Virginia from the musical Archie, played by Jenny Harris

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Why?

"Why" is a musical based on the biblical story of Job. John Carling wrote the book and lyrics and Robert Barham composed the music. The show was first performed in 1988 and was toured before ending up at Westminster Central Hall, London in 1990. Although no recording of the show is currently available, two songs "Trust in God" and "Small Minds" are included on Robert's forthcoming CD "Dream".

After completing work on "Why", John and Robert started working on a second musical entitled "Parables". The show (to date) has not been completed, and it was to be nearly seven years before Robert would find a subject that he felt compelled to write about.

Archie

Driving home one evening, Robert caught a radio article about a man named Archie Leach. Archie Leach would go on to change his name to Cary Grant and become one of the world's most famous and enduring film stars. It was not long before Robert decided that this was the subject matter he had been waiting for, and set to work not only composing the music for the show, but this time also writing book and lyrics.

Over the next three years, researching the show took Robert from London, to Bristol (Archie's hometown) and ultimately to the Californian sunshine and Hollywood. Along the way he would encounter a surprising number of coincidences, which in turn, would lead him to a write a book entitled "The Journey".

Archie, the Musical of the early life of Cary Grant

The Journey, the story of the research into Archie, the musical

Why, a musical based on the biblical story of Job

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