{"product_id":"musical-comedy-on-the-west-end-stage-1890-1939-paperback","title":"Musical Comedy on the West End Stage, 1890 - 1939 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eL. Platt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers the first full historical treatment of a music theatre that was once at the centre of London's West End. From the late Victorian period to the early 1920s, musical comedy was the single most popular form of 'legitimate' theatre entertainment. This lively account establishes musical comedy as one of the first industrial cultures and offers fascinating insights into how it functioned ideologically as a celebrated embracing of the modern condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEN PLATT is Senior Lecturer at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He has published widely on literary and musical cultures of the early twentieth-century. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eJoyce and the Anglo-Irish: A Study of Joyce and the Literary Revival\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), \u003cem\u003eAristocracies of Fiction: The Idea of Aristocracy in Late Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literatures\u003c\/em\u003e (2001) and \u003cem\u003eAmerican Culture and Musical Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e (2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 207\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53343210930483,"sku":"9781349515929","price":185.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/T7iZm7QbDq9781349515929.webp?v=1778706287","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/musical-comedy-on-the-west-end-stage-1890-1939-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}