Summary
GIVEN the honoured place the musical has been granted in people's hearts, it's interesting to hear Twopence To Cross the Mersey's writer describe its inception as a series of coincidences.
If he hadn't been waiting to go into a meeting at a particular time on a particular day, and if the receptionist in the office where that particular meeting was being held hadn't been reading a particular book, then the show wouldn't have just topped pounds 2m at the box office.See the full content of this document
Extract
Other Side of the Coin ; Rob Fennah, Writer of Smash Hit Musical Twopence to Cross the Mersey, Charts the Show's Success with Laura Davis
That book was Helen Forrester's best-selling memoir and Fennah was halfway through it by the time his appointment began.
"The secretary said 'you're from Liverpool, aren't you'. And she lent me t...See the full content of this document
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