1958 Original London Cast, Cinderella with Tommy Steele, Jimmy Edwards, Kenneth Williams, and Betty Marsden.
"The magic of true Christmas pantomime swept into the West End last night with the sumptuous and beautiful Cinderella that I should think London has ever seen." So wrote Felix Barker in the Evening News after the sensational first night of Harold Fielding's London Coliseum production.
Universally hailed as the most beautiful of pantomimes to look at, it has also been acclaimed as the most melodious to listen to. Instead of the usual miscellaneous collection of tunes from here, there, everywhere, this show has a magnificent score from the pens of the century's greatest songwriters -- Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Now the score has been captured on record for all to enjoy, a show which Harold Hobson in the Sunday Times described as "the best thing of its kind I have seen."
