- The Card (musical)
Infobox Musical
name = The Card
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music =Tony Hatch
Jackie Trent
lyrics =Tony Hatch
Jackie Trent
book =Keith Waterhouse
Willis Hall
basis =Arnold Bennett 's 1911 novel
"The Card "
productions =1973 West End
1994 West End revival
awards ="The Card" is a musical with a book by
Keith Waterhouse andWillis Hall and music and lyrics byTony Hatch andJackie Trent .Based on
Arnold Bennett 's 1911 comedic novel of the same name, it chronicles the rise of Denry Machin from washerwoman's son to Mayor of Bursley through luck, guile, initiative, and a fair bit ofchutzpah .Cameron Mackintosh 's West End production opened onJuly 24 ,1973 at theQueen's Theatre . Directed byVal May and choreographed byGillian Lynne , it starredJim Dale ,Millicent Martin ,Joan Hickson ,Marti Webb , andEleanor Bron .The 1994 revival starred Peter Duncan,
Jessica Martin ,Hayley Mills , andJenna Russell .An original 1973 cast recording is available on
compact disc from First Night Records.ong list
*Hallelujah
*Nine Till Five
*Lead Me
*Universal White Kid Gloves
*Nobody Thought of It
*Moving On
*That Once a Year Feeling
*Come Along and Join Us
*That's the Way the Money Grows
*I Could Be the One
*The Card
*Opposite Your Smile
*Nothing Succeeds Like Success
*The Right Man
*Nobody Thought of It (Reprise)
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