Lionel Bart "OLIVER!" Aubrey Woods / Davy Jones ("Monkees") 1963 London Program

Description

This is a rare souvenir program from the Original West End production of the LIONEL BART musical hit "OLIVER!" at the New Theatre in London. (The London production opened June 30th, 1960 and ran for 2618 performances.) ..... The musical starred
AUBREY WOODS, NICOLETTE ROEG, ROBERT BRIDGES, OLWEN GRIFFITHS and HARRY GOODIER and featured ROBERT COOK, BETTY TURNER, MICHAEL BRETTON, EDNA DORE, PENNY REID, TREVOR RAY, LEONARD WHITING, WINNIE HUNT, GEORGE BISHOP, CLAUDE JONES and ELSIE WINSOR ..... 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 SEAN KENNY; Musical Direction by DONALD PIPPIN; Directed by PETER COE; Produced by DONALD ALBERY
..... DETAILS: The oversized 24 page program measures 9 1/4" X 11 3/8" inches and includes full production credits, photos and bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team, promotional text, excerpts from a number of London and New York reviews, photos of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Windsor attending the show in September and December 1960 and several pages of photos of scenes from the musical. Includes a page of "Past and Present" OLIVERS and ARTFUL DODGERS including DAVID "Davy" JONES (future star of TV's "The Monkees") ..... PLEASE NOTE: The scanned pages have been cropped due to the limitations of my scanner. The margins are slightly wider than shown ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light soiling to the cover, 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.