|
1949 |
The Year of Ivor Novello's King's Rhapsody |
|
1950 |
Featured Noel Coward's Ace of Clubs |
|
1951 |
Vivian Ellis showed up with And So To Bed |
|
1952 |
Eric Maschwitz came up with Love from Judy |
|
1953 |
A pastiche of musicals of an earlier age, The Boy Friend |
|
1954 |
Saw success for Salad Days |
|
1955 |
A year of short British musical runs. |
|
1956 |
Musical success of the year was Grab Me a Gondola |
|
1957 |
A fascinating year for admirers of the British musical. |
|
1958 |
A year dominated by My Fair Lady and West Side Story |
|
1959 |
Joan Littlewood's Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be |
|
1960 |
Musical of the year was Lionel Bart's extraordinary Oliver! |
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1961 |
Bricusse & Newley's Stop the World - I Want to Get Off |
|
1962 |
Blitz! Lionel Bart's first musical since the success of
Oliver! |
|
1963 |
Half a Sixpence was a personal triumph for Tommy Steele |
|
1964 |
Robert and Elizabeth with Keith Michell and June
Bronhill |
|
1965 |
This was a disastrous year for the British musical. |
|
1966 |
A year bedevilled by short runs and critical brickbats. |
|
1967 |
The biggest musical successes were the least deserved. |
|
1968 |
Outstanding musical of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales |
|
1969 |
British musical producers needed friendly bank managers. |
