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Oliver!
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Lionel Bart
English composer and writer (1930–1999)
Lionel Bart | |
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Bart in 1973, by Allan Warren | |
Born | Lionel Begleiter (1930-08-01)1 August 1930 Stepney, London, England |
Died | 3 April 1999(1999-04-03) (aged 68) Acton, London, England |
Burial place | Golders Green Crematorium, London, England |
Occupation(s) | Composer and writer |
Years active | 1952–1999 |
Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) 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 1960s birth of the British musical theatre scene after an era when American musicals had dominated the West End.[1]
Best known for creating the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!, Bart was described by Andrew Lloyd Webber as "the f