Original London Cast - Free As Air (plus Bonus Tracks) (CD)

Free As Air' was composer Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds' next collaboration following the enormous success of 'Salad Days'. Set in the mythical island of Terhou in the Channel Islands, it involved a runaway heiress who arrives on the island to flee an unwanted suitor. She is welcomed by the islanders who crown her their Queen at the island's Coronation Ceremony and she ends up falling in love with an islander.'Free As Air' went straight into London's Savoy Theatre in June 1957 where it played for 417 performances. The London cast had the main roles performed by Gillian Lewis, Gerald Harper, John Trevor, Patricia Bredin and Josephine Tewson.The cast recording of 'Free As Air' has not been available for a long time and we are delighted to be releasing it on CD for the first time. As the overture was not recorded for the cast recording, we have used a piano selection of the score performed by Julian Slade as an introduction on this CD issue.For additional bonus tracks we have chosen o