Lionel Bart
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Lionel Bart was an English writer and composer of pop music and musicals. He wrote Tommy Steele's "Rock with the Caveman" and was the sole creator of the musical Oliver!. With Oliver! and his work alo
Bart in 1973, by Allan Warren
Bart in 1973
Oliver!
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Oliver! is a stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
Lionel Bart
…was an English writer and composer of pop music and musicals. He wrote Tommy Steele's "Rock with the Caveman" and was the sole creator of the musical Oliver! (1960). With Oliver! and his work alongside theatre director Joan Littlewood at Theatre Royal, Stratford East, he played an instrumental role in the…
Original theatre programme and poster
The Broadway version of Oliver! at the Imperial Theatre
Clive Revill as Fagin in the Broadway production of Oliver!
Oliver! bill board at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 2009.