The Stage, A Book & The Silver Screen Box Set
A collection of 3 Duke Special releases, presented in a lovely slipcase and containing
CD1 - Duke Special Presents The Songs From Mother Courage and Her Children
An album of the music written and performed by Duke Special for Deborah Warner’s production of the Bertolt Brecht classic play, translated by Tony Kushner and staged at the National Theatre in London over two months in 2009 and starring Fiona Shaw.
CD2 - Huckleberry Finn EP.
Duke Special’s own take on the unfinished musical by Kurt Weill that draws inspiration, and creation from the novel “Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain. Duke is the first person ever to record this suite of songs.
CD3 - The Silent World of Hector Mann
This recording is a collection of songs inspired by Paul Auster’s Novel ‘The Book of Illusions’. The book largely centres on the main characters’ enlightenment into the world of Hector Mann and the silent movies he created. The CD contains 12 songs written by Duke Special and 11 of his friends, including Neil Hannon, Ed Harcourt, Matt Hales & Ben Castle and was recorded by legendary producer Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, USA.
Songs
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN
Prelude
Mother Courage
Eilif (Song about the Soldier and his Wife)
Yvette (Song of Fraternization)
Song of the Hours
The Great Capitulation
Soldiers Song
Mother Courage (And The Threat of Peace)
Cook’s Song
Farmhouse Song
Lullaby
Mother Courage Finale
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
River Chanty
Come in Mornin'
Apple Jack
This time next year
Catfish Song
THE SILENT WORLD OF HECTOR MANN
Hearth and Home (Ronnie Mintor)
Wanda, Darling of the Jockey Club (Neil Hannon)
Jumping Jacks (Ed Harcourt)
Mr Nobody (Duke Special)
Tango Tangle (Ben Castle)
You'll be Detective (Clare Muldaur Manchon)
Double or Nothing (Phil Wilkinson)
Country Weekend (Paul Pilot)
Old Folks and Cowpokes (Rea Curran)
The Prop Man (Thomas Truax)
Scandal (Pete Noback)
Teller's Tale (Matt Hales)
