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- ↑ Mel Atkey A Million Miles from Broadway 2013 0991695704 p.119 "The Crooked Mile (1959) with book and lyrics by Peter Wildeblood and music by sometime Noël Coward accompanist Peter Greenwell depicted Soho's gangs and prostitutes, albeit sweetened with sentimentality. Its score included the ballad ..."
- ↑ Stephen Bourne Elisabeth Welch: Soft Lights and Sweet Music p.71 "After 164 performances, The Crooked Mile closed prematurely on January 30, 1960, in spite of enthusiastic reviews. ... In the programme, Seckerson, who described the show as a "musical masterpiece," interviewed Peter Greenwell, who ..."
- ↑ Adrian Wright A Tanner's Worth of Tune: Rediscovering the Post-war ... 2010 1843835428 p.151 "A fury of discords by Peter Greenwell thrusts us into The Crooked Mile of Soho, a new 'musical' in which rival gangs present a pattern which threatens to become hackneyed. Many of Peter Wildeblood's characters have likeable human traits "
- ↑ Adrian Wright West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical 2012 1843837919 "Peter Greenwell and Peter Wildeblood's successor to The Crooked Mile, House of Cards, was hustled quickly into the West End and speedily ejected."
- ↑ Billboard - 4 July. 1960 p.15 "... Crooked Mile," which will debut on the German stage in August. Walter Brandin, well-known lyric ... Recently Top Rank released an EP with the most important pieces of the musical conducted by Peter Greenwell. "
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