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The Card is a musical with a book by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall and music and lyrics by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent.Based on Arnold Bennett’s 1911 comedic novel of the same name it chronicles the rise of Denry Machin from washerwoman’s son to Mayor of Bursley through initiative guile and luck.Cameron Mackintosh’s West End production opened on July 24 1973 at the Queen’s Theatre where it ran for 130 performances.