Book contents
- The Year that Made the Musical
- Reviews
- The Year that Made the Musical
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part I From One Year to the Next
- Part II From Winter to Spring
- 5 A New Year Begins
- 6 A Tale of Two Operettas
- 7 The Coming of Spring
- 8 The Resplendence of the Revue
- Part III From Summer to Autumn
- Part IV From December Onwards
- Select Discography and Videography
- Permissions
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
7 - The Coming of Spring
from Part II - From Winter to Spring
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 September 2024
- The Year that Made the Musical
- Reviews
- The Year that Made the Musical
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part I From One Year to the Next
- Part II From Winter to Spring
- 5 A New Year Begins
- 6 A Tale of Two Operettas
- 7 The Coming of Spring
- 8 The Resplendence of the Revue
- Part III From Summer to Autumn
- Part IV From December Onwards
- Select Discography and Videography
- Permissions
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
A sense of hope permeated the revues and musical comedies that appeared from March through May, though an underlying seriousness was emerging in both how the popular musical theatre was being viewed on the whole and how such works were being constructed. Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and Herbert Fields had two amateur musicals for schools appear (Temple Belles and The Prisoner of Zenda); the popular Spanish zarzuela Doña Francisquita began touring South America; the team of Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse and Jerome Kern reunited to create Sitting Pretty; and stars such as José Collins, Leslie Henson and Jack Buchanan starred in new productions.
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- The Year that Made the Musical1924 and the Glamour of Musical Theatre, pp. 88 - 107Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024