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Years active. 1952–1999. Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) was a British 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 ...
By Dennis Barker. Sun 4 Apr 1999 22.23 EDT. The life of Lionel Bart, who has died aged 68, was a morality tale about a poor cockney lad who had prodigal talent as a composer and lyricist but too ...
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Feb 2, 2021 · This article was amended on 3 February 2021 because the caption on the lead picture placed the names of Alun Owen and Lionel Bart in the wrong order. The Velvet Mafia: The Gay Men Who Ran the ...
Tom Vallance. Lionel Begleiter (Lionel Bart), composer, lyricist and playwright: born London 1 August 1930; died London 3 April 1999. IF HE had written only Oliver!, the composer Lionel Bart would ...
Biography. Lionel Bart was a British writer and composer of pop music and musicals. He was the sole creator of the musical Oliver! . The son of a Jewish Tailor in London's working class East End young Lionel had no formal musical education and never learned musical notation but his music teacher at school declared him to be a genius. He gained ...
Lionel Bart was a British 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 1960s birth of the British musical theatre scene after an era when American ...
