The Beautiful Game

The Beautiful Game is a reference to the international sport of football (soccer).

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The Beautiful Game is also a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton about a group of teenagers growing up amid religious intolerance in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1969.

Related Topics:
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Ben Elton - Religious intolerance - Belfast, Northern Ireland

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The title of the musical is taken from the Pelé's autobiography "My Life and the Beautiful Game". The musical opened September 26, 2000 at the Cambridge Theatre in London and closed September 1, 2001, after a total run of slightly more than 11 months.

Related Topics:
Pelé - September 26 - 2000 - September 1 - 2001

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The plot, which centers around a local football (soccer) team, focuses on two teenage footballers attempting to overcome religious intolerance and violence that has engulfed their community.

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The most successful song from the score was "Our Kind of Love".

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