The Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations 9780190051549, 9780190469993, 9780190490010, 9780190490003, 019005154X

Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical, following the immense succe

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The Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations
9780190051549, 9780190469993, 9780190490010, 9780190490003, 019005154X

Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical, following the immense succe

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"From Show Boat (1936) to The Sound of Music (1965) and from Grease (1978) to Chicago (2002), many of the most belo

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"From Show Boat (1936) to The Sound of Music (1965) and from Grease (1978) to Chicago (2002), many of the most belo

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"From Show Boat (1936) to The Sound of Music (1965) and from Grease (1978) to Chicago (2002), many of the most belo

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"From Show Boat (1936) to The Sound of Music (1965) and from Grease (1978) to Chicago (2002), many of the most belo

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The first comprehensive academic survey of British musical theatre from its origins, The Oxford Handbook of the British

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The American musical is a paradox. On stage or screen, musicals at once hold a dominant and a contested place in the wor

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The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre provides the single most comprehensive survey of the field to be found in a

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Issues of identity have always been central to the American musical in all its guises. Who appears in musicals, who or w

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For the past several years, the American musical has continued to thrive by reflecting and shaping cultural values and s

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