London Queens Theatre – The Card – 1973 – John Savident

About this The Card theatre programme

An original theatre programme for the musical The Card at the Queen’s Theatre, London, dated 24 July 1973. The cast features Jim Dale, Millicent Martin, Marti Webb, Dinah Sheridan and John Savident. Based on Arnold Bennett’s novel about the irrepressible Denry Machin, the show had music and lyrics by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent and a book by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. With a superb British cast, this is a lovely example of West End theatre memorabilia from the early 1970s.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, slrs (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• Arnold Bennett’s novel The Card was published in 1911 and is set in the Potteries towns of Staffordshire.
• Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent also wrote the theme tune for the TV soap Neighbours.
• John Savident later became famous as butcher Fred Elliott in Coronation Street.