Title: Travesty
Product review: Despite the wonderful presence of Petula Clark and Peter O'Toole, and some other good actors,it is hard to know how to condemn this misbegotten venture in terms sufficiently contemptuous. It is possible for a musical to transform its source while still respecting it, and create a genuine new work -- West Side Story may be the best example. Too often, the outcome is a bastard hybrid whose very cheapness of imagination dishonors the original. Hilton's original story (and Donat's film) will not be damaged by this travesty. But any concept of good taste gets mortally wounded. Terence Rattigan wrote the script. Whatever the size of his fee, he should have known better. The music merits no comment whatever.
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