Gilbert and Sullivan: Class and the Savoy Tradition, 1875-1896

ISBN-13: 9780367888046 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 180 str.

Regina B. Oost

Opis

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

Recenzje

'...a scholarly, accessible, coherently argued book which will be an important addition to Gilbert and Sullivan literature and to the wider field of nineteenth-century theatre studies.' Richard Foulkes, University of Leicester, UK 'As a sustained exploration of these stage works in the context of nineteenth century consumerism it has no rivals and is to be recommended for the insights it provides into the relationship of art and commerce.' Music and Letters 'Gilbert and Sullivan furnishes tons of useful information and in its final chapters convincingly demonstrates how the tightly constructed oeuvre build a national identity based on modernity's consumer orientatio - doing so by offering lively comforts, entertaining and mutually reinforcing.' Victorian Studies

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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