Billy Bishop Goes to War
Morosco Theatre
Previews Began: May 22, 1980
Opening Night: May 29, 1980
Closing Night: June 7, 1980
Music: John Gray
Lyrics: John Gray
Book: John Gray
A hapless military school student becomes a hero of World War I in John Gray and Eric Peterson’s two-man play with music.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
(We’re) Off to Fight the Hun
Canada at War
The Good Ship Caledonia
Buried Alive in the Mind
December Nights
The RE-7
Nobody Shoots No-One in Canada
Lady St. Helier
My First Solo Flight
In the Sky
ACT TWO
As Calm as the Ocean
Friends Ain’t S’posed to Die
General Sir Hugh M. Trenchard
The Empire Soiree
(We’re) Off to Fight the Hun (Reprise)
In the Sky (Reprise)
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Eric Peterson Billy Bishop
Upperclassman
Adjutant Perrault
Officer
Sir Hugh Cecil
Lady St. Helier
Cedric
Doctor
General John Higgins
Tommy
Lovely Helene
Albert Ball
Walter Bourne
Officer
General Hugh M. Trenchard
Servant
King George V
John Gray Narrator