a few years later, he directed "i'm solomon", a musical remake of an israeli musical called "king solomon and shalmai the shoemaker" ("shlomo ha'melech ve'shalmai ha'sandlar") that ran in jaffa in the summer of 1967. "i'm solomon" starred dick shawn, salome jens and carmen mathews. ernest gold, who had written the score for the movie "exodus" (1960), wrote the music. geoffrey holder choreographed the show. benthall then directed "coco" starring katharine hepburn with music by andré previn and lyrics by alan jay lerner. michael bennet choreographed the show. benthall then directed "her first roman", a musical version of george bernard shaw's "caesar and cleopatra" starring leslie uggams and richard kiley.