Heathcliff
Music by John Farrar
Lyrics by Sir Tim Rice
Book by Sir Cliff Richard & Frank Dunlop
CHOREOGRAPHY BY Brad Jefferies
DIRECTED BY Frank Dunlop
Opened: National Indoor Arena – Birmingham 16 October
– 2 November 14 - 19 December 1996
Playhouse Theatre Edingborough 5 November – 7 December 1996
Palace Theatre Manchester 7 January – 8 Febuary 1997
Labbats Apollo London 12 Febuary – 5 April 1997
Synopsis
Our tale begins in the year 1771 when the foundling child
Heathcliff, is brought to Wuthering Heights.
The passionate but tangled love of the brooding Heathliff and
the troubled Cathy unfolds with Heathcliff leaving to travel the
world.
Heathcliff returns a wealthy man and the story continues to
it’s tragic conclusion on the snow covered moors.
Song List
ACT 1:
- Overture
- A misunderstood man
- Funeral Cortege
- The sleep of the good
- Gypsy Bundle
- The Grange Waltz (The seduction of Cathy)
- Each to his own
- Had to Be
- Mrs. Edgar Linton
- The Journey: India/Africa/China
- When you thought of me
ACT 2:
- Entr’acte music
- When you thought of me (reprise)
- Dream tomorrow
- Isabella (link)
- The Gambling Song
- I do not love you Isabella
- Isabella (reprise)
- Choosing when it’s too late
- The madness of Cathy
- Marked with Death
- Be with me always
- Funeral Cortege (reprise)
- The nightmare
- Be with me always (reprise)
- Finale
Info
Original Cast Included:
| Narrator/Heathcliff |
Cliff Richard |
| Cathy |
Helen Hobson |
| Earnshaw/Hindley |
Jimmy Johnston |
| Edgar |
Darryl Knock |
| Isabella |
Sara Haggerty |
| Troubadour |
Gordon Giltrap |
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