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Send In the Clowns" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night. It is a ballad from Act Two, in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Although the mixture of song, dance and Dickens proved potent enough in Oliver! [1968], the results in this Reader's Digest adaptation of The Old Curiosity Shop are distinctly flat and unappetising. Things bode ill from the very start, when Swiveller and Nell meet in a supposedly bustling London street which ...
Scrooge is a 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843). It was directed by Ronald Neame, and starred Albert Finney as Ebenezer Scrooge. The film's score was composed by Leslie Bricusse and arranged and conducted by Ian Fraser. The film was a follow-up to another Dickens musical adaptation, 1968's award-winning ...
Sondheim wrote the show’s hit song “Send in the Clowns” to suit her distinctive husky voice, but she lost the part in the 1977 film version to Elizabeth Taylor.
The musical includes the popular song "Send In the Clowns", written for Glynis Johns. Since its original 1973 Broadway production, the musical has enjoyed professional productions in the West End , by opera companies, in a 2009 Broadway revival, and elsewhere, and it is a popular choice for regional groups.
Animated films based on works by Charles Dickens (2 C, 3 P) C. Films based on A Christmas Carol (1 C, 39 P) D. Films based on David Copperfield (9 P) G.
Working solely as a lyricist, he collaborated with composer Cyril Ornadel on Pickwick (1963), based on Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, a successful vehicle for Harry Secombe. His later collaborators included Henry Mancini ( Victor/Victoria in 1982 and Tom and Jerry: The Movie in 1992) and John Williams ( Home Alone in 1990 and Hook in 1991).
It is loosely based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. In the film, Oliver is a homeless kitten who joins a gang of dogs to survive in the streets. Among other changes, the setting of the film was relocated from 19th century London to 1980s New York City, Fagin 's gang is made up of dogs (one of which is Dodger ), and Sykes is a loan ...