The cast featured Kenneth More, who had starred in the much admired 1957 film adaptation of Barrie's play, and Millicent Martin.
However he struggled with a love ballad between himself and Patricia Lambert (Lady Mary) saying I was so terrible that I asked the producer to take it out of the show.
Historian Adrian Wright felt "the crux of the musical’s problem" was "Lady Mary, billed well below the title, was demoted to support Tweeny, now inflated to the star role.
[7] "Even though the songs are predominantly Edwardian in concept the chord structures are designed for jazz improvisations" said Lee on the sleeve notes.
Richard Morton Jack says the result "is light, and principally of interest for the fine solo work" - by soloists including Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Ross, Kenny Wheeler, Tommy Whittle and others.