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80-397: In an urban area in early 1940s England, a young child, Jim MacLaine, lives with his mother Mary and grandfather. His seaman father returns, spends time with him, and works in the family's grocery shop. However, he finds himself unable to settle down and soon leaves again for good, abandoning his wife and son, and Mary continues to run the shop and raise Jim on her own. In the late 1950s. Jim

160-494: A funfair , supplementing their meager pay by short-changing customers. Jim quickly becomes a heartless fairground Romeo , having one-nighters with a wide variety of women, including a young schoolgirl whom he rapes. He lies to Mike about the encounter, but Mike sees through it and berates him. Shortly afterwards, Mike short-changes a gang member and is attacked by the whole gang. Jim sees Mike being beaten, but instead of helping him, Jim hurries away, pretending he saw nothing, and has

240-537: A 2011 Broadway revival. An abbreviated one-act version of the musical designed for performers aged 18 and under also exists, titled Godspell Junior . Several cast albums have been released over the years. " Day by Day ", from the original cast album, reached #13 on the Billboard pop singles chart in the summer of 1972 and #7 in Canada . The show features eight non- Biblical characters , who sing and act out

320-470: A camp would serve over 200,000 meals per week, all cooked on site. In a typical year in the early 1960s, Butlins would cook: It was Billy Butlin 's idea that frontline staff should wear red blazers to identify themselves, and rival companies adopted different colours. Butlin's staff were called Redcoats , Pontins' staff were Bluecoats, and Warner's staff were Greencoats. Their duties ranged from adult entertainer or children's entertainer to stewarding. With

400-486: A fee was charged: bars , restaurants , amusement arcades . Holidaymakers would pay a fee for their accommodation and decide whether to go full board (all meals would also be included in the price), half board (only the main meal would be included) or self-catering (no meals provided). At the larger camps, it was not impossible for up to 10,000 people to need to be catered for. These camps would have two sittings for each meal, usually an hour apart. This could mean that

480-524: A focus on caravan accommodation and branded them under sister company Haven – Pwllheli becoming Hafan y Mor and Ayr becoming Craig Tara. The number of Pontins camps was reduced to 8 with several sold off or redeveloped for housing estates. Meanwhile, Warner's had experimented with "Adult Only" camps in the 1980s and gone on to develop hotels (usually in historic buildings) providing hotel-type comfort mixed with holiday-camp-style entertainment. The camps have attempted to improve their status by changing away from

560-464: A good deed done in secret" ("Shhh! It's a secret!"). The cast then performs the parable of Lazarus and the rich man. On earth, the rich man feasts, and Lazarus begs and is ignored. Upon dying, Lazarus is rewarded with Heaven, while the rich man is in Hell. The audience is told to "Learn Your Lessons Well" or be faced with eternal damnation. When the rich man asks Abraham if he would send Lazarus back from

640-785: A second production in Sydney on April 10, 1972. Peta Toppano , John Waters , and Marty Rhone were in the Sydney production. Melbourne played 504 performances and Sydney played 507 before the two companies went on tour, performing another 700 shows. Godspell opened at the Roundhouse Theatre in Chalk Farm , London on November 17, 1971. This London production featured Jacquie-Ann Carr, Julie Covington , David Essex , Neil Fitzwiliam, Jeremy Irons , Verity-Anne Meldrum, Deryk Parkin, Tom Saffery, Gay Soper , and Marti Webb . After

720-668: A successful run at the Roundhouse Theatre, the production transferred to the Wyndham's Theatre , also in London, on January 26, 1972. with Barry Stokes . The Washington, D.C. production of Godspell , at Ford's Theater , ran from 1972 into 1973. The cast consisted of Bartley Braverman , Scotch Byerley, Baillie Gerstein, Tony Hoty, Maggie Hyatt, Doris Jamin , Irving Lee , Dean Pitchford , John-Ann Washingson and Lynne Thigpen . The 1972-1973 Chicago production played at

800-700: A touring cast. After an enthusiastic response from the audience, the scheduled run at the Royal Alexandra ended and the show moved uptown to the Bayview Playhouse in Leaside . The Bayview Playhouse production ran until August 1973, with a then-record run of 488 performances. The Toronto production launched the careers of many actors, including Victor Garber , Eugene Levy , Andrea Martin , Gilda Radner , Dave Thomas , and Martin Short , as well as

880-416: A tryst with another fair worker. The severely injured Mike is hospitalized, and Jim gets a promotion that was supposed to be Mike's. Jim contacts Terry, who is now at university, but discovers that Terry and the girls there look down on his lifestyle and musical tastes. After two years gone, Jim decides to return home, finding his resentful mother struggling to run the grocery shop and care for her father, who

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960-597: A unit of the Walter Reade Organization , but after disappointing test engagements in Boston, Indianapolis, and Austin, they chose to shelve the film. Based on a well-received screening at Filmex in Los Angeles, programmer Jerry Harvey , partnering with Richard Chase and Kenneth Greenstone, created a small company, Mayfair Film Group, to take over distribution. The tie-in soundtrack to That'll Be

1040-659: Is "All for the Best" and heaven contains the ultimate reward as Jesus and Judas do a soft shoe together. This is followed by the parable of the Sower of the Seeds , which Jesus tells them represent the Word of God ("All Good Gifts"). By this point in the musical, the group has transformed from a rag-tag cast, into a community of love and caring and now march as soldiers in the military, signifying their ability to think as one. With Jesus as

1120-481: Is Known: God and King. I am most in majesty, in whom no beginning may be and no end." ("Opening (Monologue)"). The cast then enters and takes the roles of various philosophers who sing their philosophies, first alone, then in cacophonous counterpoint ("Prologue: Tower of Babble"). In response, John the Baptist enters blowing a shofar to call the community to order. He then beckons them to "Prepare Ye, The Way of

1200-574: Is better to lose it than to have the whole of the body thrown into hell. The cast then plays charades to finish several statements posed by Jesus, including "If a man sues you for your shirt..." and "If a man asks you to go one mile with him...." The cast then performs the Parable of the Good Samaritan as a play-within-a-play . Jesus explains the need to "love your enemies" and "not make a show of religion before men". He says: "God will reward

1280-424: Is known today, is now the last surviving of those early pioneering family sites that is still privately owned and run by fourth generation John Potter. In the 1930s, camps took on a larger scale with the establishment of large chains. The first of these was Warners , founded by Harry Warner who opened his first site on Hayling Island in 1931, with another three opening before the outbreak of World War II . During

1360-422: Is now a very bright but bored schoolboy in his final year at the local secondary school. His mother wants him to do well on his final exams, qualify for university, and have many opportunities—but Jim is far less enthusiastic about continuing his education, preferring to draw, write poetry, listen to rock n' roll, and chase girls—unsuccessfully. Instead of going with his friend Terry to take his exams, he runs away to

1440-452: Is now an invalid. Jim helps his mother with the shop and starts dating Terry's sister Jeanette over the objections of her mother and Terry. Unlike all his previous dates, Jim does not have sex with Jeanette, even though she is willing to do so out of love for him. Jim and Jeanette marry, with Terry and her mother wrongly assuming she must be pregnant. Jim, angry at Terry and ambivalent about losing his freedom, has sex with Terry's girlfriend Jean

1520-439: Is unsurprised. The film ends as Jim buys a secondhand guitar. David Puttnam and his producing partner Sandy Lieberson met with Nat Cohen of EMI Films who agreed to provide half the budget. The other half, £100,000, was obtained from Ronco Records on the condition that the film include 40 songs from Ronco's catalog of old hits, which they could then sell on TV as a soundtrack album. According to screenwriter Ray Connolly ,

1600-689: The Freshfields name. In the 1980s, many camps were shut down, as holidaymakers increasingly turned to package holidays and individually tailored breaks. The holiday camp was seen as run-of-the-mill or dated. 1983 saw the Butlins camps closed in Filey and Clacton. Through the 1990s, substantial investment was made in the remaining camps as operators attempted to concentrate their resources. They also attempted to concentrate on specific market sectors. Butlins substantially rebuilt two of its main camps with

1680-686: The Isle of Man is sometimes regarded as the first holiday camp, but it differed from the definition (above), especially as accommodation was still in tents . Cunningham's was still open by the time Billy Butlin opened his first camp in 1936 (and still averaged 60,000 campers on a good year). Opened in 1906 by John Fletcher Dodd , Caister Camp in Caister-on-Sea , Norfolk was one of the first permanent camps under canvas (tents), initially catering for men only, it would later open up to families and advertise itself as "The Oldest Established Camp". By

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1760-536: The Last Supper and Jesus tells them that one of them will betray him. Each member of the cast asks, "Is it I?" ending with Judas: "Rabbi... can you mean me?" Jesus tells him to do quickly what he must do and Judas runs off. Jesus breaks the bread and shares the wine, while saying the traditional Hebrew Seder blessings. He tells his followers that they will dine together in the Kingdom of Heaven. The band sings "On

1840-635: The Pharisee and the Publican praying in the temple: "Every man who humbles himself shall be exalted!" As Jesus teaches the law of the offering gifts at the altar, the cast makes offerings of themselves. They are taught that to approach God's altar, they must be pure of heart and soul. They then act out the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant a story of a master and a servant who owes him a debt. The servant asks his master for pity in repaying

1920-483: The Resurrection of Jesus in the show. It can be interpreted that either the singing of "Prepare Ye" in the finale or the curtain call, where all including Jesus return to the stage, represents the resurrection. The Music Theatre International script states that either representation is valid. "Tower of Babble," the show's opening number, has often been omitted in productions. The song consists of

2000-500: The Rodney King riots in Los Angeles . In the film, it follows "Alas for You" and "By My Side", omitting the parable typically found in between these two numbers. In the decades following the film's release, many directors have chosen to use the lyrics from the original film version, sometimes to replace the "Day by Day" reprise, "Tower of Babble", like the prologue, or adding it the end of the musical as an additional scene depicting

2080-573: The Time Out Film Guide , the film was a "hugely overrated dip into the rock 'n' roll nostalgia bucket, ... " also commenting "Youth culture my eye: they're all at least a decade too old. But good tunes, and worth catching for Billy Fury 's gold lamé act." At the 27th British Academy Film Awards in 1973, the film received two nominations. Rosemary Leach for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and David Essex for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles . Essex returned as Jim Maclaine

2160-489: The passion of Christ appearing briefly near the end. Godspell began as a project by drama students at Carnegie Mellon University and then moved to the off-off-Broadway theater La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan . The show was rescored for an off-Broadway production, which opened on May 17, 1971, and became a long-running success. Many productions have followed worldwide, including

2240-413: The 1970s and 1980s, the market declined as people began to holiday overseas, taking advantage of the new, cheap package holidays . Pontins was least affected, partly as they were already providing package holidays and partly because their smaller camps meant they had fewer beds to fill. Butlins attempted to diversify into this same market, purchasing smaller camps and caravan parks and marketing them under

2320-405: The 2001 revival, Luther, Gibbon, Nietzsche, and Fuller were replaced by Galileo Galilei , Jonathan Edwards , L. Ron Hubbard , and Marianne Williamson , respectively. The 2011 revival retains Galilei, Hubbard, and Williamson, but restores Gibbon and replaces da Vinci with Georg Hegel . On many early cast recordings, including the original off-Broadway recording and the original London recording,

2400-584: The Day to be excluded from the chart countdown. (despite its enormous popularity this album has never had an official CD release in the UK) The film was a hit at the box office (by 1985 it had earned an estimated profit of £406,000). Nat Cohen , who invested in the film, said it made more than 50% profit on top of its cost. It was one of the most popular movies of 1973 at the British box office. Connolly said "At

2480-533: The Day was released by Ronco and listed as a 'various artists' album rather than the official soundtrack. It spent seven weeks at the #1 position on the Official Albums Chart Top 50. However, beginning with the week ending 18 August 1973, all compilations listed as 'various artists' were removed from the chart, with only those billed as 'official soundtracks' (to films such as A Clockwork Orange and Cabaret ) remaining, causing That'll Be

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2560-561: The Lord!" and baptizes the cast ("Prepare Ye"). John gives a short sermon, as Jesus watches quietly. Jesus then announces his presence and says that he also wishes to be baptized. John instead asks to be baptized by Jesus. Jesus explains that "We do well now to conform with all that God requires" and is baptized by John. The cast enters and sings with Jesus ("Save the People"). In his first parable , Jesus explains that he has come "not to abolish

2640-457: The Lord," then Jesus tells the cast not to worry about tomorrow: "Tomorrow will take care of itself. Today has problems of its own." In an antiphonic chorus, the cast recites the Beatitudes . Judas directs the final beatitude regarding persecution at Jesus, and Jesus quickly changes the subject ("Did I ever tell you that I used to read feet?"). However, Jesus then persuades the cast that it

2720-511: The Nashville Teens . Filming began on October 23, 1972, on the Isle of Wight , which still had a late-1950s look in the early 1970s. Essex received a seven-week break from his Godspell role to film the picture. Puttnam clashed with Watham during filming, saying the director did not understand all the script's subtext. When Watham fell ill, Alan Parker directed for two days. The film was initially acquired by Continental Releasing,

2800-710: The Promenade Theatre three months later, and closed on June 13, 1976, after 2,124 performances at the Promenade. This production was directed by Tebelak, and the original cast included Lamar Alford , Peggy Gordon, David Haskell , Joanne Jonas, Robin Lamont, Sonia Manzano , Gilmer McCormick , Jeffrey Mylett , Stephen Nathan, and Herb Braha (Simon). The band included Jesse Cutler on guitar and bass, Richard LaBonte on bass, Stephen Reinhardt on keyboards, and Ricky Shutter on drums and percussion. In late 1971, LaBonte

2880-528: The Resurrection. The 2011 Broadway revival places "Beautiful City" after "We Beseech Thee" and just before the Last Supper, sung by Jesus as a slow ballad. This production used the revised 1993 lyrics and is included on its cast recording, along with a cover by John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting as a bonus track. Some productions use both the original upbeat film version as a prologue as well as

2960-571: The Studebaker Theatre, with a cast of Richard Gilliland (Jesus), Joe Mantegna (Judas), JoAnn Brown-El, Sammy Chester, Karla DeVito, Carol McGill, Jim Parks, Tricia Smith, Dan Stone, and Fran Uditsky. The 1972–1973 Toronto production opened at the Royal Alexandra Theatre and was intended to be a run of a few dozen performances for a subscription audience. The cast was drawn entirely from local performers, instead of

3040-593: The Willows", which is about what has been sacrificed. In the song, Jesus blesses each member of the cast. He asks that they wait for him as he goes into the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. In the garden, Jesus implores God to let the burden be lifted from his shoulders if there is another way. Jesus returns to his followers to find them all asleep. He begs them to stay awake, but they all fall asleep again and Jesus warns them they will all betray him three times (a reference to

3120-589: The apostle Peter ). Jesus then prays to God that if his death cannot pass him by, then His will must be done. He is then tempted by Satan (usually played by the apostles), but orders him away. Judas returns to betray Jesus, but has a moment where he cannot bring himself to do it. He tries to leave but finds himself boxed in by invisible walls, except for one path which leads to Jesus. Jesus encourages Judas to do what he has come to do, and Judas grabs Jesus to bring him to be crucified . The community starts to attack Judas, while Jesus tells them to stop, as all who live by

3200-406: The audience was offered wine on the stage. The second act then opens with one or more cast members singing "Learn Your Lessons Well", calling the audience back to their seats. After the reprise of "Learn Your Lessons Well", a member of the cast sings "Turn Back, O Man", imploring mankind to give up its temporal pursuits and turn to God. Jesus then says: "This is the beginning." Several members of

3280-409: The ballad version, either in its original place just before the Last Supper whereupon the "Day by Day" reprise is used as the Resurrection, or as an epilogue depicting the resurrection itself. In Music Theater International 's Broadway Junior series, which edits popular musicals to one act appropriate for a middle school cast, "Beautiful City" is included in the show. Godspell Junior contains most of

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3360-586: The cast gather, join in Jesus' song, and throw garbage at the Pharisees. Jesus predicts that he will not be seen for quite a while, while standing at the " Wailing Wall ", and predicts great wars and famines. He reminds the cast and audience of the time of Noah and teaches that faith can calm the storm. The cast is told: "Keep awake, then. For the Son of Man will come at a time when you least expect it." One woman in

3440-508: The cast is shunned as an adulteress . Jesus says: "Let the one of you who is faultless cast the first stone." Her accusers then bow their heads and walk away. Jesus walks over to her and asks: "Woman... where are they now? Has no one condemned you?" The woman answers: "No one, sir." He tells her: "Then nor shall I. You may go, but do not sin again." As she watches Jesus walk from her, she entreats him to remain "By My Side". During this song, Judas foretells his upcoming betrayal of Jesus. In one of

3520-412: The cast then begin to question Jesus's authority, and he responds with yet another parable. He is asked, "What is the greatest commandment?" and responds, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul... And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" The Pharisees continue to question him, and he laments "Alas for You" and calls them hypocrites. Members of

3600-402: The coast to work as a deckchair attendant, disappointing and upsetting his mother. He moves on to a barman job at a holiday camp , where he befriends the experienced barman Mike, who helps him hook up with willing women for his first sexual experiences. Jim is also drawn to the music and lifestyle of the resident singer, Stormy Tempest, and his drummer, J.D. Clover. Mike and Jim next get jobs at

3680-535: The country rather than building purpose-built camps for training, stationing troops, internment, and for housing refugees and workers. After the war, most holiday camps in Britain had been damaged by troop occupation; the situation was so bad that questions were raised in Parliament. The war was not bad for all camp owners. Butlin did a deal with the war minister to sell his unfinished Filey camp and to complete

3760-579: The country, Butlin opened his 10th camp in 1966, and Pontin had expanded into providing trips to Mediterranean locations in 1963. Not all ideas took off. Butlin attempted to expand into the Caribbean in the late 1940s, and hoped to expand the market for his camps in the United States , but by 1950 the venture was wound up, and Butlin admitted defeat and focused his efforts back in Europe . Through

3840-496: The dead to warn his brothers of their impending doom, Abraham tells him no: "If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone should rise from the dead." Jesus teaches that no man can serve two masters (God and money). A member of the cast tells a story of a man who spent a lifetime acquiring the good things in life, then dies before he has the time to enjoy them. This character sings "Bless

3920-423: The debt, and the master absolves it. The servant then turns to a fellow servant who "owed him a few dollars" and demands that it be paid in full. The master, hearing this, then condemns the servant to prison. Jesus explains the moral: "Forgive your brothers from your heart." The character telling the parable sings "Day by Day", and the cast joins in. After the song, Jesus teaches that if one part of you offends God, it

4000-512: The drill sergeant, they perform the Parable of the Prodigal Son . The cast sings "Light of the World" about Christ's Light and how it shines in each person. Jesus thanks the audience for coming and announces a 10-minute intermission . There is audience interaction during intermission. In the original production, the cast joined the audience for wine and bread. In the 2011 Broadway revival,

4080-492: The early 1920s, Caister Camp and others around the country were beginning to include hut-based accommodation. Inspired by visits to Caister Camp, 'Pa' Potter opened the first holiday camp with all wooden huts and permanent main buildings in 1920 at a site in Hemsby , Norfolk called Potters Camp . Potters Camp moved to Hopton-on-Sea in 1924 and moved again to a seaside location within that village in 1933. Potters Resort , as it

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4160-633: The early 1930s, Warner asked funfair entrepreneur Billy Butlin to join the board of his company and, in 1935, Butlin observed the construction of Warner's holiday camp in Seaton, Devon . Butlin learned from the experience of Warner, and employed the workers who had constructed the Seaton camp to build his first camp under the Butlins name at Skegness , Lincolnshire in 1936. By the outbreak of World War II , Butlin had opened another camp at Clacton-on-Sea , and

4240-702: The eight disciples (or soloists) acting out as philosophers, each singing about their various philosophies. They grow increasingly more irritated with each other, sing in contradiction, and eventually run out of words. "Prepare Ye" follows this prologue. In the original productions, the philosophers were Socrates ( Jeffrey Mylett ), Thomas Aquinas (Peggy Gordon), Martin Luther (Lamar Alford), Leonardo da Vinci ( Gilmer McCormick ), Edward Gibbon ( Sonia Manzano ), Jean-Paul Sartre (Joanne Jonas), Friedrich Nietzsche (Robin Lamont), and Buckminster Fuller (Herb Braha). In

4320-407: The fictional character of Jim Maclaine, and steal moments from our favourite films, a bit from East of Eden here, something from Francois Truffaut’s 'The 400 Blows' there." Puttnam offered the directing job to Michael Apted , who turned it down, Director Claude Watham was given the job when Puttnam was impressed with period detail of his TV movie Cider with Rosie . He also liked the fact that Watham

4400-468: The film was Puttnam's idea, who had worked in advertising and recently moved into film production. Connolly says Puttnam was inspired by Harry Nilsson 's song "1941", in which an early-1940s father deserts his young son, who subsequently joins a circus; Puttnam suggested changing the circus to a fair. Puttnam hired Connolly, a journalist friend, to write the script. Connolly worked on it in the evenings, and said they would "ransack our own lives as we created

4480-728: The first act and almost none of the second act. "By My Side" is omitted entirely. "Beautiful City" is placed at the beginning of the second act and is immediately followed by the Last Supper, the Betrayal, and the Crucifixion. John-Michael Tebelak wrote the first version of Godspell as his master's thesis at Carnegie Mellon University. The Carnegie Mellon cast included (listed in speaking order): Andrew Rohrer, Mary Mazziotti, Martha Jacobs, Robin Lamont, Robert Miller, Sonia Manzano , Stanley King, Randy Danson, James Stevens, and David Haskell with original music by Duane Bolick. This version

4560-557: The following year, in the 1974 sequel, Stardust , which continues the story into the early 1970s. An independent radio drama recording project, That'll be the Stardust! , was released in 2008. The story follows the musical journey of Jim Maclaine's son, Jimmy Maclaine Jr. Holiday camp A holiday camp is a type of holiday accommodation, primarily in the United Kingdom, that encourages holidaymakers to stay within

4640-536: The following: Most camps were by the seaside but some, like "California in England" near Wokingham, Berkshire were beside a lake and catered for a modest 300 guests. "California in England" also had the only glass-floored ballroom in the country. There were usually extensive childcare facilities such as a crèche and various clubs to keep young children occupied, enabling parents to follow their own pursuits. In addition, there were usually other facilities for which

4720-628: The growth of caravan parks in the 1970s and 1980s, the entertainment teams adopted more modern names, such as the HavenMates or the FunStars. Bibliography Godspell Godspell is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michael Tebelak . The show is structured as a series of parables , primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew , interspersed with music mostly set to lyrics from traditional hymns , with

4800-405: The holiday camp identity and identifying themselves as holiday centres, resorts, holiday villages, coastal villages, or holiday parks. In 2004, market research company Mintel estimated that 26% of UK adults had used a holiday centre over the preceding two years (an increase of 4% compared to 2001). Included in the price would be entertainments provided on site. These would include all or some of

4880-505: The law and the prophets, but to complete." Jesus explains to the cast that those who adhere to the law of God will earn the highest place in the Kingdom of Heaven. He tells them the parable of the Widow and the Judge , demonstrating that God is a just jurist who will support those who cry out to him. The cast begins to understand Jesus' teachings and take it upon themselves to tell the story of

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4960-413: The lighter moments in the second act, Jesus tells how he will separate men as a shepherd separates his flock into sheep and goats . The sheep will enter heaven while the goats must suffer eternal damnation. "We Beseech Thee" cry the goats, begging for mercy. After the song, the cast reminds each other to take things "Day by Day", as they remove their clown makeup, face paint, or object. They assemble for

5040-490: The music ends. The women of the cast sing "Long Live God", and the men join in with "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord" in counterpoint. The cast removes Jesus from the fence and carries him out, either offstage or through the aisles. The cast then finishes with a reprise of "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord". Similar to criticism of the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar there is controversy over there being no obvious allusion to

5120-414: The names of the original performers, Stephen and David. All ten actors are on stage throughout the entirety of the production. In the revised script used for the 2011 Broadway revival, the names of the cast are again assigned to the non-Biblical roles: Nick, Telly, George, Anna Maria, Lindsay, Uzo, Morgan, and Celisse. Each character is also assigned a few character traits. An ensemble can also be added to

5200-447: The night before his wedding. Jim and Jeanette live with his mother and grandfather. Jim pretends to be going to night school, but is secretly spending his nights at rock n' roll shows. Jeanette gets pregnant and they have a son. Jean and Terry plan to get engaged, and Jean makes suggestive remarks to Jim in front of Jeanette. After talking with friends in a band, Jim leaves home, repeating his father's pattern. Jeanette cries, but his mum

5280-400: The parables: Gilmer (silly, a great storyteller); Robin (a tomboy); Herb (goofy and entertaining); Jeffrey (happy and excited); Joanne (eager and enthusiastic); Lamar (clumsy and unintentionally funny); Peggy (shy and loyal); and Sonia (dramatic with a put-on sensuality). In the original script, licensed through Theatre Maximus, the "Christ" character and the "John" and "Judas" role are assigned

5360-651: The production if needed. Since the names of the characters are normally changed to the cast members' names in professional productions, the names here match the character's main solo, excluding Jesus and John/Judas. These are the names the characters are referred to in the licensing of the show. Notable replacements include: Corbin Bleu as Jesus (Broadway 2011), Sonia Manzano (Broadway 1976), Don Scardino (Canada 1972), Dave Thomas (Canada 1972), and Victor Garber (Off-Broadway 1972). The show opens with God 's voice, as spoken by Jesus , declaring his supremacy: "My name

5440-426: The prologue was omitted in order to produce an album that could sell as a pop album. This omission was for marketing purposes and was not meant to diminish the importance of the number, as Stephen Schwartz has repeatedly stated. As a consequence, some audiences have gotten the impression that this number was added into the score later. "Beautiful City" was written in 1972 as part of the film and re-written in 1993 after

5520-614: The show's musical director, Paul Shaffer . Howard Shore played saxophone for this production. Godspell opened in Maseru , Lesotho in 1973 and ran for five months. When Des and Dawn Lindberg brought the show to the University of the Witwatersrand ( Johannesburg ), it was immediately banned on the grounds of blasphemy . The ban was widely recognized as a political response to the depiction of racial mixing , which presented

5600-569: The show. Schwartz's score incorporated a variety of musical genres , including pop , folk rock , gospel , and vaudeville . "By My Side", written by Carnegie Mellon students Jay Hamburger and Peggy Gordon, was kept from the original score. As in the original score, most of the lyrics not written by Schwartz were from the Episcopal hymnal . The show opened as a musical at the Cherry Lane Theatre on May 17, 1971. It transferred to

5680-619: The site boundary, and provides entertainment and facilities for them throughout the day. Since the 1970s, the term has fallen out of favour with terms such as holiday park , resort , holiday village and holiday centre replacing it. As distinct from camping , accommodation typically consisted of wooden chalets , accommodation buildings arranged individually or in blocks. From the 1960s onward, many camps also added static caravan accommodation, and today, many static caravans are also termed holiday camps. Cunningham's Young Men's Holiday Camp at Groudle (1894–1903) then Douglas (1904–1939) on

5760-504: The sword will one day die by it. Judas (usually alone, as a representation of the others arresting Jesus) ties Jesus upon an electric fence (representative of the cross) as Jesus berates him for arresting him at night, but then says that it had to happen to fulfill the prophets' writings. The "Finale" begins, loud and in B-minor, with Jesus wailing, "Oh, God, I'm bleeding," and the community answers: "Oh, God, You're bleeding." Jesus dies and

5840-527: The time, I was astonished by its success. A sixth form drop out, who throws his school books into a river when he should be sitting his A-level history, writes poetry in the rain while hiring out deck chairs, and lets down just about absolutely everyone was hardly an obvious subject. But, on reflection, I can now see that there was nothing else like it at the time. And the music soundtrack was fantastic." The Los Angeles Times called it "a very special, strange and fascinating movie." According to Anne Billson in

5920-418: The work at a lower price than the army could complete it. Butlin specified a contractual term to ensure that he could buy his camps back from the war ministry as soon as the war was over. Another person to do well out of the war was Fred Pontin . During the war, Pontin was the manager of a camp housing steel and sugar beet workers. Taking over the job, Pontin found that the previous manager had been assaulted by

6000-438: The workers over a disagreement about food. Pontin quickly set about improving the conditions of those workers. After the war, Pontin took a loan and purchased a former military camp at Brean , Somerset which he opened as his first holiday-camp. His company Pontin's was established in 1946. From the end of the war, through the 1950s and into the mid-1960s, the holiday camp industry thrived. By 1964, Warner had 14 camps across

6080-451: Was cast as Mike after Connolly, who had never been to a holiday camp, consulted him and former Beatles road manager Neil Aspinall about their Butlins memories. Aspinall also helped to put together the camp band that appeared in the film. Several roles were played by prominent musicians who had lived through the film's era, including Starr, Billy Fury, Keith Moon of the Who , and John Hawken of

6160-586: Was in negotiations to build two more (at Ayr in Scotland and Pwllheli in Wales ). At that time, there were around 200 holiday camps in the United Kingdom at different seaside locations. During World War I , the Cunningham's holiday camp was used as an internment camp . With the arrival of World War II, the British government realised they could save money by requisitioning the many holiday camps around

6240-400: Was not that interested in rock 'n roll, and thought Watham would provide an objective counterbalance to Puttnam and Connolly. Connolly said that he cast David Essex, then starring in a West End production of Godspell , in an effort to make the selfish Jim MacLaine character more likeable, because Essex "was so good-looking and likeable an audience would forgive him anything." Ringo Starr

6320-674: Was performed at Carnegie Mellon in 1970 by students from Carnegie Mellon's Theatre Department. The show was then brought to the attention of producers Edgar Lansbury (brother of Angela Lansbury ), Joseph Beruh , and Stuart Duncan by Carnegie Mellon alumnus and associate producer Charles Haid , who wanted to transfer the show to off-Broadway. The show was first produced at La Mama as a play with original music for eight songs by Duane Bolick, Jeffrey Mylett, who added one of his songs ("The Raven and The Swan") and Peggy Gordon and Jay Hamburger, who added "By My Side". The producers then hired Stephen Schwartz , another Carnegie Mellon alumnus, to re-score

6400-752: Was replaced by bassist Steve Manes when two of the original musicians, Shutter and LaBonte, went with the majority of the original cast to The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles to open the show there. With the exception of LaBonte, they all returned to the Promenade in January 1972. The first production after the off-Broadway show opened at the Playbox Theatre in Melbourne, Australia on November 15, 1971. The cast included Colleen Hewett , Collette Mann , Christopher Pate, and George Spartels . The producers, Aztec Services and Williamson Edgley Theatres, opened

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