Overview
- Represents the first in-depth study of over forty works of British musical comedy (1890–1939) using the original play-texts
- Considers the impact of late-Victorian and Edwardian musical comedy on popular cultural ideas of ‘Britishness’
- Offers a revisionary reading of the relationships between nationhood, race, gender and Empire on the musical stage
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in British Musical Theatre (PSBMT)
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Domestic and Personal Identities
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Imperial and Ideological Identities
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Book Title: Cultural Identity in British Musical Theatre, 1890–1939
Book Subtitle: Knowing One’s Place
Authors: Ben Macpherson
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in British Musical Theatre
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59807-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59806-6Published: 24 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95919-8Published: 25 July 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59807-3Published: 15 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-4137
Series E-ISSN: 2946-4145
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 245
Topics: Theatre and Performance Studies