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Popular Musical Theatre in London and Berlin

1890 to 1939

Len Platt editor Tobias Becker editor David Linton editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:26th Apr '18

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This is the first book to reconstruct early popular musical theatre as a transnational and highly cosmopolitan entertainment industry.

In the decades before the Second World War, popular musical theatre was a global industry. This collection brings together international contributors to offer new insights into historical popular culture in London and Berlin, and the Anglo-German relationship during a period of intense hostility and rivalry.In the decades before the Second World War, popular musical theatre was one of the most influential forms of entertainment. This is the first book to reconstruct early popular musical theatre as a transnational and highly cosmopolitan industry that included everything from revues and operettas to dance halls and cabaret. Bringing together contributors from Britain and Germany, this collection moves beyond national theatre histories to study Anglo-German relations at a period of intense hostility and rivalry. Chapters frame the entertainment zones of London and Berlin against the wider trading routes of cultural transfer, where empire and transatlantic song and dance produced, perhaps for the first time, a genuinely international culture. Exploring adaptations and translations of works under the influence of political propaganda, this collection will be of interest both to musical theatre enthusiasts and to those interested in the wider history of modernism.

ISBN: 9781108458238

Dimensions: 230mm x 153mm x 16mm

Weight: 450g

298 pages