Book contents
- The Year that Made the Musical
- Reviews
- The Year that Made the Musical
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part I From One Year to the Next
- Part II From Winter to Spring
- Part III From Summer to Autumn
- 9 Summertime Frolics
- 10 September Sensibilities
- 11 An Abundant Autumn
- 12 November Pairings
- Part IV From December Onwards
- Select Discography and Videography
- Permissions
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
12 - November Pairings
from Part III - From Summer to Autumn
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 September 2024
- The Year that Made the Musical
- Reviews
- The Year that Made the Musical
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part I From One Year to the Next
- Part II From Winter to Spring
- Part III From Summer to Autumn
- 9 Summertime Frolics
- 10 September Sensibilities
- 11 An Abundant Autumn
- 12 November Pairings
- Part IV From December Onwards
- Select Discography and Videography
- Permissions
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
Musicals that opened in November tended to operate in pairs. Annie Dear, a musical comedy starring Billie Burke and produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, opened days before a revival of the play Peter Pan, starring Marilyn Miller and produced by Charles B. Dillingham. Burke was known for her dramatic roles and Miller for her dancing and singing ones, so this was a reversal of norms. Two adaptations of continental European works opened on Anglophone stages: The First Kiss, a transformation of a Spanish zarzuela, in London, and a new version of Madame Pompadour in New York.
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- The Year that Made the Musical1924 and the Glamour of Musical Theatre, pp. 174 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024