The Crooked Mile

About the show

The Crooked Mile is an avant-garde musical set in Soho, London with music by Peter Greenwell and book and lyrics by Peter Wildeblood. It was based on Wildeblood's 1958 novel, West End People. The play premiered at the Cambridge Theatre, London, in 1959, directed by Kenneth Alwyn and starring Millicent Martin and Elisabeth Welch. The music was orchestrated by Gordon Langford. The show ran for 164 performances, closing prematurely on 30 January 1960, despite continuing mainly positive reviews.