Russ Abbot "OLIVER!" Sonia Swaby / Lionel Bart / Dickens 1998 Souvenir Program

Description

This is a beautiful souvenir program from the 1998 Provincial Tour of the LIONEL BART musical hit "OLIVER!". (The
West End revival
opened December 8th, 1994
at the Palladium in London
and ran for more than three years, closing February 21st, 1998. The UK tour that followed opened August 13th, 1998 at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth, England.) ..... The musical starred RUSS ABBOT as "Fagin" and SONIA SWABY as "Nancy" and featured DAVID BIRRELL, JACQUELINE CLARKE, LINDSEY DAWSON, FREDDIE LEES, BRUCE MONTAGUE, RICHARD SHILLING and PAULINE STRINGER ..... CREDITS: Book, Music and Lyrics by LIONEL BART ("Oliver!", "Blitz", "Lock Up Your Daughters", "Maggie May", "Fings Ain't Wot They Used T' Be", "Twang", "La Strada") freely adapted from CHARLES DICKENS' "Oliver Twist"; Sets and Costumes designed by ANTHONY WARD; Musical Direction by MARTIN KOCH; Musical Staging by MATTHEW BOURNE; Directed by SAM MENDES; Produced by CAMERON MACKINTOSH in association with SOUTHBROOK GROUP LIMITED ..... DETAILS: The oversized 28 page program measures 9 1/4" X 13" inches and includes full production credits, partial cast list, promotional and historical text and page after page of beautiful full color production photos. This edition was published in September 1998 ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.