Strike a Light
a musical in two acts by Joyce Adcock. Music by Gordon Caleb. Additional dialogue by Frank Lawton. Additional songs by John Taylor.
Leeds Arts Centre, 1961
Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow 7 - 16 April, 1966
Piccadilly Theatre 5 - 30 July, 1966 (30 perfs)
Synopsis
With the same basic plot as “The Matchgirls”, Sarah Chapman, an employee in the Bryant and May match factory, enlists the help of Anne Besant in improving the working conditions of the hard done by women. This time Sarah’s boyfriend, Tommy, is a lot more supportive than in the earlier show.
Musical Numbers
- Come the Revolution
- It's a Fight; Bit of It Now
- Everything
- Pawnshop Doorway
- Up in the World
- Scandalous
- Another Love
- When I Read
- Let's Make a Night of It
- Strike a Light
- Summer Evening
- Private Enterprise
- Dear Lady
- Girls Who Go with Sailors;
- Making Friends'
- Vesta Girls
- Near Me
- Teach Me
- I Don't Know the Words
Cast
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