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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

  1. Come the Revolution
  2. It's a Fight; Bit of It Now
  3. Everything
  4. Pawnshop Doorway
  5. Up in the World
  6. Scandalous
  7. Another Love
  8. When I Read
  9. Let's Make a Night of It
  10. Strike a Light
  11. Summer Evening
  12. Private Enterprise
  13. Dear Lady
  14. Girls Who Go with Sailors;
  15. Making Friends'
  16. Vesta Girls
  17. Near Me
  18. Teach Me
  19. I Don't Know the Words

Cast

  • Sarah Chapman
  • Keziah
  • Rose
  • Bessie
  • Ada
  • Alice
  • Kate
  • Lizzie
  • Martha
  • Sadie
  • Rosie
  • Jessie
  • Freda
  • Polly
  • Tessa
  • Pearl
  • Lily
  • Lucy
  • Clara
  • Jane
  • Dolly
  • Annie Besant
  • Eleanor Summers
  • Agnes Mosby
  • Tommy
  • Herbert Burrows
  • Barker
  • Lewis Lyons
  • Bert Jellings
  • Jackie
  • Constable Jenkins
  • Rev. Mark Latham
  • Alf
  • Charlie
  • Harry
  • Bill
  • Joey
  • Bertie
  • Steve