Biography
Timothy Miles Bindon Rice, 10 November 1944, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. A lyricist, librettist, journalist, broadcaster and cricket captain. Around the time he was briefly studying law, Rice met the 17-year-old Andrew Lloyd Webber, and in 1965, they collaborated on The Likes Of Us, a musical version of the Dr. Barnardo story. Lloyd Webber then went off to concentrate on serious music, and Rice worked for EMI Records, progressing later to the Norrie Paramor Organization. In 1968 they resumed their partnership with Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, a 20-minute ‘pop cantata’ based on the biblical character of Joseph, for an end-of-term concert at Colet Court boys’ school in the City of London. Subsequently, the piece reached a wider audience with performances at the Edinburgh Festival, and venues such as the Old Vic, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and the Central Hall, Westminster, where Rice played the part of Pharaoh. In 1970, Rice...
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