A Musical Theatre Tour of Europe Quiz

"The House of Bernarda Alba" is a 1936 play by the Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936), about the strained relationships between the title character, a domineering and strong-willed widow, and her five daughters. Bernarda rules the house with a rod of iron and refuses to allow her daughters, aged between 39 and 20, to have any relationships with men. Needless to say, this leads to significant tensions, and a tragic ending.

Under the title "Bernarda Alba", it was adapted as a musical in 2006 by Michael John LaChiusa, who wrote the music, lyrics and book. It had a short Off Broadway run at the Lincoln Center's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater and was also given a production by London's small Union Theatre in 2011.

"The Beautiful Game" is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Ben Elton. Premiering in London's West End in 2000, the show is set in Belfast in 1969 during the turbulent period of the Troubles and follows a group of young footballers whose lives are shaped by both their love of the sport and the political conflict surrounding them.

It was not a huge success at the time, with audiences perhaps put off by the downbeat story, which involved characters being maimed and murdered because of their association with the IRA. In 2008 Lloyd Webber and Elton reworked it with the new title "The Boys in the Photograph", and this version has had a few productions around the world.

"The Secret Garden", written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and first published in 1911, is a classic children's novel that tells the story of Mary Lennox, a lonely and spoiled girl who is sent to live with her uncle in Yorkshire after her parents die. There she discovers a mysterious, locked garden, which she slowly brings back to life with the help of her new friends Diccon and Colin.

A musical version of the story, with script and lyrics by Marsha Norman and music by Lucy Simon, played on Broadway between March 1991 and January 1993. In the UK, a revised version was produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and staged in both Stratford-upon-Avon and London in 2000 and 2001.

Set in 16th century France, "Martin Guerre" is a 1996 musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, the duo behind "Les Misérables". It is based on the true story of a man, Martin Guerre, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances, only to apparently turn up again some years later and resume his old life with his wife and family. The twist is that the man who returned was in fact an imposter. He was put on trial for his deception, which was proved beyond doubt when the real Martin Guerre unexpectedly turned up, having lost a leg in the war.

This story formed the basis of a popular 1982 French film starring Gérard Depardieu and Nathalie Baye, and Schönberg and Boublil's musical version took some of its plot devices from this. The musical opened in London's West End in July 1996 to mixed reviews and was subsequently reworked considerably during the first few months of its London run. In its revised version it won the 1997 Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Musical and Best Choreography, although it failed to transfer to Broadway.

The 1944 musical "Song Of Norway" was written by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with book by Milton Lazarus and Homer Curran. It tells a very much fictionalised version of the life of the Norwegian composer Edvard Greig (1843-1907), and his quest to develop a distinctly Norwegian school of music. The music and songs are adapted from Greig's own compositions, including his famous Piano Concerto, the Violin Sonata no 2, and various piano pieces.

It opened on Broadway in 1944 and was immediately successful. The following year it was produced in London's West End, where it ran for over 500 performances. A film version was released some years later, in 1970.

"Frühlings Erwachen" (1891) was an early work by the German playwright Frank Wedekind. Its open discussion of teenage sexuality in late nineteenth century Germany was hugely controversial at the time, and the play was often performed in censored form well into the twentieth century.

In 2006 it was turned into a musical, "Spring Awakening", with music by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Steven Sater. The adaptation kept the original nineteenth-century German setting, but with a rock-inspired score that underlined the continuing relevance of its themes. It opened on Broadway in December 2006 and won eight Tony awards, including Best Musical. Further productions around the world followed, including one in London in 2009.

"Doctor Zhivago" is based on the 1957 historical novel by Boris Pasternak, which is set in Russia during the first half of the twentieth century and has at its heart the relationship between the title character, Yuri, and his lover Lara Antipova. It subsequently became widely known through David Lean's epic 1965 film starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie.

In 2006 a musical version composed by Lucy Simon, lyrics by Michael Korie and Amy Powers, and book by Michael Weller had its premiere in San Diego, California. It was performed elsewhere before a short-lived Broadway staging in 2015, although further productions have since been staged.

The musical "Hans Christian Andersen" features music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Moss Hart. It was written as a film musical, and was first released as such in 1952, starring Danny Kaye in the title role. It claims to be inspired by the life and works of the famed Danish storyteller but bears little relationship to his actual life story.

Instead, he is presented as a village cobbler who travels to Copenhagen and tells his famous fairy stories in the form of songs, including "Thumbelina" and "The Ugly Duckling".

It has since been adapted for the stage.

The story of Heidi was written by the Swiss author Johanna Spyri in 1880-81 and originally published in two parts. It was quickly translated into English and was hugely popular around the world, becoming one of the best-selling books of all time. The story tells of the young girl, Heidi, who goes to stay with her elderly and reclusive grandfather in his Swiss mountain cottage. At first he resents her presence, but eventually her cheerful good nature wins him round.

It had been adapted for stage, film and television many times. Recent musical versions include one with music by Stephen Keeling and book and lyrics by Shaun Mckenna, produced in 2005 in Walenstadt, Switzerland. Another, with music by Mynie Grové and book and lyrics by Francois Toerien, had its premiere in South Africa in 2016.

"The Boys From Syracuse" is a musical comedy based on William Shakespeare's play "The Comedy of Errors". With music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and book by George Abbott, it premiered on Broadway in 1938, with the first London production some years later in 1963. There have been frequent revivals around the world.

It is sometimes claimed to be the first musical based on a play by Shakespeare. The plot involves two pairs of long-separated identical twins (two men and their servants) and the complicated shenanigans that result when they unknowingly find themselves together in the same town.