot – Payn *Blithe Spirit Ballet – Linden and others *The Burchells of Battersea Rise – Ritchard, Elliott, Grenfell and Payn *Japanese spies – Elliott and Ritchard (cut from the show in tryouts; was not performed in London) *Finale, Sigh No More – Entire Company 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sigh No More (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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