Royal Shakespeare Company

Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Icarus

1968 · Gregar GGS-5000 · UK: England

Icarus – Royal Shakespeare Company (Sleeve (front))

Artist
Royal Shakespeare Company
Credited on the record as
Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Title
Icarus
Release
Tell Me Lies
Year
1968
Label
Gregar # GGS-5000
Format
LP · Musical
Language
English
Country
UK: England
Songwriter
Richard Peaslee, Adrian Mitchell
Genre
Musical · Musical Theatre
Primary theme
Peace, Protest & Anti-War

Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs

Soundtrack to Vietnam War film. Note: need to catalogue songs Protest, anti-war UK

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — European Songs

Soundtrack to Vietnam War film. Note: need to catalogue songs UK

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

1968 British documentary drama film directed and produced by Peter Brook. Based on the 1966 play US by Denis Cannan. Soundtrack performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Gre-Gar Records GGS 5000, stereo, 33⅓ rpm, black labels; master nos. 68-3142 SA (side one) and 68-3143 SB (side two); "Original Soundtrack"; all tunes lyrics by Adrian Mitchell, music by Richard Peaslee, published by Borscht Music (BMI); "Exclusively distributed in U.S. and Canada by MIRA Productions, Inc.", 9028 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles. Front cover: "The Walter Reade Organization presents the Peter Brook Production 'Tell Me Lies' with the Royal Shakespeare Company", with a drawing of a giant hand of caricatured figures working a burning globe like a puppet. Back-cover credits: directed and produced by Peter Brook, designer Sally Jacobs, original text Denis Cannan, orchestra conducted by Tony Russell, chorus and…

About the artist

Royal Shakespeare Company cast, UK

Themes

Anti-War · Satire

From the release Tell Me Lies

In collections

European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

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