Description
“Their performances together were likened to ‘Falstaff singing duets with Hamlet’” (Parlophone). “the songs and sketches became household favourites throughout the English-speaking world and a hugely successful USA tour began in 1959. A second show later toured other British cities, Australia, New Zealand, North America and Hong Kong. …Flanders’ spoken introductions were intimate and ahead of their time, and the show as a whole, 50 years on, remains strikingly topical” (James Murray)
At the Drop of a Hat (Fortune Theatre, London)
- [1] A Transport of Delight (London Omnibus) 4:35
- [2] Song of Reproduction 3:29
- [3] A Gnu 6:09
- [4] Design for Living 4:29
- [5] Je Suis Le Ténébreux 2:13
- [6] Songs for Our Time
(Philological Waltz; Satellite Moon; A Happy Song) 5:38 - [7] A Song of the Weather 1:52
- [8] The Reluctant Cannibal 4:22
- [9] Greensleeves 6:08
- [10] Misalliance 3:54
- [11] Kokoraki – A Greek Song 3:11
- [12] Madeira, M’Dear? 5:42
- [13] Hippopotamus 4:19
- [14] The Warthog (the Hog Beneath the Skin) 4:10
- [15] The Whale (Mopy Dick) 3:26
- [16] The Rhinoceros 2:32
- [17] The Elephant 2:37
- [18] The Armadillo 3:48
- [19] The Spider 2:16
- [20] The Ostrich 2:53
The Bestiary of Flanders and Swann – Excerpts
