| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 266 pages) |
| Series |
Broadway legacies |
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Broadway legacies
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| Contents |
Who can explain it? -- The musical is the message -- An adaptable source : Michener's Tales of the South Pacific -- False starts : the disappearance of Bill Harbison and Dinah Culbert -- You've got to be carefully rewritten : the distillation of racial intolerance -- Nellie and the boys : situating gender in South Pacific -- Culture clash : colonialism and South Pacific -- Still dreaming of paradise |
| Summary |
Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'South Pacific' has remained a mainstay of the American musical theater since it opened in 1949, and its powerful message about racial intolerance continues to resonate with twenty-first century audiences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. South Pacific.
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Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. South Pacific.
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| SUBJECT |
South Pacific (Hammerstein, Oscar, II) fast |
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South Pacific (Rodgers, Richard) fast |
| Subject |
Musicals -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Musicals.
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Musicals
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199703852 |
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019970385X |
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9780195377026 |
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0195377028 |
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