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Cover image for book Musical Comedy on the West End Stage, 1890 - 1939

Musical Comedy on the West End Stage, 1890 - 1939

By:L. Platt
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781403932259
eText ISBN:9780230512689
Edition:0
Copyright:2004
Format:Page Fidelity

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This book offers the first full historical treatment of a music theatre that was once at the centre of London's West End. From the late Victorian period to the early 1920s, musical comedy was the single most popular form of 'legitimate' theatre entertainment. This lively account establishes musical comedy as one of the first industrial cultures and offers fascinating insights into how it functioned ideologically as a celebrated embracing of the modern condition.