The Mystery Of Edwin Drood > Original Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (7)
Music: Rupert Holmes (34)
Lyrics: Rupert Holmes (34)
Book: Rupert Holmes (34)

Recording Details

Date: 1985
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Method: Studio
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Theatre/Venue: Imperial Theatre
Group/Studio: New York Shakespeare Festival
Producer: Rupert Holmes (34)
Engineer: Don Hunerberg (2)
Package Design: Paul Davis Studio
Photography: Martha Swope (21)
Director: Wilford Leach (4)
Choreography: Graciela Daniele (24)
Conductor: Michael Starobin (111)
Music Director: Michael Starobin (111)
Orchestrations: Rupert Holmes (34)
Performer: Betty Buckley (59) — Edwin Drood / Miss Alice Nutting, Patti Cohenour (14) — Rosa Bud / Miss Deirdre Peregrine, Jerome Dempsey — Durdles / Mr. Nick Cricker, Karen Giombetti (3) — Succubae / Miss Sarah Cook, Laurent Giroux, Stephen Glavin — Deputy / Master Nick Cricker, Charles Goff (7) — Horace / Mr. Brian Pankhurst, Susan Goodman (2) — Servant / Miss Violet Balfour, Joe Grifasi — Bazzard / Mr. Phillip Bax, Nicholas Gunn — Shade of Jasper / Mr. Harry Sayle, John Herrera (7) — Neville Landless / Mr. Victor Grinstead, Judy Kuhn (95) — Alice / Miss Isabel Yearsley / Succubae, Herndon Lackey (10) — Julian / Mr. Alan Eliot, Cleo Laine (56) — The Princess Puffer / Miss Angela Prysock, Francine Landes — Succubae / Miss Gwendolen Pynn, Rob Marshall (30) — Mr. Christopher Lyon, George N. Martin — The Reverend Mr. Crisparkle / Mr. Cedric Moncrieff, Howard McGillin (49) — John Jasper / Mr. Clive Paget, Peter McRobbie — Harold / Mr. James Throttle, Brad Miksell — Shade of Drood / Mr. Montague Pruitt, Donna Murphy (29) — Beatrice / Miss Florence Gill / Succubae, Joe Pichette (3), Michelle Pigliavento, George Rose (19) — Mayor Thomas Sapsea / Mr. William Cartwright, Your Chairman, Jana Schneider — Helena Landless / Miss Janet Conover, George Spelvin (2) — Dick Datchery
Shortcode: [r2608]

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Betty Buckley's Broadway - 1999 Betty Buckley

Perfect Strangers, The Writing on the Wall

Releases (6)

Format: CD
Label: Varese Sarabande 5597
Released: 1995-03-28
Barcode: 0030206559729
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Notes: only contains Bazzard's "Out on a Limerick" and Jasper's, Rosa's, and Puffer's "Confessions"
Lists: 181 collectors / 8 wish lists
History: 1 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl4724]

1.	There You Are
2.	A Man Could Go Quite Mad
3.	Two Kinsmen
4.	Moonfall
5.	Moonfall Quartet
6.	Wages of Sin
7.	Ceylon
8.	Both Sides of the Coin
9.	Perfect Strangers
10.	No Good Can Come from Bad
11.	Never the Luck
12.	The Name of Love
	Moonfall (Reprise)
13.	Settling up the Score
14.	Off to the Races
15.	Don't Quit While You're Ahead
16.	The Garden Path to Hell
17.	Out on a Limerick (Bazzard)
18.	Jasper's Confession
19.	Rosa's Confession
20.	Puffer's Confession
21.	The Writing on the Wall

Format: CD
Label: Polydor 827969
Released: 1990-10-25
Barcode: 0042282796929
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Notes: Does not include "Ceylon" or "Moonfall Quartet", but does include all the endings.
# Tracks: 29
Lists: 220 collectors / 10 wish lists
History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl2256]

1.	There You Are
2.	A Man Could Go Quite Mad
3.	Two Kinsmen
4.	Moonfall
5.	The Wages of Sin
6.	Both Sides of the Coin
7.	Perfect Strangers
8.	No Good Can Come from Bad
9.	Never the Luck
10.	The Name of Love
	Moonfall (Reprise)
11.	Settling up the Score
12.	Off to the Races
13.	Don't Quit While You're Ahead
14.	A Word From Your Chairman
15.	Garden Path to Hell
16.	Out on a Limerick (Rosa)
17.	Out on a Limerick (Crisparkle)
18.	Out on a Limerick (Bazzard)
19.	Out on a Limerick (Neville)
20.	Out on a Limerick (Helena)
21.	Jasper's Confession
22.	Puffer's Confession
23.	Rosa's Confession
24.	Bazzard's Confession
25.	Crisparkle's Confession
26.	Neville's Confession
27.	Helena's Confession
28.	The Writing on the Wall

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Format: Audio File
Label: Verve
Released: 2012-10-22
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Notes: Includes all tracks, including each "Out on a Limerick" and "Confession."
# Tracks: 30
Length: 1:12:20
Lists: 8 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl65462]

1. There You Are
2. A Man Could Go Quite Mad
3. Two Kinsmen
4. Moonfall
5. Moonfall Quartet
6. Wages of Sin
7. Ceylon
8. Both Sides of the Coin
9. Perfect Strangers
10. No Good Can Come from Bad
11. Never the Luck
12. The Name of Love/Moonfall (Reprise)
13. Settling Up the Score
14. Off to the Races
15. Don’t Quit While You’re Ahead
16. The Garden Path to Hell
17. A Word From Your Chairman
18. Out On a Limerick (Rosa Bud)
19. Out On a Limerick (Reverend Crisparkle)
20. Out On a Limerick (Bazzard)
21. Out On a Limerick (Neville Landless)
22. Out On a Limerick (Helena Landless)
23. Jasper’s Confession
24. Murderer's Confession (Princess Puffer)
25. Murderer's Confession (Rose Bud)
26. Murderer's Confession (Bazzard)
27. Murderer's Confession (Reverend Crisparkle)
28. Murderer's Confession (Neville Landless)
29. Murderer's Confession (Helena Landless)
30. Finale: The Writing on the Wall