Smike
| Musical dates | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Smike |
| Original language: | English |
| Music: | Roger Holman and Simon May |
| Book: | Clive Barnett and Simon May |
| Lyrics: | Roger Holman and Simon May |
| Literary source: | Nicholas Nickleby |
Smike is a pop musical adaptation of Charles Dickens ' Nicholas Nickleby that was previously broadcast on BBC television. The star of this BBC production was Beryl Reid as Mrs Squeers. Also played with: Andrew Keir as Mr Squeers, Leonard Whiting as Nicholas, and Ian Sharrock as Smike.
The musical was originally conceived in 1973 at London's Kingston Grammar School by two teachers, Simon May (who later became a successful television program composer) and Clive Barnett. The third employee was Roger Holman. The musical, which is very popular in England, has now been produced several times. In December 2005 the piece was produced again at Kingston Grammar School. A German translation by Roman Hinze has been available since 2007 and has since been played a number of times.
The music tracks
- Act I.
- The Daily Test (Headmaster & Boys)
- Doing Things By Numbers (guys)
- Here I Am (Nicholls & Guys)
- Stop! And Just Think Who You Could Be ... (guys) ^
- We've Got The Youngsters' Interests At Heart (Squeers & Snawley)
- Wackford, Fanny, Squeersy And Me ... (Squeers, Mrs. Squeers, Fanny & Wackford)
- Dotheboys Hall (Squeers, Mrs. Squeers & boys)
- Better Off The Way I Am (Smike)
- Don't Let Life Get You Down (Nicholas & Guys)
- Act II
- In the Warm Light Of A Brand New Day (Smike)
- Dotheboys Rock (Bolder & Guys)
- Brimstone And Treacle (Mrs. Squeers & Boys)
- Your Kind Of Woman (Mrs. Squeers & Nicholas)
- We'll Find Our Day (Fanny & Nicholas)
- Here I Am [Reprise] (Nicholas & Guys)
- Don't Let Life Get You Down / In The Warm Light Of A Brand New Day [Reprise] (Smeeton & Jungs)
- Believe (Nicholls & Guys)
^ The song "Stop! And Just Think Who You Could Be" has an additional optional verse for both boys and girls production.