Smike The Musical 1973 BBC production highlights

This was a major BBC TV production in the Christmas of 1973 starring Beryl Reid, Ian Sharrock and Leonard Whiting. It has since become a mini classic performed by thousands of schools and amateur drama societies in the UK and overseas.

Smike was created by EastEnders composer Simon May in collaboration with Roger Holman and Clive Barnett in 1973. Simon and Roger were writing partners at the time and Simon and Clive were teachers at Kingston Grammar School.

The musical was written as a school project for Kingston Grammar School and premiered at the Surbiton Assembly Rooms in the summer of 1973.

'Smike' a pop musical freely based on "Nicholas Nickleby", is the story of a group of restless school-children who go back in time to the world of Charles Dickens and see for themselves that there are advantages in living in the twenty first century.

Licence to perform Smike must be obtained from Josef Weinberger Ltd., 12-14 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JJ.

Tel: 0207 580 2827

http://www.josef-weinberger.com/jwthindex.html

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[boldone4]

I have not been able to recover the ONLY COPY of SMIKE that I was trying to copy on to my Computer . I wish there was a way to retrieve it but many Computer experts have tried --and they say that it is very sadly lost forever .

[Dottiedaisy1]

@boldone4 Do you still have copy of this DVD , I am willing to pay £24.00

[Gazz174]

I did this at School in the 70's. I played Mr Squeers. Brings back some great remories.

[lennylove1]

Oh my days!!! I did this at school a zillion years ago! I played Bolder and it was a joy!

[boldone4]

I am sorry to say that I think that I have ruined the ONLY COPY of SMIKE so I am now trying to find out if the currently EMPTY DVD is repairable in any way .

It doesn´t look good at the moment , but I will let you know if it is destroyed or salvageable --- next week .

[dwestell]

@boldone4

If you want to e-mail me I will buy it, its a classic.

dwestell@aol.com

[boldone4]

I am putting my DVD of the ORIGINAL 1973 SMIKE on E-BAY for 20 Pounds plus 4 Pounds shipping --

starting around AUGUST 15TH .

[boldone4]

I recorded SMIKE on SONY BETAMAX in 1973  .

I then transferred it to a DVD so it is not perfect .

However I will sell copies of the DVD at a reasonable price .

You can E-MAIL me at drtfranklinkim32@yahoo.com

[Hotpinkblur]

i did this as my yr 6 play- i was tilda! :)

[Dottiedaisy1]

If anyone has a copy sell other copies on e.bay There will be plenty of takers.