Tip-Toes

Summary: 1968 BBC production of the musical comedy Tip-Toes (music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin; book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson).
Theatre play: Tip-Toes by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson and George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin [more information]
Play synopsis: This musical comedy centres on a vaudeville act composed of Tip-Toes, her brother and her uncle: they try to pass her off as an aristocrat to snare a millionaire husband. Farcical complications ensue involving Tip-Toes’ temporary amnesia and a marital infidelity sub-plot.
Production history: The musical was modestly successful on Broadway in 1925 and in London in 1926.
Date of transmission: Tuesday 10 December 1968
Time: 9.05-10.05pm
Series: Jazz Age: Tales of the Twenties
Channel: BBC2
Production company: BBC

Director

Piers Haggard

Producer

Harry Moore

Gillian Lynne ('musical numbers staged by’)

Book by

Book by

Composer

Lyrics

Musical Arrangements by

Ian Macpherson (music for the dances)

Musical Direction

Dennis Wilson

Designer

James Weatherup

Costumes

Michael Robbie

Cast

Title: Tip-Toes (BBC, 1968)
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Title: Radio Times, 5 December 1968 (Magazine)
Linking notes: photograph and listing, p. 25; illustrated article on Gershwin on p.31

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