The Beautiful Game (musical) The Beautiful Game (musical) The Beautiful Game (sometimes performed as The Boys in the Photograph) is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton about a group of teenagers growing up during The Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1969. The title of the musical ("The Beautiful Game") is a commonly used reference to football, the origins of which are disputed. The plot, which is centred on a local football (soccer) team, focuses on the attempt to overcome the violence that has engulfed their community. The Catholic team has one atheist player, Del (who comes from a Protestant family)
The Railway Series the Government of John Major, and covered subjects such as the Channel Tunnel, London Underground, transport of radioactive waste and the perceived dangerous state of the railways. Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted to produce a musical based on "The Railway Series", but Awdry could not give Lloyd Webber the control he wanted. Lloyd Webber would go on to compose "Starlight Express", and create The Really Useful Group, a name inspired by the catchphrase "Really Useful Engines". The Railway Series The Railway Series is a set of story books about a railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are