Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays
- ISBN-10
- 1438485476
- ISBN-13
- 9781438485478
- Series
- Gilbert and Sullivan
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 389
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-10-01
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press
- Author
- Kurt Gänzl
Description
Highlights the original cast members--both the well-known and the (until now) wholly unknown--who staged the duo's comic operas in Britain and in America. In this, the first book to focus on the original cast members of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, world-renowned musical theater expert Kurt Gänzl provides a concise history of the writing and production of each opera, vividly colored by the often little-known life stories of these early performers. Meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated with rare photographs, Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays delves into the professional and personal lives of the British and American actors and singers who created the celebrated "famous fourteen" Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Kurt Gänzl, an award-winning authority on musical theater, is a former opera singer, theatrical agent, casting director, and theater and opera critic. He is the author of numerous books, including Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre, The British Musical Theatre, Victorian Vocalists, and Gänzl's Book of the Broadway Musical.
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- 2012-01-31
- 454 pages
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- Columbia University Press
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