Behind the Iron Mask is a musical with a book by Colin Scott and Melinda Walker and music and lyrics by John Robinson. It played a short run at the Duchess Theatre in London after receiving unanimously unfavorable reviews."Behind the Iron Mask Review," The Guardian, 5 August 2005 Especially unique, this show has a cast of only three actors but runs for two hours. The show draws inspiration from Alexandre Dumas' Man in the Iron Mask.
Musical numbers
Act I Tristesse Antiphonal Madness There Is Sweet Music Possession - Prelude Do You Look for Love? Pearls, Pearls, Pearls Touch Me - Prelude Darkness The Enigma You'll Never Leave Here Possession
Act II Prelude to Love/Can't You See Turmoil Who's the Prisoner Here? Touch Me Take Me as I Am I'm a Lady/In a Single Moment Shadowland of Life/Touch Me - Reprise Tristesse Where Are You? If All This Means Love
Original cast +RoleWest End (2005)The GypsySheila FergusonThe PrisonerRobert FardellThe JailerMark Kerratcher
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