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From Oliver! to Golda… new life for long-lost Lionel Bart musical Vanessa Thorpe © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Ronald Grant The self-taught musical genius Lionel Bart was the Londoner who first successfully challenged the long-established dominance of Broadway shows. When he launched Oliver! on the West End in 1960 it took first Britain and then America by storm, breaking records and becoming a classic of musical theatre and then a beloved film. But Bart never rea...