A tanner's worth of tune : rediscovering the post-war British musical / Adrian Wright
2010. Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : Boydell. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #443322
Physical description: xii, 308 pages : illustrations. Contents: Frontcover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 Before and After: Identifying the British Musical; 2 Delusions of Grandeur: Ivor Novello; 3 Mastering Operetta: Noel Coward; 4 Pastiche and Esoteric: Sandy Wilson; 5 Resounding Tinkles: The plein air Musicals of Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds, Geoffrey Wright and Donald Swann; 6 Away from Home: Adopted British Musicals; 7 Community Singing: Realism and the British Verismo Musical; 8 Specifically British: David Heneker, Monty Norman, Julian More and Wolf Mankowitz; 9 To Whom it May Concern: The British Biomusical. 10 Fin de Partie: John Osborne, Lionel Bart and AfterAPPENDIX 1 Original Productions of British Musicals; APPENDIX 2 Adaptations from Other Works, 1946-78; SELECT BIBLIOGAPHY; INDEX OF MUSICAL WORKS; GENERAL INDEX; Backcover. Subjects: Coward, Noel 1899-1973. Novello, Ivor 1893-1951. Wilson, Sandy 1924-. Musicals Great Britain History and criticism. Musical theater Great Britain History 20th century.
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