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Selected from nearly 200 submissions, from 16 countries, nine musicals will be featured, each one in a 45-minute showcase, produced and performed by the cream of West End talent. Open to producers and public alike, this guarantees to be a fantastic chance to discover the writers and works that you'll be hearing more about the 21st century! Summer - Book and Lyrics by Erik Haagensen, Music by Paul Schwartz. Based on the novel by Edith Wharton. In 1910 Massachusetts, a young mountain girl, who has been adopted into a small town, falls in love and shows that she has never lost her free spirit. Children of the Night - Book, Music and Lyrics by Scott Martin. The true story of Bram Stoker's passionate devotion to Henry Irving, and his quest to persuade the great actor to star in the first theatrical version of 'Dracula'. Me and Al - Lyrics by Donald Abramson, Book by Judy Freed by Leo Schwartz. The (trueish) story of Dr Schwimmer, the optometrist who was killed in the St Valentine's Day Massacre. An hilarious account of a little man who wants more than a dull life and bumbles into an historical event.