Twang! is a musical written by Lionel Bart, based on the story of Robin Hood. It is most famous for its disastrous box-office failure. It played at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End, starting in 1965 and ran for six weeks.
Bart wrote both the music and lyrics and also directed and produced it together with Joan Littlewood. The lead actor was James Booth as Robin.
Twang! brought together a cast that included the Littlewood's Theatre Wor...
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Twang! is a musical written by Lionel Bart, based on the story of Robin Hood. It is most famous for its disastrous box-office failure. It played at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End, starting in 1965 and ran for six weeks.
Bart wrote both the music and lyrics and also directed and produced it together with Joan Littlewood. The lead actor was James Booth as Robin.
Twang! brought together a cast that included the Littlewood's Theatre Workshop’s strongest players including Ronnie Corbett and Barbara Windsor. It had the potential to be a great vehicle for James Booth, who was repeatedly told he was the only person who could do justice to the Robin Hood role, and who was repeatedly assured that the small part would be expanded to starring dimensions.
But Twang! was a disaster from the word go. The script was weak and stayed that way, especially the part of Robin Hood, despite constant, confusing rewrites. Rehearsals were disorganized. In front of the whole company, Littlewood...
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