The Art of Living

• Original London Production (1960)
  London, England

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• Travel Now
• Keep Britain Tidy
• Dearest Mary
• Les Bluebell Girls
• The Nubam of Lemon
• I Love U.2
• No Place to Go
• Arms Race
• Empire Loyalist
• Havana
• En Location
• Sight Seeing
• The Story Teller
• Pappagalli
• Fellow Travellers
• The One Franc Miracle
• Shoom-Shi-Baasha
• The Wisherman's Song
• Anything to Declare
• Pure Pornography
• D.F.C. and Bar
• The Butler of Kensington
• Dr. of Music
• The Only Thing I Missed
• Awkward Questions
• Oh Lars
• Fulfilling Requests
• Neapolitan Nostalgia

Based on the writings of Art Buchwald

For the most part, we are uncertain at present which of the listed numbers were sketches or monologues and which were songs. There is no indication in the program, and with no cast recording and very little having been written about the show, we cannot say.

The authorship credits on the title page in the program were listed thus:

Based on the writings of Art Buchwald

Music and Lyrics by Monty Norman and David Heneker

On the same line, to the right, this appeared:

Lyrics and sketches by Julian More

Below that was this:

Additional sketches by Johnny Speight.

At the bottom of the two pages on which the musicals numbers were listed, additional writing credits were given. These were:

Keep Britain Tidy, Empire Loyalist and Dr. of Music by Johnny Speight

No Place to Go by Todd Matshikiza and John Morley