Popular Musical Theatre in London and Berlin: 1890 to 1939
Len Platt
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hardcover. This is the first book to reconstruct early popular musical theatre as a transnational and highly cosmopolitan entertainment industry. Editor(s): Platt, Len; Becker, Tobias; Linton, David. Num Pages: 227 pages, 15 b/w illus. 4 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AN; AVGM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 626.
In the decades before the Second World War, popular musical theatre was one of the most influential forms of entertainment. This is the first book to reconstruct early popular musical theatre as a transnational and highly cosmopolitan industry that included everything from revues and operettas to dance halls and cabaret. Bringing together contributors from Britain and Germany, this collection moves beyond national theatre histories to study Anglo-German relations at a period of intense hostility and rivalry. Chapters frame the entertainment zones of London and Berlin against the wider trading routes of cultural transfer, where empire and transatlantic song and dance ... Read more
In the decades before the Second World War, popular musical theatre was one of the most influential forms of entertainment. This is the first book to reconstruct early popular musical theatre as a transnational and highly cosmopolitan industry that included everything from revues and operettas to dance halls and cabaret. Bringing together contributors from Britain and Germany, this collection moves beyond national theatre histories to study Anglo-German relations at a period of intense hostility and rivalry. Chapters frame the entertainment zones of London and Berlin against the wider trading routes of cultural transfer, where empire and transatlantic song and dance ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
625g
Number of Pages
227
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107051003
SKU
V9781107051003
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About Len Platt
Len Platt is Professor of Modern Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. His research interests include modern literature, James Joyce and popular musical theatre and his publications include James Joyce: Texts and Contexts (2011), Modernism and Race (edited, 2010), Joyce, Race and 'Finnegans Wake' (2006), Musical Comedy on the West End Stage, 1890–1939 (2004) and Aristocracies of Fiction (2003). Tobias ... Read more
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