Composers and their stage works 


(Alan) Beverley Cross

Born in London, April 13, 1931

Stage Plays

  1. One More River (produced 1958). 1959.
  2. The Singing Dolphin (for children), based on an idea by Kitty Black (produced 1959).
  3. Strip the Willow (produced 1960). 1961.
  4. The Three Cavaliers (for children; produced 1960).
  5. Belle; or, The Ballad of Dr. Crippen, with Wolf Mankowitz, music by Monty Norman (produced 1961).
  6. Boeing-Boeing, adaptation of a play by Marc Camoletti (produced 1961). 1967.
  7. Wanted on Voyage, adaptation of a play by Jacques Deval (produced 1962).
  8. Half a Sixpence, music by David Heneker, adaptation of the novel Kipps by H.G. Wells (produced 1963). 1967.
  9. The Mines of Sulphur, music by Richard Rodney Bennett (produced 1965).
  10. The Pirates and the Inca Gold (produced 1966).
  11. Jorrocks, music by David Heneker, adaptation of novels by R.S. Surtees (produced 1966). 1968.
  12. All the King's Men (for children), music by Richard Rodney Bennett (produced 1969). 1969.
  13. Phil the Fluter, with Donal Giltinan, music and lyrics by David Heneker and Percy French (produced 1969).
  14. Victory, music by Richard Rodney Bennett, adaptation of the novel by Joseph Conrad (produced 1970). 1970.
  15. The Rising of the Moon, music by Nicholas Maw (produced 1970). 1971.
  16. Catherine Howard (televised 1970).
  17. The Crickets Sing (produced 1971). 1970.
  18. The Owl on the Battlements (for children; produced 1971).
  19. Where's Winkle? (for children; produced 1972).
  20. The Great Society (produced 1974).
  21. Hans Christian Andersen, with John Fearnley and Tommy Steele, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser (produced 1974; revised version produced 1976). 1978.
  22. The Mask of Orpheus, music by Nicholas Maw. 1976.
  23. Happy Birthday, adaptation of a play by Marc Camoletti (produced 1978). 1980.
  24. Haworth: A Portrait of the Brontës (produced 1978). 1978.
  25. The Scarlet Pimpernel, adaptation of the novel by Baroness Orczy (produced 1985). 1988.
  26. Miranda, adaptation of a play by Goldoni (produced 1987).

Screenplays:

  1. Jason and the Argonauts, with Jan Read, 1963;
  2. The Long Ships, with Berkely Mather, 1964;
  3. Genghis Khan, with Clarke Reynolds and Berkely Mather, 1965;
  4. Half a Sixpence, 1967;
  5. The Donkey Rustlers, 1969;
  6. Mussolini: Ultimo Atto (Mussolini: The Last Act), with Carlo Lizzani, 1972;
  7. Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, 1977;
  8. The Clash of the Titans, 1981.

Television Plays:

  1. The Nightwalkers, from his own novel, 1960;
  2. The Dark Pits of War, 1960;
  3. Catherine Howard, 1970;
  4. March On, Boys!, 1975;
  5. A Bill of Mortality, 1975;
  6. Miss Sugar Plum, 1976;
  7. The World Turned Upside Down, 1976.

Novels:

  • Mars in Capricorn. 1955.
  • The Nightwalkers. 1956.

Critical Studies:

  • Anger and After by John Russell Taylor, 1962, revised edition, 1969, as The Angry Theatre, 1962, revised edition, 1969;
  • introduction by J.C. Trewin to The Mines of Sulphur, in Plays of the Year 30, 1965.