78 Pages
by
Routledge
78 Pages
by
Routledge
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"One more dawn! One more day! One day more!"
Did Les Misérables make you miserable? Or did it inspire you? When Sarah Whitfield was a teenager, her Dad frequently embarrassed her with his love of this musical above all others. So, after he was diagnosed with late stage cancer, Whitfield set out to find out why this musical meant so much to him and to its worldwide following.
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1. Introduction
2. There was a time the world was a song: feeling and the musical
3. Building the Barricade: Staging the spectacular in Les Misérables
4. One Day More: unpicking the longevity of the musical
5. Conclusion
Biography
Sarah Whitfield is Senior Lecturer in Musical Theatre at the University of Wolverhampton, as well as a dramaturg, director and researcher in the history of musical theatre.
"this is an engaging, intimate and touching insight into the fan-favourite musical. Offering a thorough examination of its success, told through its own fanbase, this book is a must-have for the stagey, but also an insightful read for those less fond of the melancholic French revolutionaries." -- Fraser MacDonald, Broadway World, Sep 2018
