Patricia Routledge ~ "Not On Your Nellie!"

[@ginnylorenz5265]

The incomparable, glorious, magnificent, magical Patricia Routledge. A pure JOY!!!!!!!

[@cgtravers]

It's hard to fathom just how talented Patricia Routledge is. On the outside she appears so ordinary and she is ANYTHING BUT!

[@PaulMcElveen]

Excellent!

[@JillShaw]

I adore Patricia Routledge.This is wonderful! She is so pretty and such a gorgeous voice!! Thank you for posting.

[@philipswilson]

Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face ..

[@jochenstossberg5427]

There's a very good reason why this show lasted for thirty performances, and was never seen again - even with Patricia Routledge. It was a turkey.

[@nondescript2892]

probably..but it laid a lovely cast album darling 😘

[@MelekBetul]

Absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much for posting!

[@glamdolly30]

I wish this had been filmed - Patricia Routledge and the great Vincent Price, what a double act!

[@rossmiles7169]

glamdolly20...I was a teenager when I was in "Darling of the Day " on Broadway. We did this number on the Ed Sullivan Television Show so it's out there somewhere. Wish I could find it. I also did "MAME" & "PICKWICK" on the Ed Sullivan Show and I was lucky enough to find them on the Internet.

[@glamdolly30]

Someone replied to me saying they were in this show, and a section of it was performed on the Ed Sullivan Show. I will now search for it on KZbin - fingers crossed! Thanks for the info. X

[@AvalonMorley]

Damn, she could sing! Still can, probably. Great performer! Love the bits I've seen of THE BEGGAR'S OPERA with her and Roger Daltrey.

[@KeiriSan]

I adore this woman! She is everything I want to be.

[@jongregory8312]

AND she's also masterful in reading great literature. Her "Wuthering Heights" (audiobook) is phenomenal--the way she does all the voices: Catherine, Heathclif and even the cranky old Joseph. A very absorbing performance,

[@philipswilson]

Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face ..

[@ZXC5000]

Dame Patricia is awesome

[@supermikelang]

This was the best of 4 flop musicals that UK icon Patricia Routledge did in America. This one needs a revival as it's really good.

[@AmidTheFallingSnow]

She's so great, thanks for uploading this! 3:56 onwards reminds me of her character in Keeping Up Appearances and her desperate plans to sing for Emmet. :D

[@jws1128]

my parents were small investors in this show saw it on opening night

[@k8nairne]

@AmidTheFallingSnow LOL, that's so true! "She'll sing at me Liz, I know she will." But who knew she could actually sing?!

[@MrRhickok1109]

Great score by Jule Styne and Yip Harburg.

[@liesljones5987]

DARLING OF THE DAY was one of those troubled shows that went through three directors and at least the same number of scriptwriters on its wobbly way to Broadway. Vincent Price was supposedly miscast as the male lead, but both he and the score sound fine on the cast album. Actually, most of the reviews were good, but the NY TIMES sent a mediocre second-string critic named Dan Sullivan who gave the show a brutal pan. He later moved on to the LA TIMES where he recked havoc for 20 years. Still, even Sullivan had to acknowledge the brilliance of Patricia Routledge.

[@russellwright1324]

Thanks for that background info. I know the names of many critics back then (I'm not a big fan of Clive Barnes, he's better as a dance critic) but Dan Sullivan is new to me.. Explains a lot.. I'm a big Jule Styne fan so I've listened to this cast album over the years and it frustrates because it all sounds like a hit. So unfortunate it's "under known."

[@philipswilson]

Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face ..

[@johnyzero2000]

A well deserved Tony win!

[@EverythingMe15]

Thanks :)

[@davidfriscic3009]

She was Hal Prince's first choice for Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd. Sondheim wanted Lansbury.

[@treesny]

If so, my respect for Hal Prince just rose several notches. (No disrespect to Lansbury, who was wonderful in the role -- which I saw in the original production.)

[@jeremytrump7007]

"It's boo KAY!"

[@RetzHonig]

Was this a Broadway show in NYC or London?

[@treesny]

NYC.

[@stevenkelly4731]

1968

[@AmidTheFallingSnow]

@k8nairne Oh yeah, at least I had no idea she had such a good voice besides that mock opera voice she used in that series. ;)

[@treesny]

She sang in two BBC recordings of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas: the title role in "Iolanthe" and Mad Margaret in "Ruddigore." You can find her album "Presenting Patricia Routledge" here on KZbin. And the first time I heard her voice was on the LP of the revue "Cowardy Custard," where she sang ballads like "I'll Follow My Secret Heart" and comedy numbers like "I've Been to a Marvelous Party" with equal skill and style.

[@EverythingMe15]

What year was this recorded?

[@paulwinarski7015]

EverythingMe15 1968