Half a Sixpence

Half a Sixpence
Official Broadway Cast recording cover art
MusicDavid Heneker
LyricsDavid Heneker
BookBeverley Cross
BasisKipps
by H. G. Wells
Productions1963 West End
1965 Broadway
1967 Film adaptation
2008 UK Tour
2016 West End revival

Half a Sixpence is a 1963 musical comedy based on the 1905 novel Kipps by H. G. Wells, with music and lyrics by David Heneker and a book by Beverley Cross. It was written as a vehicle for British pop star Tommy Steele.