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Author |
: David Eden |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105119835796 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis W.S. Gilbert - Appearance and Reality by : David Eden
Author |
: Richard Moore |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 307 |
Release |
: 2019-06-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780429859618 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0429859619 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis W.S. Gilbert and the Context of Comedy by : Richard Moore
To what extent is a great comic writer the product of his time? How far is he (or she) influenced by factors of personal psychology upbringing and environment? To what is the writing actually part of a long continuum in which there is continuity within change and change within continuity? The Progress of Fun considers principally the last of these areas, focussing on the case of W.S. Gilbert and challenging the frequently held view that he is pre-eminently a typical Victorian. This it does by tracing his roots back to Ancient Greek comedy and to the various comedic developments that have dominated Western Europe thereafter. Also included is a careful examination of the constraints and limitations that in various forms have long affected comedy-writing, and an evaluation of Gilbert’s particular skills and legacy within the on-going process. The whole is a suitable prelude to a second volume (Pipes and Tabors) which will consider Genre in W.S. Gilbert, again relating it to comedic precedents and the universally timeless within the particular.
Author |
: David Eden |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 2003-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 095073487X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780950734873 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (7X Downloads) |
Synopsis W.S. Gilbert - Appearance and Reality by : David Eden
Author |
: Andrew Crowther |
Publisher |
: The History Press |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 2011-04-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780752463858 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0752463853 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan by : Andrew Crowther
The author of The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore and the other great Savoy libretti, W.S. Gilbert was witty, caustic and disrespectful, one of the celebrities of the late Victorian era. He wrote the most brilliantly inventive plays of his time, and with Arthur Sullivan he wrote comic operas that defined the age. He became richer and more famous than he could have imagined, but at the price of his artistic freedom. In his time Gilbert had been many things: journalist, theatre critic, cartoonist, comic poet, stage director, writer of short stories, dramatist. Andrew Crowther examines W.S. Gilbert from all these angles, using a wealth of sources to tell the story of an angry and quarrelsome man, discontented with himself and the age he lived in, raging at life's absurdities and laughing at them. In this book Gilbert's glorious, contradictory character is explored and brought vividly to life.
Author |
: Bryan Cardinale-Powell |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 369 |
Release |
: 2013-07-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781623569532 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1623569532 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Devised and Directed by Mike Leigh by : Bryan Cardinale-Powell
Renowned for making films that are at once sly domestic satires and heartbreaking 'social realist' dramas, British writer-director Mike Leigh confronts his viewers with an un-romanticized dramatization of modern-day society in the hopes of inspiring them to strive for greater self-awareness and compassion for others. This collection features new, interdisciplinary essays that cover all phases of the BAFTA-award-winner's film career, from his early made-for-television film work to his theatrical releases, including Life is Sweet (1990), Naked (1993), Secrets & Lies (1996), Career Girls (1997), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) and Another Year (2010). With contributions from international scholars from a variety of fields, the essays in this collection cover individual films and the recurring themes and motifs in several films, such as representations of class and gender, and overt social commentary and political subtexts. Also covered are Leigh's visual stylizations and storytelling techniques ranging from explorations of the costume design to set design to the music and camerawork and editing; the collaborative process of 'devising and directing' a Mike Leigh film that involves character-building, world-construction, plotting, improvisations and script-writing; the process of funding and marketing for these seemingly 'uncommercial' projects, and a survey of Leigh's critical reception and the existing writing on his work.
Author |
: David Eden |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2009-08-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139828475 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139828479 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sullivan by : David Eden
Memorable melodies and fanciful worlds – the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan remain as popular today as when they were first performed. This Companion provides a timely guide to the history and development of the collaboration between the two men, including a fresh examination of the many myths and half-truths surrounding their relationship. Written by an international team of specialists, the volume features a personal account from film director Mike Leigh on his connection with the Savoy Operas and the creation of his film Topsy-Turvy. Starting with the early history of the operatic stage in Britain, the Companion places the operas in their theatrical and musical context, investigating the amateur performing tradition, providing new perspectives on the famous patter songs and analysing their dramatic and operatic potential. Perfect for enthusiasts, performers and students of Gilbert and Sullivan's enduring work, the book examines their legacy and looks forward to the future.
Author |
: Paul Anderson |
Publisher |
: Lulu.com |
Total Pages |
: 298 |
Release |
: 2016-09-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781365391217 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1365391213 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Source of Innocent Merriment in an Object all Sublime: The Choral Works of Sir Arthur Sullivan by : Paul Anderson
This book deals with the choral music of Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) and is a serious study of the works both historically and musically. It is the first book to discuss all of Sullivan's major choral works in detail in one volume, breaking new ground with a fresh approach to the musical analysis of the works and in the process, shedding new light on the mind of the composer. This makes the book an object of interest both to the serious student of music and to the general reader who has an interest in the choral music of the nineteenth century.
Author |
: Richard Moore |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 356 |
Release |
: 2019-10-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000699890 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000699897 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Genres and Provenance in the Comedy of W.S. Gilbert by : Richard Moore
In The Progress of Fun W.S. Gilbert was considered, not as a ‘classic Victorian’, but as part of an on-going comedic continuum stretching from Aristophanes to Joe Orton and beyond. Pipes and Tabors continues the story, covering the comedic experience differently by reference to genres. Here – treated in relation to a line of significant others – we discover how Gilbert responded to areas such as the Pastoral, the Irish drama, nautical scenarios, melodrama, sensation-theatre, the nonsensemode, pantomime spectaculars, fairy plays, and classical farce. Also included is a wider look at his relation to various European musical forms and (for instance) to the English line of wit and the Elizabethan pamphleteers. To consider a writer not so much by a study of individual works as by threads of linking generic modes tells us a great deal about cultural interconnections and the richly textured nature of theatrical experience. Pipes and Tabors offers a tapestry of overlapping genres and treatments, showing not just the design of the finished products but the shreds and patches which form the underside of the weave. According to Dorothy L. Sayers, life itself offers us the apparent loose ends of a design which will only be revealed from the front after death. In terms of Gilbertian comedy, we are privileged to be able to track both the effort of the weave and the skill of the finished product. On the way we will also discover some new links and sub-text implications about other 19th century denigrated groups which were buried from sight for too long.
Author |
: Dean Burton Farnsworth |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 748 |
Release |
: 1950 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:C2880124 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Satire in the Works of W.S. Gilbert by : Dean Burton Farnsworth
Author |
: Philip H. Dillard |
Publisher |
: Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages |
: 222 |
Release |
: 1991 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0810824450 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780810824454 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis How Quaint the Ways of Paradox! by : Philip H. Dillard
Identifies 968 articles, monographs, and dissertations by and about Gilbert and Sullivan.