"In the decades before the Second World War, popular musical theatre was one of the most influential forms of entertainment. This is the first book to reconstruct early popular musical theatre as a transnational and highly cosmopolitan industry that included everything from revu…
"What is it about musical theatre that audiences find entertaining? What are the features that lead to its ability to stimulate emotional attachment, to move and to give pleasure? Beginning from the passion musical theatre performances arouse and their ubiquity in London's West …
Beginning from the passion musical theatre performances arouse and their ubiquity in London's West End and on Broadway, this book explores the ways in which musical theatre reaches out to and involves its audiences. It investigates how pleasure is stimulated by vocal, musical an…
In Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment, Millie Taylor explores the ways in which musical theatre reaches out to and involves its audiences. Taylor investigates how pleasure is stimulated by vocal, musical and spectacular performances.
Millie Taylor challenges existing thinking on musical theatre. She suggests that 'integration', created through the signification of 'realism' and attributed particularly to the book musical, is simply a construction.
In Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment, Millie Taylor explores the ways in which musical theatre reaches out to and involves its audiences. Taylor investigates how pleasure is stimulated by vocal, musical and spectacular performances.