LEADER 03711cam 22005058i 4500001 ssj0002519490 003 WaSeSS 005 20240512155341.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 210608s2021 nyu sb 001 0 eng d 010 2021027770 020 9780190877958 |q(cloth) 020 |z9780190877965 |q(pdf) 020 |z9780190877972 |q(epub) 020 |z9780190877989 035 (WaSeSS)ssj0002519490 040 DLC |beng |cDLC |dWaSeSS 042 pcc 049 EREENEHH 050 00 ML1731 |b.M67 2021 082 00 782.1/40941 |223 100 1 Mordden, Ethan, |d1947- 245 10 Pick a pocket or two |h[electronic resource] : |ba history of British musical theatre / |cEthan Mordden. 260 New York : |bOxford University Press, |c2021. 263 2109 300 pages cm 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 506 Available only to authorized users. 520 "In Pick a Pocket Or Two, acclaimed author Ethan Mordden brings his wit and wisdom to bear in telling the full history of the British musical, from The Beggar's Opera (1728) to the present, with an interest in isolating the unique qualities of the form and its influence on the American model. To place a very broad generalization, the American musical is regarded as largely about ambition fulfilled, whereas the British musical is about social order. Oklahoma!'s Curly wins the heart of the farmer Laurey--or, in other words, the cowboy becomes a landowner, establishing a truce between the freelancers on horseback and the ruling class. Half a Sixpence, on the other hand, finds a working-class boy coming into a fortune and losing it to fancy Dans, whereupon he is reunited with his working-class sweetheart, his modest place in the social order affirmed. Anecdotal and evincing a strong point of view, the book covers not only the shows and their authors but the personalities as well--W. S. Gilbert trying out his stagings on a toy theatre, Ivor Novello going to jail for abusing wartime gas rationing during World War II, fabled producer C. B. Cochran coming to a most shocking demise for a man whose very name meant "classy, carefree entertainment." Unabashedly opinionated and an excellent stylist, author Ethan Mordden provokes as much as he pleases. Mordden is the preeminent historian of the form, and his book will be required reading for readers of all walks, from the most casual of musical theater goers to musical theater buffs to students and scholars of the form"-- |cProvided by publisher. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web 650 0 Musicals |zGreat Britain |xHistory and criticism. 650 0 Musical theater |zGreat Britain |xHistory. 655 0 Electronic books. 710 2 Oxford University Press. 856 40 |zFull text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Music |uhttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Fbook%2F39845 856 40 |zFull text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |uhttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Fbook%2F39845 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJOYNER188 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hHSL77 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJMUSIC60 596 1 3 4 998 5767633