[originalbuckeye]

Thanks for that! The only way I knew about Comden and Green was from the 'Peter Pan' songbook. I used to sing those songs to my son when he was small. They are beautiful and heartfelt!!

[Publius]

It was one of the truly great musicals. Betty Comden, Adolphe Green & Mark "Moose" Charlap took it to Broadway in 1952 where it ran two years. It became immortal thanks to NBC-TV broadcasts in 1956 and 1960.

In a BBC Radio interview just before his death in the Seventies, Cyril Ritchard said that Captain Hook was his favorite role in a lifetime spent in the theater. No other role offered him the chance to chew the scenery the way that show did.