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Mordden, Ethan, 1947-
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Musicals -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
Musical theater -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
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Mordden, Ethan, 1947-
Musicals -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
Musical theater -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
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Pick
a
pocket
or
two
: a
history
of
British
musical
theatre
/ Ethan Mordden.
by
Mordden, Ethan, 1947-
Oxford University Press, 2021.
Call #:
782.140941 M834p
Subjects
Musicals -- Great Britain --
History
and criticism.
Musical
theater -- Great Britain --
History
and criticism.
ISBN:
9780190877958 (hc)
Description:
236 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220), discography (p. 205-217) and index.
Contents:
Beginnings : in the days of my youth -- Gilbert and Sullivan : our loving frivolity -- Toy town : the Edwardian
musical
-- Charleston mad : the 1910s and 1920s -- And then a violin began to play : Ivor Novello -- Dancing with a ghost : the 1930s and 1940s -- Imagine the duchess' feelings : Noël Coward -- It's sort of romantic : the 1950s -- Behind the times : Sandy Wilson and Julian Slade -- Sweep me off my feet : the 1960s -- The little things we used to do : the 1970s and 1980s -- To love another person is to see the face of God : pop opera -- With one look I'll be May : Andrew Lloyd Webber -- A little bit naughty : the last thirty years.
Summary:
"From Gilbert and Sullivan to Andrew Lloyd Webber, from Julie Andrews to Hugh Jackman, from Half a Sixpence to Matilda,
Pick
a
Pocket
Or
Two
is the story of the
British
musical
: where it began and how it developed. In
Pick
a
Pocket
Or
Two
, acclaimed author Ethan Mordden brings his wit and wisdom to bear in telling the full
history
of the
British
musical
, from The Beggar's Opera (1728) to the present, with an interest in isolating the unique qualities of the form and its influence on the American model. To place a very broad generalization, the American
musical
is regarded as largely about ambition fulfilled, whereas the
British
musical
is about social order. Oklahoma!'s Curly wins the heart of the farmer Laurey -- or, in other words, the cowboy becomes a landowner, establishing a truce between the freelancers on horseback and the ruling class. Half a Sixpence, on the other hand, finds a working-class boy coming into a fortune and losing it to fancy Dans, whereupon he is reunited with his working-class sweetheart, his modest place in the social order affirmed. Anecdotal and evincing a strong point of view, the book covers not only the shows and their authors but the personalities as well -- W. S. Gilbert trying out his stagings on a toy
theatre
, Ivor Novello going to jail for abusing wartime gas rationing during World War II, fabled producer C. B. Cochran coming to a most shocking demise for a man whose very name meant 'classy, carefree entertainment.' Unabashedly opinionated and an excellent stylist, author Ethan Mordden provokes as much as he pleases. Mordden is the preeminent historian of the form, and his book will be required reading for readers of all walks, from the most casual of
musical
theater goers to
musical
theater buffs to students and scholars of the form."--Publisher.
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