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Gilbert and Sullivan´s ´Respectable Capers´: Class, Respectability and the Savoy Operas 1877-1909
Michael Goron
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Description for Gilbert and Sullivan´s ´Respectable Capers´: Class, Respectability and the Savoy Operas 1877-1909
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in British Musical Theatre. Num Pages: 267 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
This innovative account of the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership provides a unique insight into the experience of both attending and performing in the original productions of the most influential and enduring pieces of English-language musical theatre. In the 1870s, Savoy impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte astutely realized that a conscious move to respectability in a West End which, until then, had favored the racy delights of burlesque and French operetta, would attract a new, lucrative morally `decent' audience. This book examines the commercial, material and human factors underlying the Victorian productions of the Savoy operas. ... Read more
This innovative account of the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership provides a unique insight into the experience of both attending and performing in the original productions of the most influential and enduring pieces of English-language musical theatre. In the 1870s, Savoy impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte astutely realized that a conscious move to respectability in a West End which, until then, had favored the racy delights of burlesque and French operetta, would attract a new, lucrative morally `decent' audience. This book examines the commercial, material and human factors underlying the Victorian productions of the Savoy operas. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in British Musical Theatre
Condition
New
Weight
477g
Number of Pages
249
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137594778
SKU
V9781137594778
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About Michael Goron
Michael Goron began his working life as a professional actor, working in everything from German Expressionism to traditional pantomime. He formed a small scale touring theatre company for which he directed a number of shows. Michael returned to Higher Education as a post-graduate student and, from 2007, as a lecturer at the universities of Winchester and ... Read more
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