Which Lionel Bart flop musical was based on Robin Hood?
Lionel Bart is estimated that around this time Bart was earning 16 pounds a minute from "Oliver!" Bart's next two musicals, "Blitz!" (1962) (from which came the song "Far Away", a hit for Shirley Bassey) and "Maggie May" (1964) had successful and respectable West End runs ("Blitz!", at the time London's most expensive musical ever, had a run of 568 performances), but "Twang!!" (1965), a musical based on the Robin Hood legend, was a flop and "La Strada" (1969), which opened on Broadway after the removal of most of Bart's songs, closed after only one performance. By this time Bart was taking
Lionel Bart liver cancer. His funeral was held at Golders Green Crematorium. A memorial bench is dedicated to him in Kew Gardens. 2013 saw the publication of David and Caroline Stafford's detailed biography "The Lionel Bart Story: Fings Ain't Wot THey Used T'Be". A first workshop of a musical play based on Bart's life and using his songs, "It's a Fine Life", was staged in 2006 at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch.. The play, after substantial development and now titled "More!" was presented 'in concert' at Theatre Royal Stratford East in 2015 featuring Neil McDermott as Lionel Bart, Jessica Hynes as Joan Littlewood