This is about the musical. For the film adaptation, see Half a Sixpence (1967 film).
Half a Sixpence.
Half a Sixpence is a stage musical based on H.G. Well's Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul.
Cast[]
- Tommy Steele - Arthur Kipps
- Marti Webb - Ann Pornick
- John Bull - Sid Pornick
- Colin Farrell - Buggy
- Anthony Valentine - Pearce
- Susan Dawn - Laura
- Arthur Brough - Mr. Shalford
- James Grout - Harry Chitterlow
- Jessica James - Mrs. Walsingham
- Anna Barry - Helen Walsingham
- Ian White - Young Walsingham
- Irene Byatt - Mrs. Botting
Plot[]
Arthur Kipps is an orphan who unexpectedly inherits a fortune, and climbs the social ladder before losing everything and realises that you just can't buy happiness.
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "All in The Cause of Economy" - Arthur Kipps, Sid Pornick, Buggins and Pearce
- "Half a Sixpence" - Arthur Kipps and Ann Pornick
- "Money to Burn" - Arthur Kipps, Laura and The Men
- "A Proper Gentleman" - Arthur Kipps, Sid Pornick, Buggins, Pearce and Shopgirls
- "She's Too Far Above Me" - Arthur Kipps
- "If The Rain's Got to Fall" - Arthur Kipps, Pearce, Sid Pornick, Buggins, Shopgirls, Singers and Dancers
- "The Old Military Canal" - Singers
- Act II
- "A Proper Gentleman" (Reprise) - Arthur Kipps, Mrs. Walsingham, Helen Walsingham, Mrs. Botting, Young Walshingham and Party Guests
- "The One That's Run Away" - Chitterlow & Kipps
- "Long Ago" - Arthur Kipps and Ann Pornick
- "Flash Bang Wallop" - Arthur Kipps, Ann Pornick, Chitterlow, Mr. Shalford, Pearce, Sid Pornick, Buggins, Shopgirls and Singers
- "I Know What I Am" - Ann Pornick
- "The Party's On the House" - Arthur Kipps, Pearce, Sid Pornick, Buggins, Shopgirls, Singers and Dancers
- "Half a Sixpence" (Reprise) - Arthur Kipps and Ann Pornick
- "All in the Cause of Economy" (Reprise) - Flo, Pearce, Sid Pornick and Buggins
- "Finale" - Entire Company