| Cricket | |
|---|---|
| (Hearts and Wickets) | |
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| Music | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Lyrics | Tim Rice |
| Productions | 1986 Windsor Castle 1986 Sydmonton Festival 1986 Lord's Taverners Ball |
Cricket, also called Cricket (Hearts and Wickets), is a short musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics and book by Tim Rice. It was commissioned for Queen Elizabeth's 60th birthday celebration, and was first performed at Windsor Castle on 18 June 1986.
A lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek show running 30 minutes, its plot was set against the backdrop of the semi-fictional Headingley Cricket Club, whose star player, Donald, is torn between his team and his girlfriend Emma – as she decides to abandon watching cricket for what appears to be a far more exciting life at the race track with the caddish Vincent.
After its premiere for the Queen, as well as a pair of follow-up performances, the musical was shelved; several tunes were later re-used for the musicals Aspects of Love and Sunset Boulevard.[1][2] No commercial recording has been made.
Cricket is, to date, the final original musical written by the team of Lloyd Webber and Rice.
- ^ Cricket – The Musical Archived 27 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Citron, Stephen. Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber: The New Musical. Oxford University Press, 2001. p. 355.