Chorus Girls (musical)

For chorus girls themselves, see chorus line.

Chorus Girls was a 1981 musical written by The Kinks lead singer and songwriter Ray Davies, who collaborated with The Long Good Friday screenwriter Barrie Keeffe.

Chorus Girls
Written by	Barrie Keeffe Ray Davies
Characters	Prince Charles, his bodyguard and various female activists
Date premiered	1981
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Original language	English
Genre	Musical comedy
Setting	under-stage at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East

It opened at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London starring Marc Sinden and also had a supporting cast of Michael Elphick, Anita Dobson, Lesley Manville, Kate Williams, Sandy Ratcliff and Charlotte Cornwell. Directed by Adrian Shergold, the choreography was by Charles Augins and Jim Rodford of The Kinks played bass with the theatre's 'house band'.

The plot was set around the story that Prince Charles (played by Sinden) was kidnapped by activists wanting to save the theatre building from demolition. Dobson played the girl who falls in love with him, and Elphick played Sinden's inept bodyguard.