Blood Red Roses
John Golden Theatre
Previews Began: March 5, 1970
Opening Night: March 22, 1970
Closing Night: March 22, 1970
Music: Michael Valenti
Lyrics: John Lewin
Book: John Lewin
Britain’s Crimean War of 1854-55 is used as the backdrop for this anti-war musical.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
The Cream of English Youth…………………British Army
A Garden in the Sun….Queen Victoria, Prince Albert,
Fitzroy Somerset Lord Raglan
In the Country Where I Come
From…………………………………Private William Cockroft
The Cream of English Youth
(Reprise)…………………………………..Private John Smalls,
Private William Cockroft
Black Dog Rum…………………………………………..Fusiliers
How Fucked Up Things Are………Private John Smalls,
Private William Cockroft
The English Rose………………………Private John Smalls,
Private William Cockroft
O Rock Eternal…………..Queen Victoria, Prince Albert
Soldiers Anthem………………………………………..Fusiliers
ACT TWO
Prelude……………………………………………………..Fusiliers
Blood Red Roses………………..Private William Cockroft
The Fourth Light Dragoons…………Cornet Edwin May
The English Rose (Reprise)…………Private John Smalls
Song of Greater Britain…………………..Bessie Bellwood
Song of the Fair Dissenter Lass…………….Alice Crabbe
Finale………………………………………………………Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Charles Abbott Russian Soldier
Philip Bruns Private John Smalls
Jeanie Carson Queen Victoria
Bessie Bellwood
Florence Nightingale
Alice Crabbe
Keene Curtis Napoleon III
Ronald Drake Prince Albert
Bill Gibbens Grenadier Guard
Jay Gregory W. H. Russell
Lowell Harris Cornet Edwin May
Jess Richards Private William Cockroft
William Tost Grenadier Guard
Evans
Sydney Walker Fitzroy Somerset Lord Raglan
Standby: Frances Sternhagen (Queen Victoria, Bessie Bellwood, Florence Nightingale, Alice Crabbe)