The Beautiful Game Musical
Lyrics by ben elton.
The beautiful game musical. Andrew lloyd webber and ben elton s the beautiful game which opened in london on september 26 2000 is an original story set in northern ireland in the late 60s that concerns a team of teenaged football i e soccer players whose lives are derailed by the irish troubles. The beautiful game 2000 original london cast andrew lloyd webber performer ben elton performer josie walker performer michael shaeffer performer 1 more. Ben elton tells their story with humour and compassion with lyrics that are both funny and heartbreaking. Andrew lloyd webber s evocative score combines heart searing ballads and stirring anthems with the sounds of ireland.
Music by andrew lloyd webber. Synopsis the show concerns a group of teenagers growing up amid religious intolerance in belfast northern ireland in 1969. List of musical numbers the happiest day of our lives all the love i have don t like you reprise the first time i d rather die on my feet than live on my knees god s own country born in belfast reprise our kind of love the selection dead zone if this is what we re fighting for it will never. In particular the members of a local football soccer team attempt to overcome religious intolerance and violence that has engulfed their community.
In belfast in the late 60s a horde of keen adolescents play soccer. The beautiful game.