Regina B Oost

Gilbert and Sullivan

Class and the Savoy Tradition, 1875-1896

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Making extensive use of archival resources, Regina B. Oost examines advertisements, promotional materials, and programs; letters, diaries, and account books; and the operas themselves to reconstruct the ways in which Gilbert and Sullivan and their producer attracted and shaped the expectations of theatergoers. Highly accessible and entertaining, he

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 263g
• ISBN-13: 9780367888046
• ISBN-10: 0367888041
• Artikelnr.: 58440226

Autorenporträt

Regina B. Oost is Chair of the Department of English and Professor of English at Wesleyan College, Georgia, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: many contributors to a general result
West End theaters and Savoy audiences
The business of Gilbert and Sullivan
Shopping at the opera
Founding the family
'Encore' means 'sing it again'
Tradition and the Savoyards
Select bibliography
Index.