Evita lesson more important than ever, says Lloyd-Webber

LORD Lloyd-Webber has said the lesson of Evita is “even more important” now than it might have been at the time the musical was written due to the rise of extremism, which is “beginning to show its voice all over Europe”.

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Set in Argentina between 1934 and 1952, the musical by Lord Lloyd-Webber, 77, and Sir Tim Rice charts the rise of Eva Peron, from a poor child to ambitious actress-turned-wife of populist leader president Juan Peron.